For the 14th consecutive year, the Bijou Art Cinemas again presents this very popular program. With the two major categories offered—Animated & Live Action—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.
Catch the awards ceremony on screen right here at the Bijou at our annual fundraiser, AWARDS GALA FOR CHARITY, Feb 24.
2019 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS – LIVE ACTION
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Rated R
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***WARNING! Four of the five titles feature a child in some kind of horrific danger, including kidnapping, murder, accidental death and racial violence. Please be advised that these short films are so brutal they may be offensive or distressing to some viewers.***
DETAINMENT
Dir. Vincent Lambe | Ireland | 30 min.
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts from the James Bulger case which shocked the world in 1993 and continues to incite public outrage across the UK today.
FAUVE
Dir. Jeremy Comte | Canada | 17 min.
Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer…
MARGUERITE
Dir. Marianne Farley | Canada | 19 min.
An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.
MOTHER (MADRE)
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain | 19 min.
A single mother receives a call from her seven-year-old son who is on vacation with his father in the French Basque Country. At first the call is a cause for joy, but soon it becomes a horrible nightmare when the child tells her that he is alone and cannot find his father who left a while ago.
SKIN
Dir. Guy Nattiv | USA | 20 min.
A small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
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