Detroit Institute of Arts is throwing its annual program featuring the Oscar-nominated short films
Live action & animated shorts to be shown
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Posted: 02/01/2013
DETROIT (WXYZ) - They may be the least known films nominated for Oscars, but they are often some of the most creative. We’re talking about the live-action and animated short films of 2012 that are nominated for Academy Awards.
You can watch all of them during the Detroit Institute of Arts ’ annual Oscar Shorts program.
This year the program has been expanded from two weekends to three.
“It’s really turned into a phenomenon in Detroit,” said Elliot Wilhelm, Curator of Film and Video for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). “We actually are the city that draws the most people to this program.”
“We present all 10 films,” he added.
The films will be shown at the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting February 1 st and running through February 17 th.
The Academy Awards will air live on February 24 th at 7:00 p.m. on ABC.
You can purchase tickets here.
A brief intermission will be held between the animated and live-action film showings.
Here’s the line-up:
Animated Program
Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’ (directed by David Silverman/USA)
Adam & Dog (directed by Minkyu Lee/USA)
Fresh Guacamole (directed by PES/USA)
Head Over Heels (directed by Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly/UK)
Paperman (directed by John Kahrs/USA)
Live Action Program
Death of a Shadow (directed by Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele/France)
Henry (directed by Yan England/Canada)
Curfew (directed by Shawn Christensen/USA)
Buzkashi Boys (directed by Sam French and Ariel Nasr/Afghanistan)
Asad (directed by Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura/South Africa)
Here are the dates & hours of the screenings:
Friday, February 1 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 2 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, February 3 at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Friday, February 8 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 9 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, February 10 at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Friday, February 15 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 16 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, February 17 at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM
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