Documentary Shorts – Oscar-Nominated

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Shorts
120 Minutes
Stratford City Hall Theatre

Film Synopsis

Experience the best short films of the year on the big screen! Join us for a special Oscar® Nominated Shorts showcase, featuring Documentary Shorts. Final titles will be announced after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reveals this year’s nominees.

All The Empty Rooms (Joshua Seftel) In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.

Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (Craig Renaud and Brent Renaud) An intimate chronicle about documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed while reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Hilla Medalia) In Tel Aviv, activists gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli attacks.

The Devil Is Busy (Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir) The film chronicles a day on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights at a women’s healthcare clinic.

Perfectly a Strangeness (Alison McAlpine) In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.

Director(s)

Various Directors

Post-screening Discussion

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Film Screening Partners

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