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The Oscar nominee that says a lot just with its title
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Pamela Ribon, creator of the Oscar-nominated animated short "My Year of Dicks," poses for a portrait in her home on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Los Angeles. - photo by Photo by Allison Dinner/Invision/AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before a bemused Riz Ahmed read its name on Oscar nominations morning, the title of Pamela Ribon’s short film has tended to have an effect on those who hear it. Like when Ribon went to pick up her festival credential at SXSW in Austin, Texas, shortly before premiering her movie there. Guy at the desk: “What’s it called?” Ribon: “My Year of Dicks.” Guy at the desk, not missing a beat: “Hard same.” There is, to be sure, no Oscar nominee this year quite like “My Year of Dicks” – and not just because of a title that, as Ribon notes, “is tough on a spam filter.” The film, written and created by Ribon and directed by Sara Gunnarsdóttir, is one of the more hysterical, painful and sweet portraits of adolescence in all its awkwardness.