How Do You Measure A Year? (2022)

This is the last of the nominated films in the Short Documentary category for an Oscar in 2023, and it is a good way to end. Ironically, last year the same filmmaker had a nomination in this category and it was also not generally available until after the Oscars, which makes the category as a whole harder to judge with one omission, but in neither case did it change my first or second choice in the category. The story line is basically childhood, as seen from age 2 until 18 years old, as seen through an annual birthday film session with similar questions as well as some age appropriate ones. As you might imagine, the younger years are uniformly adorable and the teenage years more defiant and painful, both because most of us have been there as teens, and many as parents of teens. It is light and mostly fun.