THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2024 - ANIMATION
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Flashing cameras, fantastic fashion creations, and the Dolby Theatre filled with leading filmmakers from Hollywood and around the world, anxiously awaiting the opening of envelopes. Also this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its Oscars not only in feature film categories but also in short film categories. And iShorts cannot miss the event, bringing you a prestigious selection of all nominated films in the categories of Best Live Action and Animated Short Film on the big screen. Join us for an Oscar night of short films!
Letter to a Pig (France, Israel)
Director: Tal Kantor | Producers: Pierre Baussaron, Amit Gicelter, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal |
Star: Moriyah Meerson Alexander Peleg Ayelet Margalit |
Year: 2022 | Length: 17 min | Animation |
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
Ninety-Five Senses (USA)
Director: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess | Producers: Tori Baker, Miles Romney |
Star: Tim Blake Nelson |
Year: 2023 | Length: 13 min | Animation |
An ode to the body's five senses delivered by a man with little time left to enjoy them.
Our Uniform (Iran)
Director: Yegane Moghaddam | Producers: Tori Baker, Miles Romney |
Year: 2023 | Length: 7 min | Animation |
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories on the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform.
Pachyderme (France)
Director: Stéphanie Clément | Producers: Reginald de Guillebon, Marc Rius |
Star: Michelle Brubach, Christa Théret |
Year: 2022 | Length: 11 min | Animation |
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.
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (USA) - WINNER
Director: Dave Mullins | Producers: Brad Booker |
Year: 2023 | Length: 11 min | Animation |
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.
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Wild Summon (UK)
Directors: Karni Arieli, Saul Freed | Producers: Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay Woolley |
Star: Marianne Faithfull |
Year: 2023 | Length: 15 min | Animation |
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form.
I’m Hip (USA)
Director: John Musker | Producer: John Musker |
Star: David Frishberg
Year: 2023 | Length: 4 min | Animation |
A self-absorbed cat, in a jazzy song and dance, proudly and comically proclaims his "hipness" to the world. The world is less convinced than he is.
Total length of the screening 81 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.
