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For the 20th consecutive year, Shorts HD presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated, Live Action and Documentary.
This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards® take place Sunday, March 2.
ADMISSION TO EACH PROGRAM:
$14.50 General | $11 Seniors & Youth | $9 CAFILM members
ANIMATED SHORTS
Friday • 4:30
Saturday & Sunday • 3:15
Monday-Thursday • 4:30
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
BEAUTIFUL MEN
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
Director: Nicolas Keppens, 18 min., Belgium/France/Netherlands
In Flemish, Dutch, Turkish, and English with English subtitles
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
Living in a house by the sea with his daughter, a former captain who has post-traumatic stress disorder leads a tough and secluded life.
Directors: Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, 20 min., Iran
No dialogue
MAGIC CANDIES
The other kids at the park never ask Dong-Dong to play. But he’s fine just playing marbles on his own…
Director: Daisuke Nishio, 21 min., Japan
In Japanese with English subtitles
WANDER TO WONDER
Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids’ TV Series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Director: Nina Gantz, 14 min., Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK
In English
YUCK!
Yuck! Adults kiss each other on the mouth, and children find it disgusting!
Director: Loïc Espuche, 13 min., France
In French with English subtitles
LIVE ACTION SHORTS
Friday • 6:30
Saturday & Sunday • 5:15 & 7:30
Monday-Thursday • 6:30
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
A LIEN
A young couple face up to and deal with a dangerous immigration process.
Directors: Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz, 15 min., USA
In English
ANUJA
The story of a gifted nine-year-old girl who, alongside her sister Palak, faces a life-changing opportunity that tests their bond and mirrors the struggles of girls worldwide.
Director: Adam J. Graves, 22 min., USA
In Hindi with English subtitles
I’M NOT A ROBOT
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara spirals into obsession, haunted by the disturbing question of whether she might actually be a robot.
Director: Victoria Warmerdam, 22 min., Belgium/Netherlands
In Dutch with English subtitles
THE LAST RANGER
When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.
Director: Cindy Lee, 28 min., South Africa
In Xhosa with English subtitles
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them.
Director: Nebojsa Slijepcevic, 13 min., Croatia
In Croatian with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Saturday & Sunday • 12:00
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
DEATH BY NUMBERS
Four years after being shot with an AR-15 in her high school, Samantha Fuentes reckons with existential questions of hatred and justice as she prepares to confront her shooter.
Director: Kim A. Snyder, 33 min., USA
In English
I AM READY, WARDEN
John Henry Ramirez is convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the state of Texas. During his incarceration, Ramirez tries to reach out to his victim’s son while also preparing to say goodbye to his family.
Director: Smriti Mundhra, 37 min., USA
In English
INCIDENT
Through a montage of surveillance and police body-camera footage, a reconstruction of a deadly shooting by a Chicago police officer becomes an investigation into how a narratve begins to take shape in the aftermath.
Director: Bill Morrison, 30 min., USA
In English
INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
A New York Times Op-Docs, first graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: to form an orchestra and perform “Ode to Joy” at a school ceremony.
Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 23 min., Japan
In Japanese with English subtitles
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA
Trailblazing double bassist Orin O’Brien was never one to seek the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the New York Philharmonic, she inevitably became the focus of media attention and, ultimately, one of the most renowned musicians of a generation.
Director: Molly O’Brien, 34 min., USA
In English