Oscar 2008 Shorts Screening in Los Angeles
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the 2007 Academy Award-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories, on Tuesday, February 19, at 7 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The program will feature onstage discussions with the nominated filmmakers (subject to availability).
They are:
Animated Short Film
- I Met the Walrus (top photo), Josh Raskin, director
- Madame Tutli-Putli, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors
- Meme les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven), Samuel Tourneux, director; Simon Vanesse, executive producer
- My Love (Moya Lyubov), Alexander Petrov, director
- Peter & the Wolf, Suzie Templeton, director; Hugh Welchman, producer
Live Action Short Film
- At Night, Christian E. Christiansen, director; Louise Vesth, producer
- Il Supplente (The Substitute), Andrea Jublin, director
- Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets, above), Philippe Pollet-Villard, director
- Tanghi Argentini, Guido Thys, director; Anja Daelemans, producer
- The Tonto Woman, Daniel Barber, director; Matthew Brown, producer
Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, or at the Academy’s box office during regular business hours beginning Friday, February 1, at 9 a.m.
The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Doors open at 6 p.m. All seating is unreserved. For more information, please call the Academy at (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org/events.
The 2008 Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
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The Academy should have those screenings in San Francisco as well. There are lots of movie lovers in this town. They don’t all live in Los Angeles.