Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

Death of a Shadow
(Dirs. Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele, France and Belgium/Dutch, 20 minutes)
A soldier attempts to ransom his soul from Death and return to the girl he loves.

Henry
(Dir. Yan England, Canada/English, 21 minutes)
Henry, an elderly concert pianist, undergoes a series of confusing experiences as he searches for his wife.

Curfew
(Dir. Shawn Christensen, USA/English, 19 minutes)
A young man on the verge of committing suicide receives a call from his sister asking him to babysit his niece.

Buzkashi Boys
(Ddirs. Sam French and Ariel Nasr, Afghanistan/Persian, 28 minutes)
Two boys in Afghanistan, a blacksmith's son and an orphan living on the streets, dream of winning a popular and fierce polo match.

Asad
(Dirs. Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura, South Africa/Somali, 18 minutes)
A boy from a poor Somali village must decide between piracy and life as a fisherman.