Oscar nominated animated & live action shorts are being featured over the next two weeks at the DIA

DETROIT (WXYZ) - The short-film Oscar nominees are often the most creative…but yet the most difficult to find.  

Good news for movie buffs!  The Detroit Institute of Arts is bringing back its Oscar nominated shorts program to the Detroit Film Theatre.

Now you can be the judge!   Which shorts do you think will take home the top honors at the Oscars on Sunday, February 26th?

Over the next two weekends, film-goers can see all of the live-action and animated short films vying for a gold statuette. 

Some of the films are just 7-minutes long.  Others are closer to 30 minutes.  So a good rule of thumb is to expect a three-hour show with an intermission.

"The films can be funny.  They can be poignant and sometimes all at the same time," said Elliot Wilhelm, Film Curator at the DIA.

"The film La Luna is about the stars, the heavens, and it puts it in the form of a fantastic fable that is absolutely winning and charming," he explained pointing out why critics are falling in love with this animated short by Pixar.

His pick for best live-action short?  Maybe Tuba Atlantic.  It's a film about a man whose doctor says he has six days to live, and he spends it trying to get in touch with his long, lost brother.

"It's a really elegant, cool little short story," said Wilhelm.

 

2012 Academy Award Nominated Short Films

DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre

SHORT FILM (Animated)

Dimanche/Sunday - Patrick Doyon

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

La Luna - Enrico Casarosa

A Morning Stroll - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe

Wild Life - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

 

Short Film (Live Action)

Pentecost - Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane

Raju - Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren

The Shore - Terry George and Oorlagh George

Time Freak - Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey

Tuba Atlantic - Hallvar Witzo

 

Friday, Feb. 10 at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 12 at 7:00 p.m.

 

Friday, Feb. 17 at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 19 at 7:00 p.m.

 

PURCHASE TICKETS

$7.50 for adults

$6.50 for students, seniors, & DIA Members

 

You can tune in to watch the Oscars live on ABC on Sunday, February 26th starting at 7:00 p.m.