Oscar-Nominated Short Films

If movies these days lean towards over-reach, short films remind us that less can be more, and brevity is the soul of wit. Each year, VIFF presents the best in show in the form of the Academy Award-nominated shorts in the Live Action, Animation and Documentary categories.

OSCAR® Nominated Shorts: Live-Action (Runtime: 120-mins)

Butcher’s Stain (Dir. Meyer Levinson-Blount)
A Friend of Dorothy (Dir. Lee Knight)
Jane Austen’s Period Drama (Dir. Steve Pinder & Julia Aks)
The Singers (Dir. Sam Davis)
Two People Exchanging Saliva (Dir. Alexandre Singh & Natalie Musteata)

OSCAR® Nominated Shorts: Animation (Runtime: 85-mins)

Papillon (Butterfly) (Dir. Florence Miailhe)
Forevergreen (Dir. Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears)
La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles (The Girl Who Cried Pearls) (Dir. Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski)
Retirement Plan (Dir. John Kelly)
The Three Sisters (Dir. Timur Kognov)
Éiru (Dir. Giovanna Ferrari) [Bonus short film, shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards]

OSCAR® Nominated Shorts: Documentary (Runtime: 153-mins)

Shorts in this program:
All the Empty Rooms (Dir. Joshua Seftel)
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (Dir. Craig Renaud & Brent Renaud)
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Dir. Hilla Medalia)
The Devil Is Busy (Dir. Geeta Gandbhir & Christalyn Hampton)
Perfectly a Strangeness (Dir. Alison McAlpine)

Tickets:

Adult 19+: $16.00
Senior 65+: $14.00
Student 19+: $12.00

Accessible 19+: $11

How to get tickets?

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Date & Time:

February 23 to March 14, 2025

Oscar Shorts: Documentary – Schedule

Oscar Shorts: Live Action – Schedule

Oscar Shorts: Animation – Schedule

Venue:

VIFF Centre
1181 Seymour Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada
V6B 3M7