Oscar Nominated Short Films March 10 & 11
Each program will run for one screening only, and both programs will include five short films including the 2012 Academy Award winners ‘The Shore’ from Northern Ireland (Live Action) and ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’ from the US (Animated). The Animated program is an especially fun event for the whole family!
LIVE ACTION SHORTS: Sat, March 10 at 5:30pm (1hr 47min) Program includes “Pentecost” (Ireland), in which Damian, forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish, must either conform to the status quo or give up his passion in life, football; “Raju” (Germany/India), a dramatic tale about a German couple in Kolkata who adopt an Indian orphan, but their child suddenly disappears; OSCAR WINNER-“The Shore” (Northern Ireland), the uplifting story of two boyhood best friends—Joe (Ciarán Hinds) and Paddy (Conleth Hill)—divided for 25 years by the tumult of “The Troubles”; “Time Freak” (USA), in which a neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday; and “Tuba Atlantic” (Norway), in which seventy-year-old Oskar is told that he has only six days left to live, and wants to put things right with his brother who lives in New Jersey.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sun, March 11 at 3:00pm (79min) Program includes: “Dimanche/Sunday” (Canada), in which every Sunday, it’s the same old routine—the train clatters through the village, Grandma will get a visit, and Dad dreams about his toolbox in church; OSCAR WINNER - “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” (USA), a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story, inspired in equal measures by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz and a love for books; Pixar’s “La Luna” (USA), a timeless coming-of-age fable of a young boy whose Papa and Grandpa take him to work for the very first time, rowing in an old wooden boat far out to sea; “A Morning Stroll” (UK), a whimsical tale in which a New Yorker meets a chicken on his morning walk; and “Wild Life” (Canada), the story of an Englishman who moves to Calgary on the Canadian frontier in 1909, but is singularly unsuited to it.
The theatrical release of the Academy Award nominated short films has met with enthusiastic audiences ever since its launch 6 years ago, giving people around the world an opportunity to see the nominated films. Don’t miss this rare change to see the most critically acclaimed and creative short films of 2011!
Oscar Nominated Shorts: Live Action Program- Saturday, March 10 at 5:30pm. Animated Program- Sunday, March 11 at 3pm. The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St, Rockland, 594-0070, www.rocklandstrand.com.
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