BEST LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2013

Asad is the story of a young Somali boy trying to survive in his war-torn homeland.  A bit of humor and the movie is  made impressively made entirely with Somali refugees.

Bukashi Boys is the story of two boys growing up in Afghanistan and there interest in the national sport of Bukashi.  It is a violent sport and I didn't like part of the ending of this movie but interesting to see a different view of Afghanistan than we are used to seeing.

Curfew is the story of a troubled uncle who has to babysit his niece whom he hasn't seen since she was a baby and she doesn't know who he is.  It is an enjoyable movie on family dynamics and how children can help to heal families with their innocence.

Death of a Shadow is the interesting story about a man who dies and has to take pictures of shadows after a death and once he takes 10,000 pictures he has the ability to be alive again.  The pictures have and artistic beauty to them and the premise is original with a nice twist at the end.

Henry is the story of a concert pianist whose life is thrown into turmoil when the love of his life mysteriously disappears.  You feel, suspense, humor and drama in this is complete written story amazingly done in only 21 minutes.

All five of these nominations receive thumbs up but the edge for me will have to go to Henry for reaching through my eyes and grasping hold of my heart.