Oscar Nominated Shorts 2020 – Animated

O Cinema is proud to present this nationally-touring program highlighting all of the Live Action Short Films, Animated Short Films and Documentary Short Films that received Academy Award nominations this past year. The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2020 program offers viewers the rare opportunity to experience the year’s best short films from across the globe, collected together in this special cinematic showcase courtesy of Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures.DCERA (DAUGHTER):In a hospital room, the Daughter recalls a difficult childhood moment when as a little girl she tried to share her experience with an injured bird with her Father.(Dir. by Daria Kashcheeva, 2019, Czech Republic, 15 mins., Not Rated)HAIR LOVE:An African-American father learns to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.(Dir. by Matthew A. Cherry, 2019, USA, 7 mins., Not Rated)KITBULL:A fiercely independent stray kitten and a chained-up pitbull experience friendship for the first time.(Dir. by Rosana Sullivan, 2019, USA, 9 mins., Not Rated)MEMORABLE:Painter Louis and his wife Michelle are experiencing strange events. Their world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furniture, objects, and people lose their realism. They are “destructuring,” sometimes disintegrating.(Dir. by Bruno Collet, 2019, France, 12 mins., Not Rated)SISTER:A man remembers his childhood and growing up with an annoying little sister in 1990s China. How would his life have been if things had gone differently?(Dir. by Siqi Song, 2019, China/USA, 8 mins., Not Rated)PLUS: A SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS

HENRIETTA BULKOWSKI:Featuring the voices of Chris Cooper and Ann Dowd.(Dir. by Rachel Johnson, 2019, USA, 16 mins., Not Rated)

THE BIRD AND THE WHALE:A baby whale separated from his family discovers a caged bird, the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Together they struggle to survive, lost at sea.(Dir. by Carol Freeman, 2018, Ireland, 6 mins., Not Rated)

HORS PISTE:The two best rescue workers in the region take off for their umpteenth mission. Professionalism and efficiency all around, but things don’t really go as planned…(Dir. by Leo Brunel/Loris Cavalier/Camille Calabert/Oscar Malet, 2018, France, 5 mins., Not Rated)

MAESTRO:(France, 2 mins., Not Rated)