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For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. 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 now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 26th.
Sing – dir. Kristof Deak, Hungary,
25 minutes
Synopsis: Zsofi is struggling to fit in at her new school -
singing in the school’s famous choir is her only consolation, but
the choir director may not be the inspirational teacher everyone
thinks she is. It will take Zsofi and her new friend Liza to
uncover the cruel truth.
Silent Nights – dir. Aske Bang,
Denmark, 30 minutes
Synopsis: Inger volunteers at a homeless shelter and falls in love
with the illegal immigrant Kwame. Both live a hard life. Kwame
finds comfort in Inger's arms, but says nothing about his family
and children in Ghana. When his daughter becomes ill, he is forced
to steal money from the homeless shelter to pay the hospital bill.
Inger believe his lie about the theft, and when Kwame moves in
with Inger they are happy for a while… until the day when Kwame’s
mobile phone reveals everything about his life in Ghana.
Timecode – dir. Juanjo Gimenez Pena,
Spain, 15 minutes
Synopsis: Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards.
Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.
Ennemis Interieurs – dir. Selim
Aazzazi, France, 28 minutes
Synopsis: An interview at a local police station turns into an
inquisition during which a French-Algerian born man sees himself
accused of protecting the identities of possible terrorists. This
close-up on France's troubled history with its former colonies has
one man controlling the fate of another with the stroke of a pen
during a turbulent period in the 1990s.
La Femme et la TGV – dir. Timo von
Gunten, Switzerland, 30 minutes
Synopsis: Elise Lafontaine has a secret routine. Every morning and
evening for many years, she has been waving at the express train
that passes her house. One fateful day, she finds a letter from
the train conductor in her garden and her lonely life is turned
upside down. She engages in a promising correspondence through
poetic and thoughtful letters – two anonymous writers sharing
their world with each other… until the day the train line gets
cancelled. The story is inspired by true events and stars César
Award nominee Jane Birkin.
Fri & Sat February 10 & 11, 2017, 7:30 PM; Sun February 12, 2017, 2:00 PM, Muenzinger Auditorium
130 min, DP