Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

For the 15th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Jan. 31st. 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. 9th.

The Oscar-nominated shorts programs are not rated, but parents could consider the 2020 animated shorts program to be roughly a PG-13. The themes tackled in this year’s Animated program are quite heavy – the death of a parent, Alzheimer’s, China’s one child policy, and more. The program overall is rather melancholy, and while there’s nothing especially objectionable within, most of these shorts will not appeal to children under 12, at all. The films are all very good, but adult audiences will appreciate them much more than kids.

This year's program will include:

Dcera (Daughter) – Daria Kashcheeva, Czech Republic, 15 min.

Hair Love – Matthew A. Cherry, USA, 7 min.

Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan, USA, 9 min.

Memorable – Bruno Collet, France, 12 min.

Sister – Siqi Song, China/USA, 8 min.

PLUS A SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS

Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

Fri January 31 & Sat February 1, 2020, 7:30 PM; Sun February 2, 2020, 2:00 & 4:00 PM & 7:30 PM, Muenzinger Auditorium

recommend

Tickets

10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission. $7 w/UCB student ID, $7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.

Parking

Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.

RTD Bus

Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus

International Film Series

(Originally called The University Film Commission)
Established 1941 by James Sandoe.

First Person Cinema

(Originally called The Experimental Cinema Group)
Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.

C.U. Film Program

(AKA The Rocky Mountain Film Center)
First offered degrees in filmmaking and critical studies in 1989 under the guidance of Virgil Grillo.

Celebrating Stan

Created by Suranjan Ganguly in 2003.

C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

Established 2017 by Chair Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.

Thank you, sponsors!

Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

Looking for a gift for a friend?
Buy a Frequent Patron Punch Card for $60 at any IFS show. With the punch card you can see ten films (a value of $90).

TICKETS IFS tickets are only available at the door on day of show. With 400 seats and rare sell-outs, by arriving a bit early you're almost certainly guaranteed a seat. Tickets go on sale 30 minutes before showtime. IFS screens films in Muenzinger Auditorium, west of Folsom Football Stadium. Admission (unless otherwise noted): $9 general admission, $7 w/UCB student ID, $7 for senior citizens. 10 films for $60 with punch card. We give a $1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet, and you can see movies for free on your birthday, or if you are assisting someone in a wheelchair. Credit cards are accepted at the door.

Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

Tickets

Parking

RTD Bus

International Film Series

First Person Cinema

C.U. Film Program

Celebrating Stan

C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

Podcasts

Search IFS schedules

Schedule archive

35mm Rocks!

Thank You for Smoking

Onibaba

Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts