Wednesday, March 31, 2010

2009 - the year of reckoning for short film makers

2009 was a landmark for short film makers, because it saw the release of two milestone films that were originally short films - 'District 9' and '9'.

First was Neill Blomkamp's 'District 9' that generated a excellent amount of critical acclaim as well as box-office returns. It all started with his own short film "Alive in Joburg".

He had the honour of making his film under the production of Peter Jackson.




Second movie was Timur Bekmambetov's "9" that was produced by legendary director Tim Burton. Although it was said it could have been a better film but one unanimous praise it gathered was of acheiving excellent feats in computer generated imagery.

His short film was also called "9" which he made as a student. Incidentally that short film won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.



So short films will make it big... very soon

written by Ali Naqvi

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