Oklahoma City Museum of Art showing Oscar-nominated short films
A scene from Pixar Animation Studio’s Oscar-nominated short film “Presto.”
As part of its annual Oscar Tune-Up, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is showing this weekend the 2009 Academy Award-nominated short films.
The museum, 415 Couch Drive, will screen the animated shorts starting at 5:30 tonight. Along with the five Oscar nominees, 40 minutes of bonus animation will be shown. The live-action short films will follow at 8 p.m.
The program will be shown again starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 20-21.
Film admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students and $5 for museum members. For more information or tickets, call 278-8237 or go to www.okcmoa.com/film.
2009 Oscar-nominated short films
Short Film Nominees – Animation
“Lavatory – Love Story”: A lonely lavatory attendant finds a bouquet of flowers in her tip jar. (Directed by Konstantin Bronzit, 10 minutes)
“Oktapodi”: An octopus fights to keep his beloved out of the cooking pot. (Directed by Julien Bocabeille, 3 minutes)
“Le Maison en Petits Cubes“: In a world gradually flooding with water, an old man adapts to changing circumstances and looks back on his life. (Directed by Kunio Kato, 12 minutes)
“This Way Up”: A series of misfortunes befalls a pair of undertakers on their way to the cemetery. (Directed by Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith, 9 minutes)
“Presto”: A carrot triggers a war of wits between a magician and his hungry bunny. (Directed by Doug Sweetland, 5 minutes)
Short Film Nominees – Live Action
“Auf Der Strecke (On the Line)”: A department store security guard who is drawn to one of his co-workers makes a fateful decision. (Directed by Reto Caffi, 30 minutes)
“New Boy”: A 9-year-old African boy begins his first day of school in Ireland. (Directed by Steph Green, 11 minutes)
“Toyland”: In 1942, a German boy believes that his Jewish neighbors are going to Toyland. (Directed by Jochen Freydank, 14 minutes)
“Manon on the Asphalt”: The proximity of death brings a young woman a new perspective on life. (Directed by Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont, 15 minutes)
“The Pig”: A man facing surgery finds comfort in the painting of a pig hanging in his hospital room. (Directed by Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Hogh, 23 minutes)
-BAM
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