As usual, the 10 finalists in the Academy's Best Live-Action Short Film category are an international group, with entries coming from Germany, England, Norway and Ireland, among other places.
The best-known filmmaker represented is Terry George, the director of "Hotel Rwanda," whose short "The Shore" stars Ciaran Hinds and is a family drama set in Northern Ireland.
The 10 shortlisted films were chosen from 107 qualifying films by members of the Academy's Short Films and Feature Animation Branch.
Not included on the list were a couple of shorts that have been working hard to be noticed in recent weeks: "African Chelsea," a film that self-promoting director Brent Roske admitted was made specifically to get Oscar attention, and "Salt and Silicone," a comedy about breast augmentation that sent out promo copies accompanied by breast-shaped cupcakes.
The shortlisted films:
"Je Pourrais Être Votre Grand-Mère (I Could Be Your Grandmother)," Bernard Tanguy, director-producer (Rézina Productions)
"Love at First Sight," Michael Davies, director and Sandra Gorel, producer (Spellbound Films)
"Pentecost," Peter McDonald, director (EMU Productions)
"Raju," Max Zähle, director and Stefan Gieren, producer (Hamburg Media School/Filmwerkstatt)
"The Road Home," Rahul Gandotra, director-producer and Ameenah Ayub, producer (London Film School)
"The Roar of the Sea," Ana Rocha Fernandes and Torsten Truscheit, directors (Niama Filmproduktion GmbH)
"Sailcloth," Elfar Adalsteins, director-producer (Berserk Films)
"The Shore," Terry George, director-producer (All Ashore Productions Limited)
"Time Freak," Andrew Bowler, director and Gigi Causey, producer (Team Toad)
"Tuba Atlantic," Hallvar Witzø, director (The Norwegian Film School/Den Norske Filmskolen)
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