"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!
Join us for all three programs featuring every Academy Award nominee in the Animated, Live Action, and Documentary Shorts programs. Each program will screen multiple times over multiple weeks with individual ticketing for each program.
2016 OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS
Parental Rating Note: All animated shorts are PG equivelant except for PROLOGUE, which features graphic illustrated violence and full male nudity. A parental guidance title-card will appear on-screen before PROLOGUE, which screens last.
SANJAY'S SUPER TEAM
dir. Sanjay Patel, USA, 7 minutes
Young Sanjay, a first-generation Indian-American, is obsessed with television, cartoons and his superhero action figures. He is reluctant to spend time in daily prayers with his devout Hindu father, but a flight of imagination helps him develop a new perspective that he and his father can both embrace.
WORLD OF TOMORROW
Dir. Don Hertzfeldt, USA, 17 minutes
A little girl named Emily is taken on a fantastical tour of her distant future by a surprising visitor who reveals unnerving secrets about humanity's fate.
BEAR STORY
Dir. Gabriel Osorio, Chile, 11 minutes
Every day, a melancholy old bear takes a mechanical diorama that he has created out to his street corner. For a coin, passersby can look into the peephole of his invention, which tells the story of a circus bear who longs to escape and return to the family from which he was taken.
WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT COSMOS
Dir. Konstantin Bronzit, Russia, 16 minutes
Two best friends have dreamed since childhood of becoming cosmonauts, and together they endure the rigors of training and public scrutiny, and make the sacrifices necessary to achieve their shared goal.
Bonus Shorts:
- IF I WAS GOD
- THE SHORT STORY OF A FOX AND A MOUSE
- THE LONELIEST SPOTLIGHT
- CATCH IT
PROLOGUE
Dir. Richard Williams, UK, 6 minutes
2,400 years ago, four warriors -- two Spartan and two Athenian -- battle to the death in an intense struggle witnessed by a little girl, who then runs to her grandmother for comfort.