Grand Illusion Cinema - Seattle, WA

Oscar Shorts - All 3 programs - ends 5/13

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This program contains all three Oscar Nominated Shorts programs for one price. Total running time: 365

“The short films … offer a vision of what the Academy Awards should and could be but very rarely are: eclectic, cosmopolitan, scrappy and surprising.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times


Colette

Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard (France/Germany/USA, 25 min.)

Resistance took courage in Nazi-occupied France. 75 years later, facing one’s ghosts may take even more.


A Concerto Is a Conversation

Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers (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.


Do Not Split

Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook (USA/Norway, 20 min.)

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

Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman (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.


A Love Song for Latasha

Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan (USA, 19 min.)

A dreamlike portrait of a vibrant 15-year-old girl whose shooting death sparks the 1992 L.A. Riots.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    136 minutes
  • Rating
    R