2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
Various Directors

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For the 18th consecutive year, ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 17^th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action, and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 12^th.

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Running time: 166 minutes with one 10-minute intermission. Recommended for 16+.

The Elephant Whisperers
Directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga

Bomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world. India, in Tamil with English subtitles, 40 minutes.

Haulout
Directed by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev

A man lives in a small wooden hut along the Siberian Artic awaiting the “haulout,” an annual event when walruses and other sea mammals emerge from the water to spend time resting on rocks, beaches, and ice.  Climate change abruptly affects this year’s event. U.K., 25 minutes.

How Do You Measure a Year?
Directed by Jay Rosenblatt

From the time she was two-years old and until she turned 18, they had a ritual: Dad asked (and filmed), and Ella answered. What do you dream about? What scares you? What do you think about our relationship? This is a little story about growing up and the love between father and daughter. U.S., 29 minutes.

The Martha Mitchell Effect
Directed by Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison

The outspoken Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell, the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General under President Richard Nixon, criticized the administration during Watergate and Nixon’s supporters waged a campaign to gaslight her into silence. U.S., 40 minutes.

Stranger at the Gate
Directed by Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

A U.S. Marine began to plot a terrorist attack on a small-town American mosque, but his plan takes an unexpected turn when he comes face-to-face with the people he sets out to kill. U.S., 29 minutes.