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Oscar Shorts: Live Action (102 min)
Friday, Feb 28, 7 pm
Offsite Screening @ PS21
2980 NY-66, Chatham
See the Oscar-nominated Live-Action Short Films before the Academy Awards on March 2! This annual pre-Oscars feature—produced by ShortsTV for the past 20 years and the largest commercial release of short films on the planet—showcases Oscar-nominated short films in three categories on the big screen. We are thrilled to partner with Chatham's PS21 to show the Live-Action Shorts in their 100-seat black box theater. This year's films tackle modern-day struggles with a variety of styles in multiple languages.
The nominees are:
A Lien – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz, USA, in English
On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.
Anuja – Adam J. Graves, USA, in Hindi
Backed by producers Priyanka Chopra and Mindy Kaling, this American-made short in Hindi tells the captivating tale of two Indian girls struggling to make ends meet.
I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam, Belgium/Netherlands, in Dutch
In Victoria Warmerdam’s surrealist dramedy, a series of failed Captcha tests plunges a woman into a strange new reality.
The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee, South Africa, in Xhosa
When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers (above photo).
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojsa Slijepcevic, Croatia, in Croatian
Dramatizing the Štrpci massacre of 1993, when 18 Muslims and 1 Croat were pulled off a train by the Serbian White Eagles paramilitary group and massacred, this short centers on Tomo Buzov (Dragan Mićanović), the sole non-Bosniak passenger on the train who tried to stand up against the attackers.
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