Chichester Cinema at New Park
Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
We present a programme of the 5 best shorts nominated in the live action category, and the 5 best in the animation category, including the 2 winners.
THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS: Short Films 2010
1ST PROGRAMME – LIVE ACTION
Total 95min In the Studio (limited seating capacity) Tickets £5
The New Tenants [Best Live Action Short]
A prying neighbour, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome wagon in Director Joachim Back's darkly satirical short film. Set amidst the as-yet-unopened boxes and the hopes for a fresh start of two men on what might be the worst moving day ever, their new apartment reveals its terrifying history in a film that is by turns funny, frightening, and unexpectedly romantic. Denmark/ Joachim Back/ 20min.
Miracle Fish
8 year old Joe has a birthday he'll never forget. His school friends tease him for lack of birthday gifts. Joe hides out in the school sick bay and falls asleep, wishing that everyone in the world would go away. When he awakes, he finds his school empty and wonders if his wish has come true. But his fantasy is shattered, when an event darker than the thought of a being the last person on earth, confronts him. Australia/ Luke Doolan/ 17min.
The Door
The film opens with an absurd act: stealing a door. This raises a question in the viewer's mind, a question that is not answered until the final shot where the door's purpose is revealed. Then, what had seemed an absurd act turns into a simple statement of human dignity, of people making sense of loss through ritual. Gradually, the events are revealed retrospectively as the viewer bears witness to the universal tragedy of Chernobyl through the eyes of one man. Ireland/ Juanita Wilson/17min.
Kavi
Kavi is a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school, but instead he is forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day slave. Unsatisfied with his fate, Kavi must either accept what he’s always been told, or fight for a different life even if he’s unsure of the ultimate outcome. India/ Gregg Helvey/ 18min.
Instead of Abracadabra
Tomas is a bit too old to still be living with his parents, but his dream of becoming a magician leaves him with no other option. But things begin to look up when a beautiful nurse moves in next door… Hilariously quirky romantic-comedy from Sweden. Sweden/ Patrik Eklund/ 22min.
· 2010
