2019 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action
The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action
For the 14th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 8th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is 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. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 24th.
This collection is not MPAA rated but if it were it would likely be R for violence, language, and adult themes.
Madre – Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Maria del Puy Alvarado, Spain, 19 minutes. A single mother receives a call from her seven-year-old son who is on vacation with his father in the French Basque Country. At first the call is a cause for joy, but soon it becomes a horrible nightmare when the child tells her that he is alone and cannot find his father who left a while ago. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Fauve – Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon, Canada, 17 minutes. Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer... In French with English subtitles.
Marguerite – Marianne Farley and Marie-Helene Panisset, Canada, 19 minutes. An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past. In French with English subtitles.
Detainment – Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon, Ireland, 30 minutes. Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts from the James Bulger case which shocked the world in 1993 and continues to incite public outrage across the UK today.
Skin – Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman, USA, 20 minutes. In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
This collection is not MPAA rated but if it were it would likely be R for violence, language, and adult themes.
Madre – Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Maria del Puy Alvarado, Spain, 19 minutes. A single mother receives a call from her seven-year-old son who is on vacation with his father in the French Basque Country. At first the call is a cause for joy, but soon it becomes a horrible nightmare when the child tells her that he is alone and cannot find his father who left a while ago. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Fauve – Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon, Canada, 17 minutes. Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer... In French with English subtitles.
Marguerite – Marianne Farley and Marie-Helene Panisset, Canada, 19 minutes. An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past. In French with English subtitles.
Detainment – Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon, Ireland, 30 minutes. Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts from the James Bulger case which shocked the world in 1993 and continues to incite public outrage across the UK today.
Skin – Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman, USA, 20 minutes. In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
Played at
Claremont 5 2.22.19 - 2.28.19
Monica Film Center 2.22.19 - 2.28.19
NoHo 7 2.22.19 - 2.28.19
Glendale 2.22.19 - 2.28.19
Playhouse 7 2.22.19 - 2.28.19
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