2024 Oscar Nominated Shorts in theaters

Starting February 16, the 19th annual Oscar Nominated Short Films will be available in over 700 theaters globally and in 75+ theatrical markets including New York and Los Angeles. This is the only opportunity for audiences to watch all of the short film nominees in theaters before the 96th Academy Awards® ceremony on Sunday, March 10, 2024. To learn more about the participating theaters and how to purchase tickets which are now available, please click here

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Please find the list of this year’s nominated short films, that were announced on January 23, below:

• ANIMATED SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 80 min.)
• LETTER TO A PIG (2022)
• Director: Tal Kantor
• Synopsis: A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life.
• Country of Origin: France, Israel
• TRT: 17 minutes
• NINETY-FIVE SENSES (2023)
• Director: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
• Synopsis: An ode to the body’s five senses delivered by a man with little time left to enjoy them.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 13 minutes
• OUR UNIFORM (2023)
• Director: Yegane Moghaddam
• Synopsis: An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories on the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform.
• Country of Origin: IRAN
• TRT: 7 minutes
• PACHYDERME (2022)
• Director: Stéphanie Clément
• Synopsis: As every summer, Louise is entrusted to her grand-parents for a few days of vacation in the country. The green grass of the garden, the swimming in the lake, the fishing with Grandpa, everything seems as sweet as Grandma’s strawberry pies. Yet this year, the snow will fall in summer and a monster will die.
• Country of Origin: France
• TRT: 11 minutes
• WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN AND YOKO (2023)
• Director: Dave Mullins
• Synopsis: Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a joyful game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers’ chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 11 minutes
• *This year’s program will include two “Highly Commended” animation films:
• I’M HIP (2023)
• Director: John Musker
• Synopsis: A self absorbed cat, in a jazzy song and dance, proclaims his “hipness” to the world. The world is less impressed.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 4 minutes
• WILD SUMMON (2023)
• Director: Karni Arieli and Saul Freed
• Synopsis: A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. Narrated by Marianne Faithfull.
• Country of Origin: UK
• TRT: 14 minutes

• LIVE ACTION SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 139 minutes)
• INVINCIBLE (2022)
• Director: Vincent René-Lortie
• Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom.
• Country of Origin: Canada
• TRT: 30 minutes
• KNIGHT OF FORTUNE (2023)
• Director: Lasse Lyskjær Noer
• Synopsis: The loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, that is too much for Karl to face.
• Country of Origin: Denmark
• TRT: 25 minutes
• RED, WHITE AND BLUE (2023)
• Director: Nazrin Choudhury
• Synopsis: Rachel (Brittany Snow) is a single parent living paycheck to paycheck. When an unexpected pregnancy threatens to unravel her already precarious position, she’s forced to cross state lines in search of an abortion.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 23 minutes
• THE AFTER (2023)
• Director: Misan Harriman
• Synopsis: In this intense short film, a grieving rideshare driver picks up a passenger who helps him confront the past.
• Country of Origin: UK
• TRT: 18 minutes
• THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR (2023)
• Director: Wes Anderson
• Synopsis: Chronicles a variety of stories, but the main one follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see through objects and predict the future with the help of a book he stole.
• Country of Origin: UK, USA
• TRT: 37 minutes

• DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 140 minutes)
• ISLAND IN BETWEEN (2023)
• Director: S. Leo Chiang
• Synopsis: S. Leo Chiang reflects on his relationship with Taiwan, the United States and China from the islands of Kinmen, just a few miles from mainland China.
• Country of Origin: Taiwan, USA
• TRT: 20 minutes
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (2023)
• Director: Sean Wang
• Synopsis: Nǎi Nai is my grandma. Wài Pó is also my grandma. Together, they are a grandma super team that dances, stretches, and farts their sorrows away.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 16 minutes
• THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING (2023)
• Director: Sheila Nevins
• Synopsis: Over 2000 books have been removed from school districts in the U.S. THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING follows the human toll the future will pay for depriving children of their right to read and learn about a complex world. Interviews with children and authors shed light on this ongoing dangerous precedent.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 27 minutes
• THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK (2023)
• Director: John Hoffman, Christine Turner
• Synopsis: The Barber of Little Rock explores America’s widening racial wealth gap through the story of Arlo Washington, a local barber whose visionary approach to a just economy can be found in the mission of People Trust, the nonprofit community bank he founded.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 35 minutes
• THE LAST REPAIR SHOP (2023)
• Director: Kris Bowers, Ben Proudfoot
• Synopsis: Tells the story of four unassuming heroes who ensure no student is deprived of the joy of music. It is also a reminder of how music can be the best medicine, stress reliever and even an escape from poverty.
• Country of Origin: USA
• TRT: 39 minutes

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