April 2 – 30

“Unsung but worth your time” —AO Scott, New York Times

Presenting the 2021 films nominated for Best Animated Short at the 93rd Academy Awards. Watch all nominated films in Live-Action, Documentary and Animation categories in Academy Award-Nominated Short Films. 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, April 25th.

Each category will be presented as a separate program. Individual programs are available for $12 each, or purchase a bundle to watch all three Animated, Live-Action and Documentary Shorts programs online for $30. (The option to purchase the bundle is available through any of the three programs’ ticketing links.)

WATCH ANIMATED SHORTS HERE
WATCH LIVE ACTION SHORTS HERE
WATCH DOCUMENTARY SHORTS HERE
WATCH ALL THREE PROGRAMS HERE

ANIMATED SHORTS (Rated PG-13, 99 minutes)
Burrow – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat (USA, 6 min.)
Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise (France, 16 min.)
Opera – Erick Oh (USA, 9 min.)
If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier (USA, 12 min.)
Yes-People – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson (Iceland, 8 min.)

While there is no objectionable content for children, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU deals with parents mourning their child, killed in a school shooting, and GENIUS LOCI contains profanity and a very brief instance of nudity. The program is not recommended for children under 12.

PLUS A SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS (from the AMPAS shortlist):
Kapaemahu (USA, 8 min.)
The Snail and the Whale (UK/Germany, 26 min.)
To Gerard (USA, 7 min.)

LIVE ACTION SHORTS (RATED R, 130 minutes)
The Present – Farah Nabulsi (Palestine, 25 min.)
Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski (USA, 19 min.)
Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe (USA, 25 min.)
White Eye – Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman (Israel, 21 min.)
The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan (USA, 33 min.)

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (RATED R, 136 minutes)
A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan (USA, 18 min.)
Do Not Split – Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook (USA/Norway, 36 min.)
Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman (USA, 40 min.)
Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard (France/Germany/USA, 24 min.)
A Concerto Is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers (USA, 13 min.)