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Basque short film nominated for the Oscars
Borja Kobeaga will compete against four more action short films. He tells the story of a father and a son that take grandma out of the old people's house to take care of them because mother has abandoned them.
The Basque filmmaker Borja Kobeaga received one of the five nominations for Best Live Action Short Film on the 79th edition of the Oscars for his short film Eramos Pocos (One Too Many).
The Oscar-nominated short film is 16 minutes in duration, and it starts with a woman who decides to abandon her son (Alejandro Tejeria) and her husband (Ramon Barea). The father, not knowing what to do, hatches a plan to retrieve his mother-in-law (Marivi Bilbao) from the retirement home so that she can take care of the two men.
Kobeaga was awarded with Best Script at the 8th national short film contest of Medina del Campo's Cinema Week, one of the most important festivals in the Spanish State in the field of short films. The award allowed the shooting and premiere of the film.
Borja Kobeaga was born in Donostia-San Sebastian in 1977, and has taken part in numerous film ventures. He was surprised by the Oscar nomination, and stated that "I never thought about this award," and being a candidate for the Oscar is the "culmination" of the warm reception One Too Many has had in festivals, among them the film festival of Aspen.
Kobeaga's One Too Many will compete against Binta and the Great Idea, Helmer & Son, The Saviour and West Bank Story on February 25 at the 79th edition of the Academy Awards.
More information about the director and the film can be found online at:
http://www.kimuak.com/kimuak05/pocos.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ9txWq3Ae8
SOURCES: Thanks to dedicated Astero readers Joseba Etxarri & Phillipe Acheritogaray for bringing this to my attention. Content sources included Euskal Telebista news at www.eitb24.com and www.euskalkultura.com
