This week's announcement of the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards has prompted many a dedicated movie fan to revisit and/or discover feature films that have nabbed nominations. Happily, it will once again be possible to enjoy Academy Award-nominated short films on the big screen, thanks to ShortsTV™, which will release a three-compilation showcase of select titles.
Presented in three separate programs -- animated, documentary and live action -- the short films cover a wonderful range of topics and approaches by filmmakers from around the world; our exclusive trailer provides a sneak peek at the fascinating treasures that await, including all the individual titles detailed below.
ANIMATED SHORT FILM NOMINEES
Dcera (Daughter)
Synopsis: The bond between a father and a daughter is imperiled by matters that go unspoken and hurts that are slow to heal.
Hair Love
Synopsis: An animated short film about an African American father trying to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.
Kitbull
Synopsis: An unlikely connection sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time.
Memorable
Synopsis: Recently, Louis, painter, and his wife Michelle are experiencing strange events. Their world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furniture, objects, and people lose their realism.
Sister
Synopsis: A man remembers his childhood memories of growing up with an annoying little sister in 1990s China. How would his life have been if things had gone differently?
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM NOMINEES
Brotherhood
Synopsis: Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife.
NEFTA Football Club
Synopsis: In a Tunisian village, children are playing football on a wasteland. Meanwhile, Abdallah and Mohammed come across a donkey with headphones on his ears and bags full of a white powder on his back. The two young brothers decide to bring those bags back to their village.
The Neighbors' Window
Synopsis: It tells the story of a middle aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
Saria
Synopsis: Explores the unimaginable hardships faced by young female orphans at the Virgen de La Asuncion Safe Home in Guatemala, leading up to the tragic fire which claimed 41 of their lives in 2017.
A Sister
Synopsis: A night. A car. Alie is in danger. To get by, she must make the most important phone call of her life.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM NOMINEES
In the Absence
Synopsis: Documents the sinking of a South Korean Ferry. As a result of the ineptitude of the first response to the emerging situation, hundreds of people, mostly children lost their lives.
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
Synopsis: The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write -- and skateboard -- in Kabul.
Life Overtakes Me
Synopsis: In the grip of trauma, hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw from life's uncertainties into a coma-like illness called Resignation Syndrome.
St. Louise Superman
Synopsis: Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old battle rapper, Ferguson activist and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as Superman to his constituents, he is a political figure the likes of which you've never seen - full of contradictions and deep insights, who has overcome unspeakable loss to become one of the most exciting and unapologetic young leaders in the country.
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Synopsis: Paul and Millie Cao lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they have become successful professionals in Southern California-and are rediscovering themselves on the dance floor.
Watch the trailer below, then get tickets now to see animated, documentary and live action short films in theaters. The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 9.
