For the 17th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar®-Nominated Short Films, opening on March 11. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners and give yourself a leg up in the Oscar pool! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts and catch The Academy Awards® on Sunday, March 27.

Screening Saturday, March 12 at 5:00 PM & Sunday, March 13 at 5:00 PM

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Shorts included in this package:

AUDIBLE- Dir. Matt Ogens | USA, 39m

AUDIBLE is a cinematic and immersive coming-of-age documentary following Maryland School for the Deaf high-school athlete Amaree McKenstry and his close friends as they face the pressures of senior year and grapple with the realities of venturing off into the hearing world.

LEAD ME HOME- Dir. Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk | USA, 39m

500,000 Americans experience homelessness every night. LEAD ME HOME is a documentary short by Jon Shenk and Pedro Kos that captures the experience from multiple perspectives.

THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL- Dir. Ben Proudfoot | USA, 19m

She is arguably the greatest living women’s basketball player. She’s won three national trophies, played in the 1976 Olympics and was drafted to the NBA. But, have you ever heard of Lucy Harris? Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Ben Proudfoot showcases a legendary pioneer of women's basketball who has been virtually erased from the history books.

THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR- Dir. Gulistan Mirzaei, Elizabeth Marzaei | Afghanistan, 22m

The story of Shaista, a newly married young man living in a displacement camp in Kabul who struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family.

WHEN WE WERE BULLIES- Dir. Jay Rosenblatt | USA, 35m

A mind-boggling coincidence leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth-grade class and fifth-grade teacher to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident 50 years ago. 

RATING: R
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