New Boy by Steph Green (top); Oktapodi by Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand (bottom)
The 2009 Academy Award-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories will be screened as part of the program "Shorts!," presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, February 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The program will feature onstage discussions with the nominated filmmakers (subject to availability). Not to be missed…
The 2009 Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film nominees are:
Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes (above), Kunio Kato, director
Lavatory-Lovestory, 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 (above), Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont, directors
New Boy, Steph Green, director, and Tamara Anghie, producer
The Pig, 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, by mail, or at the Academy’s box office during regular business hours beginning Monday, February 2, at 9 a.m.
The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. For more information, please call the Academy at (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
The 2009 Oscar 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.
I need, please, more info on the female vocalist for the Bob Dylan song played underneath the credits at the end of Manon on the asphalt.
Are the song lyrics available on this site?
It is sold out, but you can go and get into the stand-by line. Go early! It's a popular event.
Does anyone know if any other theater will be showing these films?
This is awesome. I wonder if it's gonna be sold out like the other events.