The lamps traditionally burn clarified yak butter, but now often use vegetable oil or vanaspati ghee the butter lamps help to focus the mind and aid. Butter lamp may be more a series of compelling sentences than a completed short story, but its unlike any academy awardnominated short. To see visual dazzle in oscarnominated films, go short. Among the 10 films shortlisted by the academy for the 2015 best liveaction short oscar, hu weis butter lamp has already won a slew of festival awards and is capturing the hearts of audiences worldwide with its unique, hearfelt, and inspired presentation that simply must leave a smile on your face after youve watched it the 15minute short film centers around a young itinerant photographer. Hu wei interview short film director of butter lamp. Feb 20, 2015 though it will never win, if a short film like butter lamp can land an oscar nomination, theres hope that the academy could some day come around to recognizing features that do the same. Hu wei filmmaker and visual artist, he works across the disciplines of cinema, installations, sculpture and drawing. Feb 14, 2015 oscar nominee hu wei on filming a changing china the beijingborn director, whose short film butter lamp is nominated for an oscar, tells dinah gardner about capturing the rapidly evolving. Only hu weis butter lamp rises above the fray, and even it suffers from a punchline ending that lands too neatly. Art and humanity collide with compelling stories from the worlds best oscar short live action films. An unusual film, told almost entirely in front of photographic backdrops as an itinerant photographer has come to small village to take pictures of ethnic mongolian families.
A photographer and his assistant capture family portraits of the inhabitants of a remote tibetan village. The film hits the trifecta of short form horrorcomedy. A young itinerant photographer and his assistant suggest to tibetan nomads photographing them in front of various back grounds. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Butter lamp china, france 20 hu wei a young photographer and his assistant suggest to tibetan nomads to take their picture. Butter lamp dharamshala international film festival. A young afghani woman working in rural switzerland travels to zurich to send money to her family in afghanistan. Contentsshow nominations best live action short hu wei, julien feret plot a young photographer and his assistant suggest to tibetan nomads to take their picture. Its an interesting group, and fun to see what did and not make it from the various category shortlists. Oscarnominated short films to get limited theatrical release. View the full list of 2015 oscar nominees and watch the oscars live. Butter lamp by hu wei short film showing at diff 2015. Jan 30, 2015 the two standouts are hu weis butter lamp, a deceptively simple film in which a tibetan photographer interacts with his clients in front of a series of picturesque backdrops, and.
Surprising snubs include previous winners lucy walker in documentary, moonbot studios in animation, and, more than a few people think that bill plympton is overdue for a win. Butter lamp is an oscar nominated short film that highlights the often crass and insensitive domination of traditional values by chinas cultural. How to watch the oscar nominees for live action short, from. Not a bad film, with the best part being the lead actress. This makes the film sound sappy, the short is just groups of people getting their photo taken in front of rotating backgrounds of iconic places, the only dialogue is pretty much the photographer telling the people to move get into place for the shot.
Short film live action michael lennox and ronan blaney. Belgrade documentary and short film fest 2014 best international short film taipei golden. Butter lamp is a critically acclaimed short film that has come a long way, it has already won 70 awards and has been selected for 200 film festivals. The two standouts are hu weis butter lamp, a deceptively simple film in which a tibetan photographer interacts with his clients in front of a series of picturesque backdrops, and.
Critically acclaimed, butter lamp won a multitude of awards in 2014, including the grand jury award at the afi film festival. This is my third short film and ive never worked with professional actors. Jan 10, 2017 wei, whose earlier short butter lamp was nominated for an academy award in 2015, may well again have oscar recognition in his future with this new 18minute short. Cinema jam talks with hu wei, director of the awardwinning short film butter lamp.
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant photograph tibetan nomads in front of various backgrounds. May 19, 2020 the film hits the trifecta of short form horrorcomedy. Video archive for the film butter lamp, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 20. Butter lamp is a short film it was shot in one location and the cast was non professional actors. Against diverse and more or less exotic backgrounds, families appear.
With genden phuntsok, soepha, sonam gonpo, wangmo tso. Butter lamp is a reflection of the effects of modernity and globalisation, as well as an attempt to hold on to the past. But butter lamp has managed to win several awards in china, including one from the governmentrun china international new media short film festival in shenzhen. In a guest post, australian writerdirector josh tanner shares his essential tips to making a short film and getting it. One hundred and fortyone films had originally qualified in the category live action short for the. The film won the re generation a world of maps award at 021 capalbio cinema international short film festival, because of its ability to capture the change. More than 140 films were submitted this year for the liveaction short film academy award. May 20, 20 video archive for the film butter lamp, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 20.
Erosion of tibetan culture in oscar nominated short butter lamp. Heres how to watch almost every oscarnominated film vox. This makes the film sound sappy, the short is just groups of people getting their photo taken in front of rotating backgrounds of. Butter lamps are used in nearly every tibetan temple, household and altar. The phone call gets an oscar nomination for short film. Butter lamp awaits its oscar fate among the 10 films shortlisted by the academy for the 2015 best liveaction short oscar, hu weis butter lamp has already won a slew of festival awards and is capturing the hearts of audiences worldwide with its unique, hearfelt, and inspired presentation that simply must leave a smile on your face after you. Butter lamp director hu wei and producer julien feret discuss the academy award nominee for live action short and its production. The films director, alejandro gonzalez inarritu, also won the directing oscar, and the film was honored for.
Everybody has had the thought of directing a film at one point or another. Collective screening of the academy award nominated short films from the live action category for 2015. But butter lamp has managed to win several awards in china, including one from the governmentrun china international new media short film festival in. The light from the flame of the butter lamp symbolizes the wisdom of the awakened mind, dispelling the darkness of delusion and mental obscurations. Whether you just saw a great movie and you wanted to get a. A young itinerant photographer and his assistant photograph tibetan nomads in front of. Aug 24, 2015 5 tips for making and distributing your short film.
The film had the biggest night and took home the biggest prize. Feb 23, 2015 the film had the biggest night and took home the biggest prize. Wei, whose earlier short butter lamp was nominated for an academy award in 2015, may well again have oscar recognition in his future with this new 18minute short. Jan 15, 2015 animated short film the bigger picture the dam keeper feast me and my moulton a single life live action short film aya boogaloo and graham butter lamp parvaneh the phone call. This years best of the best short films include a beautifully ecclectic list of voices and stories including aya israel, boogaloo and graham northern ireland. Jan 30, 2015 only hu weis butter lamp rises above the fray, and even it suffers from a punchline ending that lands too neatly. Oscar nominee hu wei on filming a changing china the beijingborn director, whose short film butter lamp is nominated for an oscar, tells dinah gardner about capturing the rapidly evolving.
These are the first academy award nominations for hu wei and julien feret. The phone call, a short film that tells about a fateful call that is received by a worker in a crisis call center and an encounter that changes the lives of the people on. It has now been nominated for the oscars as a live action short. Before that stumble, though, it uses a simple storya photographer comes to a. Jan 19, 2015 the films will be released in 450 theaters on jan. Hu weis butter lamp has won over 70 awards and been nominated for 200. The independent critic butter lamp awaits its oscar fate. There is currently one video available for the film, of which zero are trailers, as listed below. Tibetan villagers pose before backdrops, earn oscar nomination. Hu wei interview short film director of butter lamp the spread. Butter lamp has received 70 prestigious film awards and has been selected by over 200 film festivals including cannes critics week, afi fest, clermont ferrand film festival and sundance film festival to name a few. Though it will never win, if a short film like butter lamp can land an oscar nomination, theres hope that the academy could some day come around to recognizing features that do the same. Butter lamp oscarnominated short film the focus pull.
Hu wei is the director of butter lamp, a short film which. Butter lamp is a 20 chinesefrench short drama film directed by hu wei. There is currently one video available for the film. It was nominated for the academy award for best live action short film at the 87th. In a guest post, australian writerdirector josh tanner shares his essential tips to making a short film and getting it out into the world. Director hu weis short film is a sequence of those revealing, selfaware moments prior to the click of a shutter. Butter lamp director hu wei on tradition and modernity in.
Hu wei is the director of butter lamp, a short film which observes the lives of tibetan nomads through the eyes of a photographer. Jan 30, 2015 collective screening of the academy award nominated short films from the live action category for 2015. The monks in the monastery manage the actual lamps, taking extreme care to avoid starting one of the devastating fires. How to watch the oscar nominees for live action short. The butter lamps help to focus the mind and aid meditation. The phone call gets an oscar nomination for short film live. Animated short film the bigger picture the dam keeper feast me and my moulton a single life live action short film aya boogaloo and. Its funny, its gory and its not even seven minutes. Butter lamp has received 70 prestigious film awards and has been selected by over 200 film festivals including cannes critics week, afi fest, clermont ferrand film festival and sundance film festival to. It was nominated for best live action short at the 87th academy awards.
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