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Shorts 'Paperman' and 'Curfew' Win Oscars, 'Inocente' is 1st Academy Award-Winning Kickstarter Film

02.25.13 @ 3:13AM Tags : academyawards, kickstarter, oscar, oscars

Another year, another Oscars, but this one was very special to the indie community for one major reason: the documentary short Inocente made history as the first Kickstarter film to win an Academy Award. Hollywood might have just started noticing the crowdfunding platform recently, but independent films have benefitted greatly over the last few years, and Kickstarter has been involved in a number of festival and award-winning films — including a few Oscar nods. Also, if you missed it previously, embedded below is Paperman, which took home the best animated short film Academy Award, and the trailer for Curfew, shot on the RED ONE, which received the live action short film award. More »

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Oscar Nominees for Writing Share Their Nomination Experiences (In Writing, Of Course)

02.18.13 @ 12:32PM Tags : academyawards, nominee, oscar, questionnaire, screenwriting

With the final major guild awards behind us, (Argo and Zero Dark Thirty won last night’s WGA awards for Adapted and Original Screenplays, respectively), pundits can finally channel all of their attention and prognostications on the big show, the Academy Awards (as if they weren’t already). Ten screenplays are nominated, but of course, only two will win. This year, however, that doesn’t mean we won’t get to hear from some of the other writing nominees about their Oscar experiences. More »