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Oscar Shorts! 2022 Animated Program

97 min

2022

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Approximate rating: R. This year's Animated Program is not suitable for children.

ROBIN ROBIN

Robin Robin

Dir. Dan Ojari and Mikey Please / UK / 32 min

The tale of a small bird with a very big heart from Aardman Production. Raised by mice, a young robin embarks on a food heist to prove herself worthy of her rodent family and also, hopefully, to bring them back a Christmas sandwich. Along the way, she encounters a curmudgeonly magpie and a menacing, yet very cool Cat. Can Robin discover, and learn to love, who she really is, delighting her family and earning her wings in the process?

BOXBALLET

Boxballet

Dir. Anton Dyakov / Russia / 15 min

Delicate ballerina Olya meets Evgeny, a rough boxer who personifies “strong but silent.” With very different lives and worldviews, will they be brave enough to embrace their feelings? Can two fragile souls hang on to each other despite the world’s cruelty?

AFFAIRS OF THE ART

Affairs of the Art

Dir. Joanna Quinn and Les Mills / UK & Canada / 16 min

A new film in the series of beloved, hilarious and award-winning animated UK films starring Beryl, a 59-year-old factory worker who’s obsessed with drawing and determined to become a hyper-futurist artiste. We also meet her grown son, Colin, a techno geek, her husband, Ifor, now Beryl’s model and muse, and her sister, Beverly, a fanatical narcissist living in LA. AFFAIRS OF THE ART provides glimpses into Beryl’s, Beverly’s and Colin’s peculiar childhoods, and we see that obsession is in this family’s DNA.

BESTIA

Bestia

Dir. Hugo Covarrubias & Tevo Díaz / Chile / 15 min

Inspired by real events, BESTIA enters the life of a secret police agent in the military dictatorship in Chile. The relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations, reveal a macabre fracture in her mind and a country. Includes graphic content.

WINDSHIELD WIPER

The Windshield Wiper

Dir. Alberto Mielgo & Leo Sanchez / USA & Spain / 14 min

Inside a cafe, while smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, a man poses an ambitious question: “What is love?” A collection of vignettes and situations will lead the man to the desired conclusion. Includes graphic sexual content.

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