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Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2021: Live-Action

Expired May 27, 2021 8:00 PM
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Don't miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in the category of Best Live Action Short! Nominees include: The Present (Palestine), the story of Yusef and his young daughter who set out to buy his wife a gift for their wedding anniversary; Feeling Through (USA), the first film to feature a DeafBlind actor in a lead role tells the story of an awkward meeting between strangers that leads to an intimate bond; Two Distant Strangers (USA), in which a cartoonist’s repeated attempts to get home to his dog are thwarted by a recurring deadly encounter that forces him to re-live the same day over and over again; White Eye (Israel), about a man who finds his stolen bicycle, which now belongs to a stranger; and The Letter Room (USA), starring Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat in the story of an empathetic corrections officer who gets transferred to the prison’s letter room, soon finding escape in the deeply personal letters written to an inmate.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    130 minutes
  • Language
    English, Hebrew, Arabic
  • Country
    United States, Israel, Palestine
  • Rating
    NR
  • Director
    Various
  • Screenwriter
    Various
  • Producer
    Various
  • Executive Producer
    Various
  • Co-Producer
    Various
  • Cinematographer
    Various
  • Editor
    Various
  • Production Design
    Various
  • Composer
    Various
  • Sound Design
    Various
  • Music
    Various