Before the 89th Annual Academy Awards airs on Sunday, February 26th, brush up on the nominated shorts when the Hamptons International Film Festival, along with Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures, present several Academy Award® nominated films on Saturday, February 11th at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
The screening will include:
Program 1:
12 p.m. – 2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated (90 minutes)
2 p.m. – 2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action (130 minutes)
Program 2:
5 p.m. – 2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated (90 minutes)
7 p.m. – 2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action (130 minutes)
Animated Shorts:
Borrowed Time – directed by Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou Lhadj, USA (7 minutes)
Pearl – directed by Patrick Osborne, USA (6 minutes)
Piper – directed by Alan Barillaro, USA (6 minutes)
Blind Vaysha – directed by Theodore Ushev, Canada (8 minutes)
The Head Vanishes – additional film (9 minutes)
Asteria – additional film (5 minutes)
Happy End – additional film (6 minutes)
Pear Brandy and Cigarettes – directed by Robert Valley, Canada and UK (35 minutes)
Live-Action Shorts:
Sing – directed by Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy, Hungary (25 minutes)
Silent Nights – directed by Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson, Denmark (30 minutes)
Timecode – directed by Juanjo Giménez Pena, Spain (15 minutes)
Ennemis Intérieurs – directed by Sélim Azzazi, France (28 minutes)
La femme et le TGV – directed by Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff, Switzerland (30 minutes)
Films that were part of the 2016 HIFF received a record-breaking 45 Oscar nominations, including Timecode and Blind Vaysha. Once again, HIFF screened four of the Best Picture nominees – La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight. Other nominees that were screened at HIFF include 20th Century Women, Fire at Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, Joe’s Violin, Loving, The Red Turtle, The Salesman, Toni Eedmann, and The White Helmets.
Admission is $14 per screening ($12 for HIFF members) and $24 per program ($20 for HIFF members).
Bay Street Theater is located at 1 Bay Street in Sag Harbor. For more information, visit hamptonsfilmfest.org.