Short Films: Cinematic Gems & Hidden Stories!

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1.

"Filminute", founded in 2006, is an international festival for films of what length?

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Answer: One minute
2.

The Paris International Festival of Very Shorts is limited to films of what length?

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Answer: 3 minutes
3.

What has popularized short films by simplifying distribution to a global audience?

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Answer: The Internet
4.

What caused "shorts" to virtually disappear from movie theaters in the early 1950s?

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Answer: Television
5.

What site, more than any other, has created a global audience for user-created short films?

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Answer: YouTube
6.

Who won 10 of the first 12 Academy Awards for Animated Short Film?

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Answer: Walt Disney
7.

Starting with "Bug's Life", what film company always shows a short film before the feature?

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Answer: Pixar
8.

What Apple founder and CEO co-founded Pixar with "Star Wars" creator George Lucas?

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Answer: Steve Jobs
9.

What acclaimed film was adapted from the short "Some Folks Call It A Sling Blade"?

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Answer: Sling Blade
10.

What is another term for "short film"?

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Answer: Short subject
11.

What Toronto-based cable channel offers only films 30 seconds to 40 minutes in length?

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Answer: Movieola
12.

In what year was the Academy Award for Animated Short Film first presented?

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Answer: 1932
13.

What studio released the 2004 short "Far Far Away Idol" featuring Shrek and Donkey?

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Answer: Dreamworks
14.

As an intern at Universal Studios, who made his first short film, "Amblin", in 1968?

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Answer: Steven Spielberg
15.

Who became stars via "shorts" and then move to full-length features in 1935?

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Answer: Laurel & Hardy
16.

What Disney film won the first Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1932?

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Answer: Flowers and Trees
17.

When was the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film introduced?

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Answer: 1974
18.

What film won the 2009 Academy Award for Live Action Short?

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Answer: The New Tenants
19.

What is the title of the Pixar short featuring the "mature" and "baby" desk lamps?

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Answer: Luxo
20.

What is "Dug," star of the Pixar animated short "Dug's Special Mission"?

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Answer: A dog
21.

What Pixar work won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film?

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Answer: For The Birds
22.

Who shot "David Lynch Meets George Lucas: A Short Film" on an iPhone?

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Answer: David Lynch

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