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Best of Philly 2008

Phoenixville Arts & Culture

Art & Independent Films
7 nights a week
Classics
Sundays at 2:00pm
Young Audiences
Saturdays at 2:00pm
Fright Night
First Fridays at 9:45pm
Baby Nights
Mondays at 6:30pm
Matinees
Wednesdays at 2:00pm
Film Discussions
Wednesdays at 9:30pm

2009 Oscar Nominated Shorts

2008. NR.

Fri, Mar 27 thru Thu, Apr 2 -- Roll over to view showtimes.

Come see the live action and animated shorts that were nominated for the 2009 Academy Awards. All of the shorts will be screened on DVD. The ANIMATED SHORTS will be shown on Friday at 7:30PM; Tuesday at 7:30PM; and Thursday at 7:30PM. The LIVE ACTION SHORTS will be shown on Monday at 6:30PM; and on Wednesday at 2PM and 7:30PM.

Click here to download a pdf with details on all the films.

Animated Program – Total Running Time 88 min
Lavatory – Lovestory – dir. Konstantin Bronzit – Russia – 10 min
Oktapodi – dir. Julien Bocabeille – France – 3 min
Le Maison en Petits Cubes – dir. Kunio Kato – Japan – 12 min
This Way Up – dirs. Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith – UK – 9 min
Presto – dir. Doug Sweetland – United States – 5 min
plus the following "Commended Films":
Varmints – dir. Marc Craste – UK – 24 min
John and Karen – dir. Matthew Walker – UK – 5 min
Gopher Broke – produced by Blur Studios – USA – 4 min.
Skhizein – dir. Jérémy Clapin – France – 14 min.
Hot Dog – dir. Bill Plympton – USA – 6 min.

Live Action – Total Running Time 94 min
Auf Der Strecke (On the Line) – dir. Reto Caffi – Germany/Switzerland – 30 min
New Boy – dir. Steph Green – Ireland – 11 min
Toyland – dir. Jochen Freydank – Germany – 14 min
The Pig – dirs. Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh – Denmrk – 22 min
Manon on the Asphalt – dirs. Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont – France – 15 min