Screening of 10th Annual Oscar-Nominated Short Films Fest to be held on Sun Feb 2

Annual Oscar-Nominated

January 30, 2020

Sister is one of the five nominated Animated short films which will be screened during the 10th Annual Oscar-Nominated Short Films Fest on Sun Feb 2 at the Amelia Musical Playhouse.

Academy Award-nominated short films from around the world will be screened during the 10th Annual Oscar-Nominated Short Films Fest on Sun Feb 2, hosted by Kate Hart, at the Amelia Musical Playhouse, located at 1955 Island Walk Way, in Fernandina Beach. The 15 films were created by filmmakers from Tunisia, Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, China, the UK, South Korea, Belgium, and the USA.

Admission to each individual screening session is $10: limited Film Fan Passes - good for admission to all 4 sessions - are $32. Tickets and Passes can be purchased in advance at The UPS Store, Mon-Fri 8:30a-6:30p, and Sat 8:30a-3:30p; any remaining tickets will be available at the Amelia Musical Playhouse during the festival.

ANIMATED

10:30a [Rating: PG-13. Not appropriate for children under 13]

Hair Love USA, 7 min. Centers around the relationship between an African-American father, his daughter Zuri, and the most daunting task a father could ever come across doing his daughter’s hair for the first time.

Dcera Czech Republic, 15 min.

In a hospital room, the Daughter recalls a childhood moment when as a little girl she tried to share her experience with an injured bird with her Father, a moment of misunderstanding and a lost embrace which has stretched into many years.

Memorable France, 12 min. Recently, Louis, a painter, is experiencing strange events. His world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furniture, objects and people lose their realism. They are destructuring, sometimes disintegrating…

Sister China/USA, 8 min. A man thinks back to his childhood memories of growing up with an annoying little sister in China in the 1990s. What would his life have been like if things had gone differently?

Kitbull USA, 9 min. Reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull.

Additional Notable Shorts:

Henrietta Bulkowski USA, 16 min; The Bird and the Whale Ireland, 6 min; Hors Piste France, 5 min; Maestro France, 2 min.

DOCUMENTARY GROUP A 12:15 p.m.

Life Overtakes Me Sweden/USA, 39 min.Tells the story of traumatized children of the refugee Diaspora who are in such profound despair that they withdraw into a coma-like state, Resignation Syndrome. In Sweden, over 400 refugee children have been afflicted with this life-threatening psychosomatic illness.

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone [If You’re a Girl] UK, 39 min.

Despite limited athletic and recreational opportunities for women and girls, especially those who come from impoverished neighborhoods, there is a new generation of Afghan girls who believe they can do anything: learn to read, write - and skateboard - in Kabul.

DOCUMENTARY GROUP B 3:15p [Rating: R]

In the Absence South Korea, 28 min. When the passenger ferry MV Sewol sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from the national authorities.

Walk Run Cha-Cha USA, 21 min. Paul and Millie Cao fell in love as teenagers in Vietnam but were soon separated by the war. Years later, and finally reunited in California, they are making up for lost time on the dance floor.

St. Louis Superman USA, 28 min.

Bruce Franks Jr., a Ferguson activist and battle rapper who was elected to the overwhelmingly white and Republican Missouri House of Representatives, must overcome both personal trauma and political obstacles to pass a bill critical for his community.

LIVE ACTION 6:30p [Rating: R]

A Sister Belgium, 16 min.A night. A car. Alie is in trouble. To get by she must make the most important call of her life.

Brotherhood Tunisia, 25 min. Mohamed, a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons, is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Tension between father and son rises over three days until reaching a breaking point.

The Neighbor’s Window USA, 20 min. Tells the story of Alli, a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and husband. But her life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.

Saria USA, 23 min. The tale of two inseparable orphaned sisters, Saria and Ximena, as they fight against daily abuse and unimaginable hardship at Virgen de la Asuncion Safe home in Guatemala.

Nefta Football Club Tunisia/France, 17 min. Two young brothers come across a donkey in the desert. Strangely, the animal is wearing headphones over its ears.