Having decided that Oscar and BAFTA winners weren't strictly festival winners (though to be nominated you have to have been shown in at least one several specified festivals) I felt it beholden upon me that I add another festival page, on top of the two Cannes Film Festival pages I already have.
So I have added a new page for the Sundance Film Festival at filmsshort.com This had an unexpected benefit of allowing me to upload High Maintenance to the website, as I had admired the subtlety of this science fiction film (when compared to other science fiction films) but had decided to add Alive In Joburg instead to the sci-fi page.
The Sundance Film Festival has a habit of rewarding unusual films, and historically far more documentaries than most short film festivals. Thus I have uploaded two of the best documentaries to have won at the festival in the last decade: Terminal Bar and Undressing My Mother. Documentaries are hard to pull off in a short time period, for it can be difficult to adequately address the subject (both literally and thematically). It's not up to me to decide how successful these two film are, but I feel that each attempts it in two very different but very effective ways. They are certainly worth watching for any aspiring documentary makers out there.
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