Irish Film ‘The Door' is the Second Short Film to be Shortlisted for an Academy Award® Nomination
The Irish short film ‘The Door' has been shortlisted for an Academy Award® in the short film category and now is one step closer in the race for an Academy Award nomination.Directed by Juanita Wilson, The Door is the second IFB funded short film to be shortlisted for an Academy Award® nomination at the 2010 Oscar ceremony. The film is one of ten short films worldwide to be shortlisted in the Best Short Film Live Action category. The Irish animated film ‘Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty' directed by Nicky Phelan and written and performed by Kathleen O'Rourke was shortlisted last week in the animated short film category competing against films from Aardman Animation (‘Wallace & Gromit') and Pixar Animation Studios (‘UP', ‘Toy Story').
‘The Door' has already won a number of awards including the IFTA award for Best Short Film and a Best Director prize at the Grand OFF, World OFF Awards in Warsaw. ‘The Door' was produced by Octagon Films under the Short Cuts scheme funded by the IFB and RTÉ and is based on the true story of a father and his young daughter set in Russia 1986. Juanita Wilson is currently directing her debut feature film "As If I Am not There" with funding from the IFB.
The final nominations will be announced in early February.