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Each Oscar nominated short is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation or Documentary. It includes excellent work from around the world including South Korea, Palestine, Iceland, Norway, USA and Israel.
A Concerto is a Conversation
Directed by Kris Bowers & Ben Proudfoot
2021, USA, 13 min
A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
A Love Song for Latasha
Directed by Sophia Nahli Allison & Janice Duncan
2019, USA, 19 min
A dreamlike portrait of a vibrant 15-year-old girl whose shooting death sparks the 1992 L.A. Riots.
Colette
*OSCAR® WINNER*
Directed by Anthony Giacchino
2020, France/Germany/USA, 25 min, with English subtitles
Resistance took courage in Nazi-occupied France. 75 years later, facing one’s ghosts may take even more.
Do Not Split
Directed by Anders Hammer
2020, USA/Norway, 20 min, with English subtitles
The story of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protestors that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
Hunger Ward
Directed by Skye Fitzgerald
2020, USA, 40 min
Filmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war.
