2018 OSCAR SHORTS - DOCUMENTARY

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Fri, Feb 9, 2018 4:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Feb 10, 2018 2:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Feb 11, 2018 2:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Tue, Feb 13, 2018 2:15 PM
Ped Mall -The Screening Room Sat, Feb 17, 2018 12:00 PM
Ped Mall -The Screening Room Sun, Feb 18, 2018 12:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Tue, Feb 20, 2018 2:15 PM
Ped Mall -The Screening Room Thu, Feb 22, 2018 5:00 PM
Ped Mall -The Screening Room Fri, Feb 23, 2018 2:30 PM
Ped Mall -The Screening Room Sat, Feb 24, 2018 12:45 PM
Ped Mall -The Screening Room Sun, Feb 25, 2018 12:45 PM
Ped Mall -The Screening Room Mon, Feb 26, 2018 5:00 PM
Series Info
Series:New Release Films
Film Info
Rating:R
Runtime:201 minutes with intermission
Director:Various
Year Released:2017
Production Country:Various

Description

"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, March 4--join us for our Blue Carpet Bash!

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

2018 OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Parental Rating and Format Note: The Documentary Shorts program is rated "R" and recommended as suitable for ages 17 and up. The program includes violence, drug abuse and some language. It will be presented in full with a brief intermission between Program A and Program B.


PROGRAM A (102 minutes)

TRAFFIC STOP
Dirs. Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, USA, 30 mins

In June 2015, a 26-year-old African-American elementary school teacher named Breaion King was pulled over by a white police officer for a routine traffic stop. The incident escalated into a violent arrest, followed by a conversation about race in America between King and another white officer while he drove her to the station.

HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405
Dir. Franke Stiefel, USA, 40 mins

Artist Mindy Alper has spent almost all of her 56 years combating severe depression and anxiety, using medication, electroconvulsive therapy and psychiatry to help her. Art has always been her most effective outlet, with drawing and sculpture offering her the tools to give voice to her fears and mental battles.  

EDITH+EDDIE
Dirs. Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright, USA, 29 mins

In 2014, 96-year-old Edith Hill and 95-year-old Eddie Harrison are married, unconcerned that one is African American and the other is white. The newlyweds are forced apart, however, when one of Edith's daughters, unhappy about their relationship, forces her mother to leave her Virginia home and move to Florida.

10 minute intermission

PROGRAM B (82 mins)

HEROIN(E)
Dirs. Elaine McMillion Sheldon and kerrin Sheldon, USA, 39 mins

Huntington, West Virginia, known as the overdose capital of America, sees an average of five to seven deaths from drug overdoses every day. Three women - a fire chief, a drug court judge and the head of an outreach ministery - are attempting to take back their community by using compassion to break the cycle of despair and addiction.

KNIFE SKILLS
Dir. Thomas Lennon, USA, 40 mins

In 2013, restaurateur Brandon Chrostowski is about to launch Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute in Cleveland. Aiming to become the best traditional French restaurant in America, the Edwins eatery is staffed primarily with men and women recently released from prison, who have only six weeks to learn the skills that will better their lives and propel the new venture to success.