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For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action 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 now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 26th.
Borrowed Time – dirs. Andrew Coats
and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, USA, 7 minutes
Synopsis: A weathered sheriff returns to the remains of an
accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step
forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake
once again, he must find the strength to carry on.
Pearl – dir. Patrick Osborne, USA, 6
minutes
Synopsis: Set inside their home, a beloved hatchback, PEARL
follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing
their dreams. It’s a story about the gifts we hand down and their
power to carry love, and finding grace in the unlikeliest of
places.
Piper – dir. Alan Barillaro, USA, 6
minutes
Synopsis: Directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Marc
Sondheimer, PIPER, the new short from Pixar Animation Studios,
tells the story of a hungry sandpiper hatchling who ventures from
her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The
only problem is, the food is buried beneath the sand where scary
waves roll up onto the shore.
Blind Vaysha – dir. Theodore Ushev,
Canada, 8 minutes
Synopsis: Vaysha is not like other young girls; she was born with
one green eye and one brown eye. But her odd eyes aren’t the only
thing that’s special about her gaze. Her left eye sees only the
past. Her right, only the future. Like a terrible curse, Vaysha’s
split vision prevents her from living in the present. Blinded by
what was and tormented by what will be, she remains trapped
between two irreconcilable temporalities.
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – dir.
Robert Valley, Canada and UK, 35 minutes
Synopsis: Drink and smoke...that's what Techno Stypes really liked
to do. And fight. He was in no condition to fight. He was sick,
really sick. His disease had whittled him down to a shadow of his
former self. He was crippled from a car accident when he was 17
but that’s not how he lost his big toe. He lost that in a
motorbike accident. Yeah, he was broken alright… what the hell was
he fighting for anyway and what was he still doing in China? His
father had given me two clear instructions: 1. Get Techno to stop
drinking long enough to receive the liver transplant, and 2. Get
him back home to Vancouver. This was not going to be easy.
The Head Vanishes (additional film) – 9 minutes
Asteria (additional film) – 5 minutes
Happy End (additional film) – 6 minutes
Fri & Sat February 17 & 18, 2017, 7:30 PM; Sun February 19, 2017, 2:00 PM, Muenzinger Auditorium
86 min, DP