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The Directors and Producers of Six Oscars Shorts Contenders Discuss the Making of Their Films

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An eclectic group of Oscar-nominated short film directors discuss the personal stories and filmmaking techniques behind their genre-bending, socially-conscious works.
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  • Director Victoria Warmerdam's dark comedy 'I'm Not a Robot' explores feminism and patriarchy through the lens of a woman who discovers she may be a bot, a timely and poignant topic.
  • The directors of the coming-of-age lesbian romance 'Ripe' had to fight their instincts to write a painful ending, instead opting for a more hopeful, triumphant conclusion to better reflect the story they wished they had seen as teenagers.
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Victoria Warmerdam, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi, Akihiro Nishino, Kerry Furrh, Olivia Mitchell, Francisco Lezama, Moshe Mahler, Hélène Hadjiyianni, Shanice Mendy, Anaïs Quemener, Mubi, Beall Productions, Chimney Town, Oak Motion Pictures, Juxtapose Studio, Carnegie Mellon University, I'm Not a Robot, Bottle George, Ripe, An Odd Turn, The Art of Weightlessness, Anaïs
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