![]() ![]() ![]() They have separate timelines of development and are not in any conceivable way interlinked or related. “After recently screening The Shape of Water and following conversations that took place in a very constructive and friendly atmosphere, The Netherlands Film Academy believes that both The Shape of Water and our short, The Space Between Us, have their own very different identities. It concluded that the two films were distinct, made at different times and “not in any conceivable way interlinked or related”. Taking note of the brouhaha, the Netherlands Film Academy, which had produced the Dutch film, reportedly organised a special screening of the film for its students, followed by a discussion with Del Toro. The post sparked a debate on Reddit, with some users pointing out similarities between the films and others sharing old articles that established that Del Toro’s movie had been conceived years before the 2015 short film. When a janitor at the facility discovers the creature and warms up to it, she decides to free it from its water chamber. An amphibian creature is brought to a research facility for humans to study. The 13-minute short film, directed by Marc S Nollkaemper, is set in a world ravaged by nuclear war, where most of the land has been engulfed by water and humans are finding a way to develop special gills to breathe. Even the production design and some of the story beats are alike,” the user wrote. “Both main characters are cleaning ladies who work in a research facility. The user pointed out the similarities between the short film and The Shape of Water. On January 19, Reddit user dannie_dorko shared the Dutch film, The Space Between Us, on the subreddit r/movies. The matter was quickly resolved in two days, with the producers of the Dutch movie saying they found no conceivable links between the two films. Both movies involve a woman at a research facility falling in love with an amphibious creature. Over the weekend, a Reddit post got the internet wondering if Guillermo Del Toro’s awards-season favourite, The Shape of Water, was a little too similar to a 2015 Dutch short film. ‘Violence is not our only history’: Can young Kashmiri artists revive the state’s fine arts?.In Manipur, a long friendship defies community enmity and strife.IPL 2023: Virat Kohli sets record for most centuries in the IPL with back-to-back tons.‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’ review: A one-man show indeed.First person: The many inspirations one finds when running the TCS World 10K in Bengaluru.Lockdown, demonetisation to CAA, farm laws: How hasty policies have killed Indians.‘Scoop’ director Hansal Mehta: ‘A story of hustle, the breaking of the human spirit’.Watch: Sweet moment when curious orangutan knocks on the glass, asks zoo visitor to show it her baby.‘Cannot stultify government’: SC tells Delhi LG to process appointment of head of electricity panel.What connects a decades-old children’s poem about fish with the serial killer in ‘Dahaad’.US: Indian-origin man charged with attempting to kill president after he rams truck near White House. ![]() A Dalit scholar’s death and Brahmin dominance at India’s premier science institute. ![]()
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