THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2020 - ANIMATION
19., 20., 25.2. and 4.3. 2020
The awards season is here and iShorts again brings you the unique chance to see the short films nominated for the golden Academy Award statuette, including the winners, on the big screen.
!! short film Daughter, director: Daria Kashcheeva is not part of this program !!
Hair Love (USA) - THE OSCAR WINNER
Directors: Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr., Bruce W. Smith | Producers: Matthew A. Cherry, Karen Rupert Toliver, Monica A. Young, Stacey Newton, David Steward II, Carl Reed |
Star: Issa Rae |
Year: 2019 | Length: 7 min | Animation |
A heartfelt animated short film that centers around the relationship between an african-american father, his daughter zuri, and the most daunting task a father could ever come across - doing his daughter’s hair for the first time.
Sister (China, USA)
Director: Siqi Song | Producer: Siqi Song |
Star: Bingyang Liu |
Year: 2018 | Length: 8 min | Animation |
A man thinks back to his childhood memories of growing up with an annoying little sister in china in the 1990s. What would his life have been like if things had gone differently?
Memorable (France)
Director: Bruno Collet | Producers: Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois |
Star: Dominique Reymond, André Wilms |
Year: 2019 | Length: 12 min | Animation |
Recently, louis, a painter, is experiencing strange events. his world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furniture, objects and people lose their realism. they are destructuring, sometimes disintegrating...
Kitbull (USA)
Director: Rosana Sullivan | Producer: Kathryn Hendrickson |
Year: 2019 | Length: 9 min | Animation |
Short film reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. together, they experience friendship for the first time.
additional shorts
The Bird & The Whale (Ireland)
Director: Carol Freeman | Producer: Jonathan Clarke |
Year: 2018 | Length: 7 min | Animation |
A baby whale separated from his family discovers a caged bird, the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Together they struggle to survive, lost at sea.
Hors piste (France)
Directors: Léo Brunel, Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Malet | Producer: Julien Deparis |
Year: 2019 | Length: 7 min | Animation |
The two best rescue workers in the region take off for their umpteenth mission. Professionalism and efficiency all around, but things don't really go as planned...
Henrietta Bulkowski (USA)
Director: Rachel Johnson | Producer: Rachel Johnson |
Star: Finn Douglas, Harry Chaskin, Chris Cooper |
Year: 2018 | Length: 16 min | Animation |
A determined young woman, crippled with a severe hunchback, will stop at nothing to fulfill her dream of seeing the world. This is the story of how she finds happiness.
Maestro (France)
Director: iLLOG!C | Producer: Bloom Pictures |
Year: 2019 | Length: 2 min | Animation |
Deep into a forest, a gathering of wild animals start a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.
Total length of the screening 70 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.
