2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films. Rating equivalent of PG-13/R. Four of the films are suitable for kids 10 and up, but the final film is for adult audiences only.
Animated 2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
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Past Films
In the Mood for Love – Feb 24, 2023
Friday, February 24 at 7:30pm | Wong Kar Wai’s modern classic, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk. In Cantonese w/ English subtitles.
The Quiet Girl
The first Irish-language film nominated for an Oscar (Best International Feature Film). A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer.
Storming Caesar’s Palace – Feb 27, 2023
INDIE LENS POPUP | Monday, February 27 | Theatre 5 | Activist Ruby Duncan kick-started the grassroots movement that reshaped America’s perception of mothers on welfare. Followed by a panel discussion.
Nothing Compares – Aug 31, 2023
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM | Thursday, August 31 at 7:30pm | Following the career of singer Sinéad O’Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
Hit Man
A charming action-comedy about a strait-laced professor (Glen Powell) who uncovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man in undercover police stings. Directed by Richard Linklater
Saint Omer – Mar 1, 2023
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30pm | Theatre 1 | A novelist attends a murder trial, but things don’t go as expected.
Run Lola Run
25th Anniversary screening! After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks in this 1999 cult classic.
Janet Planet
OPENS JULY 19 | In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. From A24 and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker.
National Anthem
OPENS JULY 19 | A queer coming-of-age story set against stunning Western landscapes that boldly reimagines a hopeful exploration of first love, found family, and self-discovery.
Solo
Emerging Montreal drag queen Simon must deal with two impossible loves: a passionate, yet destructive affair with Oliver and a cold relationship with his mother, who’s just returned after fifteen years.
Tuesday
A mother (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Apr. 15
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
Thelma
OPENS JUNE 21 | June Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, plays Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer and sets out on a treacherous quest to reclaim what was taken from her.
Aftersun
At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal). Written and directed by Charlotte Wells.