OSCAR®-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: Animated Short Film
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Some films in this program include some disturbing and mature content and may not be suitable for very young children.
Animated Short Film Program:
BUTTERFLY Dir. Florence Miailhe | France | 15min

A poignant retelling of Olympic swimmer Alfred Nakache’s life, from his rise to fame to surviving Auschwitz, presented as memories flashing back during his final swim.
ÉIRU **Shortlisted Dir. Giovanna Ferrari | Ireland | 13min

When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan’s village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the earth to retrieve it. Éiru is the story of a child in search of a challenge, and a goddess in search of a champion.
FOREVERGREEN Dir. Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears | United States | 13min
A joyful adventure featuring an orphaned bear cub and a fatherly tree turns serious when the cub is tempted by the allure of easy food. Fire and deadly danger ensue as the cub is left bereft of hope and on the verge of a ruinous end, until the sacrificial love of the tree falls into place.THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS Dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski | Canada | 17min

In Montreal, at the dawn of the 20th century, a poor boy falls in love with a girl whose sorrow turns into pearls. He sells them to a ruthless pawnbroker, who hungers for more. Tempted by greed, the boy must choose between love and fortune. The choice could damn his soul. From the Oscar-nominated team of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Madame Tutli-Putli), this meticulously crafted film is a testament to the magic of stop-motion animation. With handmade puppets, mesmerizing narration by Colm Feore and a haunting score by Patrick Watson, The Girl Who Cried Pearls is a timeless parable of desire, deception and the price of innocence.RETIREMENT PLAN Dir. John Kelly | Ireland | 7min
Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) lays out a beautiful life for himself in his retirement plan. He will pursue his curiosities, challenge his limiting beliefs, embrace fear, beauty, even the complexities of wine culture. Ray will check off every box on every list for every interest he ever even half-thought about. He will discover what he loves (Italian red wine), what he hates (camping). He will grow and learn and change rapidly. It’s beautiful and it’s messy and achingly relatable. But Ray is forgetting something. The one thing he treats as flippantly disposable will be the single most rapidly depleting resource of his future self. Hishealthy-ish, agile enough 40-something-year-old body. Also, actual retirement time is not endless, but guaranteed to be finite.THE THREE SISTERS Dir. Konstantin Bronzit | Israel, Cyprus | 14min

Three sisters live a lonely life on an isolated island, each in their own small house. One day,
circumstances develop in such a way that they are forced to rent out one of the houses.
Information
- Genre ANIMATED SHORTS
- Director Various
- Released 2025
- Runtime 1h 23m
- Rated Not Rated
- Studio Roadside Attractions
- CountryVarious
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