Last year’s live action short films were a bit better than this year’s crop and none of this year’s films can live up to writer/director Anders Walter‘s Helium, which ended up winning the live action Oscar last year and Shorts HD is now presenting it for free to watch directly below.
The film, for me, was essentially like watching a live action Hayao Miyazaki feature. It’s extraordinarily touching and almost magical as it centers on a dying young boy (Pelle Falk Krusbæk) who finds comfort in through the stories about the titular fantasy world as told told by the hospital’s janitor Enzo (Casper Crump). Like pretty much everything the Oscar shorts have to offer, this one is a bit sad, but its sadness of overwhelmed by greatness. Marijana Jankovic also stars.
Watch the short below and for my thoughts on all of this year’s short film contenders click here and if you’re interested you can now watch all of this year’s short films online at Vimeo, just click the following links:
- Live Action Shorts
- Animated Shorts
- Documentary Shorts
- The Reaper/La Parka – Gabriel Serra Argüello: WATCH HERE
- White Earth – J. Christian Jensen: WATCH HERE
- Joanna – Aneta Kopacz: WATCH HERE
