"Shorts!," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences program featuring the 2009 Oscar nominees in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories, will be presented in New York City on Saturday, February 14, at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International (111 East 59th Street). There will be two separate screenings of the nominated films, the first at noon and an encore presentation at 4 p.m.
Film historian Robert Osborne, who is a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, host of Turner Classic Movies, and author of the new book 80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards, will act as host of the noon screening. Osborne will also be available at 11 a.m. to sign copies of his book.
The 2009 Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film nominees are:
Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes, Kunio Kato, director
Lavatory-Lovestory (top photo), Konstantin Bronzit, director
Oktapodi, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand, directors
Presto, Doug Sweetland, director
This Way Up, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes, directors
Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line), Reto Caffi, director
Manon on the Asphalt, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont, directors
New Boy, Steph Green, director, and Tamara Anghie, producer
The Pig (above), Tivi Magnusson, producer, and Dorte Høgh, director
Spielzeugland (Toyland), Jochen Alexander Freydank, producer-director
Tickets for "Shorts!" 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 beginning Monday, February 2, or at the Academy box office on the day of the event (subject to availability).
The box office will open at 10:30 a.m.; doors open at 11 a.m. for the first screening and 3 p.m. for the encore screening. All seating is unreserved. For additional information call (212) 821-9251 or visit www.oscars.org.
The 2009 Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the US, the Oscarcast will be televised live by ABC.
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