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2017 OSCAR SHORTS - ANIMATED
Ped Mall -Scene 1
Thursday, Feb 23, 2017 10:00 PM

Our popular annual tradition of screening the Oscar-nominated short films continues with presentations of all three programs: Animated, Live Action and Documentary!


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General Admission Adult Evening - $11.50
General Admission Children (12 and younger) - $8.85
General Admission UI Student (with valid ID) - $8.41
General Admission Seniors (60+) - $8.85

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"Thank the gods of cinema for this annual release of Oscar nominees." -San Francisco Chronicle

 "Short films remain a great way to discover new talent in its infancy. Past short film winners have included John Lasseter, Peter Capaldi, Jim Henson, Don Siegel, Taylor Hackford and Steven Wright." -RogerEbert.com 

FilmScene is pleased to continue our popular annual tradition of screening the Oscar-nominated short films. A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don?t miss this year's selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 26--join us for our Blue Carpet Bash!

All three programs featuring every Academy Award nominee in the Animated, Live Action, and Documentary Shorts programs will screen multiple times thru February with individual ticketing for each program.

2017 OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS

Parental Rating Note: All animated shorts are suitable for ages 8 and up (PG rating equivelant) except for PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES, which screens last and before which a parental guidance title-card will appear on-screen.

BORROWED TIME
Dirs. Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, USA, 7 minutes

A weathered sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake once again, he must find the strength to carry on.

PEARL
Dir. Patrick Osborne, USA, 6 minutes

Set inside their home, a beloved hatchback, PEARL follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It?s a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love, and finding grace in the unlikeliest of places.

PIPER
Dir. Alan Barillaro, USA, 6 minutes

Directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Marc Sondheimer, PIPER, the new short from Pixar Animation Studios, tells the story of a hungry sandpiper hatchling who ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The only problem is, the food is buried beneath the sand where scary waves roll up onto the shore.

BLIND VAYSHA
Dir. Theodore Ushev, Canada, 8 minutes

Vaysha is not like other young girls; she was born with one green eye and one brown eye. But her odd eyes aren?t the only thing that?s special about her gaze. Her left eye sees only the past. Her right, only the future. Like a terrible curse, Vaysha?s split vision prevents her from living in the present. Blinded by what was and tormented by what will be, she remains trapped between two irreconcilable temporalities.

PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES
Dir. Robert Valley, Canada and UK, 35 minutes

Drink and smoke...that's what Techno Stypes really liked to do. And fight. He was in no condition to fight. He was sick, really sick. His disease had whittled him down to a shadow of his former self. He was crippled from a car accident when he was 17 but that?s not how he lost his big toe. He lost that in a motorbike accident. Yeah, he was broken alright...what the hell was he fighting for anyway and what was he still doing in China? His father had given me two clear instructions: 1. Get Techno to stop drinking long enough to receive the liver transplant, and 2. Get him back home to Vancouver. This was not going to be easy.

PLUS BONUS SHORTS: The Head Vanishes (9 mins)  /  Asteria (5 mins)  /  Once Upon a Line (7 mins)

 

 



Series Info
Series:New Release Films
Film Info
Rating:Not Rated
Runtime:87 mins.
Director:Various
Year Released:2017
Production Country:Various