
Live Action Shorts
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Date
- Mon, Feb 17, 2025
- Expired!
Time
- 7:00 pm
Cost
- Adults - $15 (includes fee); Student / Senior - $12 (includes fee)
Location
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 7th. 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 2nd.
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2025: LIVE ACTION
— A Lien by David Cutler-Kreutz & Sam Cutler-Kreutz
— Anuja by Adam J. Graves
— I’m Not a Robot by Victoria Warmerdam
— The Last Ranger by Cindy Lee
— The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Nebojša Slijepčević

A Lien
DIRECTED by David Cutler-Kreutz & Sam Cutler-Kreutz
15 min. | USA (in English)
On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.
Anuja
DIRECTED by Adam J. Graves
22 min. | USA (in Hindi)
When a precocious nine-year-old who works in a back-alley garment factory is suddenly offered a rare chance to attend boarding school, she faces a choice that will determine the fate of her future and her family.
I’m Not a Robot
DIRECTED by Victoria Warmerdam
22 min. | Belgium/Netherlands (in Dutch)
Chicago, 2018. A man is killed by police on the street. Through a composite montage of images from surveillance and security footage as well as police body-cams, Incident recreates the event and its consequences, featuring vain justifications, altercations and attempts to avoid blame.
The Last Ranger
DIRECTED by Cindy Lee
South Africa (in Xhosa)
When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
DIRECTED by Nebojša Slijepčević
13 min. | Croatia (in Croatian)
February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.
Date
- Mon, Feb 17, 2025
- Expired!
Time
- 7:00 pm
Cost
- Adults - $15 (includes fee); Student / Senior - $12 (includes fee)
Location
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