Live Action: 2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films

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Saturday • 4:15
Sunday • 1:15

For the 18th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films (Documentary, Animated, and Live Action), 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 before the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12.

AN IRISH GOODBYE
On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother. Directors: Tom Berkeley, Ross White (Ireland 2022) 23 min

IVALU
Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. The search for Ivalu is on. Directors: EAnders Walter, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen (Denmark 2022) 216 min

LE PUPILLE
From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award® winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, “Le Pupille” is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This live action short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls within the confines of a strict religious boarding school at Christmas. Director: Alice Rohrwacher (Italy 2022) 37 min
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NIGHT RIDE
It is a cold night in December. As Ebba waits for the tram, an unexpected turn of events transforms the ride home into something she was not expecting. Director: Eirik Tveiten (Norway 2022) 15 min

THE RED SUITCASE
An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation. Director: Cyrus Neshvad (Luxembourg 2022) 18 min

ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 115 MIN.