<p>Not wanting to just ride the tide of the mainstream media coverage on the Oscars, Showtime looked into two less spoken films awarded at the ceremony.</p>.<p>The first, called ‘Hair Love’, won the prize for the ‘Best Animated Short Film’. The film tells the funny and moving story of a father’s first attempt at tying his little girl’s hair.</p>.<p>The film throws out stereotypes about how the father in a African-American family is “never there”. The humour, especially in the fantastic sequence where you see the father trying to beat the hair in a boxing ring, is great.</p>.<p>The other film, which has received even less love online than ‘Hair Love’, is The Neighbors’ Window’, which won ‘Best Action Short Film’ at the Oscars.</p>.<p>The poignant film looks at an aging couple’s obsession with a 20-something couple whose window they can see through.</p>.<p>The younger couple are seen having sex almost all the time, even using positions that may be a little too ambitious for the older couple.</p>.<p>But the couple realises soon that the voyeur too can be watched, and that there is a cost to not valuing the things you already have.</p>.<p>Indian viewers can catch these films soon at Shorts TV, which is available on multiple TV networks and features short-duration content.</p>
<p>Not wanting to just ride the tide of the mainstream media coverage on the Oscars, Showtime looked into two less spoken films awarded at the ceremony.</p>.<p>The first, called ‘Hair Love’, won the prize for the ‘Best Animated Short Film’. The film tells the funny and moving story of a father’s first attempt at tying his little girl’s hair.</p>.<p>The film throws out stereotypes about how the father in a African-American family is “never there”. The humour, especially in the fantastic sequence where you see the father trying to beat the hair in a boxing ring, is great.</p>.<p>The other film, which has received even less love online than ‘Hair Love’, is The Neighbors’ Window’, which won ‘Best Action Short Film’ at the Oscars.</p>.<p>The poignant film looks at an aging couple’s obsession with a 20-something couple whose window they can see through.</p>.<p>The younger couple are seen having sex almost all the time, even using positions that may be a little too ambitious for the older couple.</p>.<p>But the couple realises soon that the voyeur too can be watched, and that there is a cost to not valuing the things you already have.</p>.<p>Indian viewers can catch these films soon at Shorts TV, which is available on multiple TV networks and features short-duration content.</p>