The State Theatre Presents

2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animated Shorts

Date

Sat, Feb 17, 2024
Expired!

Time

8:00 pm

Cost

Adults - $14 (includes fee); Students - $11 (includes fee)

Location

The Friedman Auditorium
130 W. College Ave. State College, PA
Category

For the 19th consecutive year, ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 16th. 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 10th.

ANIMATED SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 80 minutes)

Our Uniform – Yegane Moghaddam, 7 min., Iran (in Farsi)

Letter to a Pig – Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter, 17 min., France/Israel (in Hebrew)

Pachyderm – Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius, 11 min., USA (in English)

Ninety-Five Senses – Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess, 13 min., USA (in English)

War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker, 11 min., USA

ADDITIONAL FILMS TO BE INCLUDED:

I’m Hip – John Musker, 4 min., USA

Wild Summons – Karni Arieli and Saul Freed, 14 min., UK (in English, narrated by Marianne Faithfull)

Animated Short Films

Saturday, February 17th | 8 PM

Live Action Short Films

Friday, February 23rd | 8 PM

Documentary Short Films

Sunday, March 3rd | 2 PM

PROJECTING A BRIGHTER FUTURE

The State Theatre needs your help to purchase a new Digital Projection System!

With the purchase and installation of a new projector, The State will have a new 4K, laser projection, and digital cinema sound processing system will give us the ability to screen major movie festival features, as well as independent and major studio live action and animation that is only distributed in the DCP (Digital Cinema Package) format.