Oscar Nominated Shorts 2021

For the 16th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films! With all three categories offered – Live Action, Animated 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, so don’t miss this year’s standout selection of stellar shorts!

ANIMATED SHORTS:

BURROWA young rabbit tries to build the burrow of her dreams, becoming embarrassed each time she accidentally digs into a neighbor’s home.(Directed by Madeline Sharafian & Michael Capbarat / 2020 / USA / 6 mins / Not Rated)

GENIUS LOCIOne night, Reine, a young loner, sees the urban chaos as a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.(Directed by Adrien Mérigeau & Amauray Ovise / 2020 / France / 16 mins / Not Rated)

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, I LOVE YOUIn the aftermath of tragedy, two grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child.(Directed by Will McCormack & Michael Govier / 2020 / USA / 12 mins / Not Rated)

OPERAThe history, structures and rhythms of human history are seen through a glorious, massive pyramid.(Directed by Erick Oh / 2020 / South Korea / 9 mins / Not Rated)

YES-PEOPLEOne morning an eclectic mix of people faces the everyday battle – such as work, school and dish-washing. As the day progresses, their relationships are tested and ultimately, their capacity to cope.(Directed by Gísli Darri Halldórsson & Arnar Gunnarsson / 2020 / Iceland / 8 mins / Not Rated)

PLUS, these selections from the shortlist:

THE SNAIL AND THE WHALEA tiny snail goes on an amazing journey by hitching a ride on the tail of a huge humpback whale.(Directed by Max Lang, Daniel Snaddon & Suzanne Lang / 2020 / UK & Germany / 26 mins / Not Rated)

KAPAEMAHULong ago, four extraordinary beings of dual male and female spirt brought the healing arts to Hawaii and imbued their powers in four giant boulders. The stones will stand on Waikiki Beach, but their true story has been hidden – until now.(Directed by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson & Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu / 2020 / USA / 8 mins / Not Rated)

TO GERARDA sprightly elderly man brightens the day of a little girl through magic.(Directed by Taylor Meacham / 2020 / USA / 7 mins / Not Rated)

LIVE ACTION SHORTS:

FEELING THROUGHA late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen-in-need and a DeafBlind man.(Directed by: Doug Roland & Susan Ruzenski / 2020 / USA / 19 mins / Not Rated)

THE LETTER ROOMWhen a corrections officer is transferred to the letter room, he soon finds himself enmeshed in a prisoner’s deeply private life.(Directed by: Elvira Lind & Sofia Sondervan / 2020 / USA / 33 mins / Not Rated)

THE PRESENTOn his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?(Directed by: Farah Nabulsi / 2020 / Palestine / In Arabic & English with English subtitles / 25 mins / Not Rated)

TWO DISTANT STRANGERSCartoonist Carter James’ repeated attempts to get home to his dog are thwarted by a recurring deadly encounter that forces him to re-live the same awful day over and over again.(Directed by: Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe / 2020 / USA / 25 mins / Not Rated)

WHITE EYEA man finds his stolen bicycle, which now belongs to a stranger. While attempting to retrieve it, he struggles to remain human.(Directed by Tomer Shushan & Shira Hochman / 2019 / Israel / In Hebrew with English subtitles / 21 mins / Not Rated)

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATIONA virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 90-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.(Directed by Ben Proudfoot & Kris Bowers / 2020 / USA / 13 mins / Not Rated)

A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHAThe injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins in South Central Los Angeles became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising.(Directed by Sophia Nahli Allison & Janice Duncan / 2020 / USA / 18 mins / Not Rated)

COLLETTENazi occupied France. Resistance took courage. Seventy-five years later, facing one’s ghosts may take even more.(Directed by Anthony Giacchino & Alice Doyard / 2020 / USA / In French with English subtitles / 24 mins / Not Rated)

DO NOT SPLITIn 2019 Hong Kong was rocked by the largest protests since Britain handed back the area to China in 1997. This is the story of the protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protesters that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.(Directed by Andes Hammer / 2020 / Norway & USA / In Mandarin, Cantonese & English with English subtitles / 36 mins / Not Rated)

HUNGER WARDFilmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, an unflinching portrait of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they try to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.(Directed by Skye Fitzgerald & Michael Scheuerman / 2020 / USA / 40 mins / Not Rated)