ShortList
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The Scene at ShortList 2016: TheWrap’s 5th Annual Short Film Festival (Photos)
TheWrap honored the best shorts from around the world at YouTube Space LA
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‘Slingshot,’ ‘Maman(s)’ and ‘Thunder Road’ Take Prizes at TheWrap’s ShortList 2016 Film Festival
“Maman(s)” wins IMAX Industry Prize, “Slingshot” takes Audience Prize and “Thunder Road” awarded PepsiCo’s Creators League Prize
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ShortList 2016: First Openly Gay Country Album Is Born in ‘These C-cksucking Tears’ (Video)
Director Dan Taberski chronicles “recklessness that is so brave” of out ’70s singer Patrick Haggerty
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ShortList 2016: Teenage Boy Believes Masturbation Makes Him a ‘Killer’ (Video)
In Matt Kazman’s short, a tragic coincidence convinces a teenager that his private time is a lethal weapon
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Shortlist 2016: First Love Sounds Surprisingly Grown-Up in ‘Slingshot’ (Video)
“These are lines that your average 12-year-old would not be throwing around,” filmmaker David Hansen tells TheWrap
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ShortList 2016: A French Dad Brings Home a Second Wife in ‘Maman(s)’ (Video)
“I really wanted to show the suffering of women and particularly of children,” filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré tells TheWrap
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ShortList 2016: Doc Shows Voter Suppression Hitting Below ‘The Black Belt’ (Video)
“I hope that [people] watch it and think, ‘How can I prevent this from happening in my state?’ director Margaret Brown tells TheWrap
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ShortList 2016: ‘Thunder Road’ Turns Bruce Springsteen Song Into Funeral Eulogy (Video)
“I can confirm that Bruce has seen the film. I don’t know if he enjoyed it,” director Jim Cummings told TheWrap about his struggle to secure the rights to classic song
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ShortList 2016: ‘Boxeadora’ Shows Female Boxer Fighting Inside and Outside the Ring (Video)
“If this was a Hollywood movie, Halle Berry would play Namibia and she would go to the Olympics and win gold,” director Meg Smaker tells TheWrap about her doc
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ShortList 2016: ‘Glove’ Turns Space Accident Into Cosmic Cartoon (Video)
Bernardo Britto and Alexa Lim Haas’ short was inspired by an actual astronaut’s glove that floated away during a NASA mission
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ShortList 2016: ‘The Send-Off’ Depicts Prom Night in a Rural Florida Town (Video)
“The kids are doing odd jobs like rabbit hunting and hair braiding” to pay for the big night, co-director Patrick Bresnan tells TheWrap
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ShortList 2016: ‘Edmond’ Explores Mind of a Cannibal (Video)
“When you really love someone you want to have a bite of them,” filmmaker Nina Gantz tells TheWrap
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ShortList 2016: ‘Over’ Is a Puzzle That Packs a Timely Punch (Video)
“The story really epitomized the utter desperation of the migrant,” filmmaker Jorn Threlfall tells TheWrap of his backward-plotted short
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ShortList 2016: ‘Bacon and God’s Wrath’ Says It’s Never Too Late to Turn Atheist (Video)
Director Sol Friedman follows a 90-year-old woman who abandons her Jewish faith after discovering the Internet
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ShortList Film Festival 2016 Chooses 12 Finalists, Opens for Voting
12 contenders include a documentary following a female boxer in Cuba, a black comedy about a self-aware cannibal and a story about masturbation
