Oscar Live Action Shorts (2020)

2020 Festival

Sat, Feb 8 @ 7:30pm - GPLT

Presented by Q99 and the Prairie Mall, this 104-minute package includes the 5 Academy Award nominated films for Best Live Action Short. One of the nominated films is Canadian: BROTHERHOOD, which won the Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, was written, produced, and directed by Tunisian-American Meryam Joobeur who is a graduate of Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal where she is currently based. A second nominated film has a Canadian-born writer/director: A SISTER (UNE SOEUR) was written and directed by Quebec-born Delphine Girard who grew up in Belgium where she is currently based. Four of the nominated films are foreign language films with English subtitles: A SISTER (French), BROTHERHOOD (Arabic), NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB (Arabic), and SARIA (Spanish). Two of the nominated films have light-hearted comedic moments (NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB and THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW) that balance more serious themes.

PRIZES

(1) Best Red Carpet Finery (value $100): Dress for the Oscar Live Action Shorts in your best red carpet finery for a chance to win a $50 Prairie Mall gift card. Two will be awarded by the Prairie Mall to the most glamorous individuals to walk the red carpet provided by Klean-Rite. Photos by Beauchamp Photography.

(2) Live Action Oscar Winner (value $156): The first person whose ballot is drawn that correctly predicts the Oscar winner at the Academy Awards on Feb 9 will win: (a) 4 ticket vouchers (value $48) to the Reel Shorts Film Festival May 4-11, (b) 2 Cineplex Events tickets (value $58), and (c) a $50 Prairie Mall gift card.

(3) Grand Prize Winner (value $288): The first person whose ballots are drawn that correctly predict the Animated Oscar Winner AND the Live Action Oscar Winner at the Academy Awards on Feb 9 will win: (a) 2 Reel Shorts Fest Passes (value $130), 2 Cineplex Events tickets (value $58), and $100 in Prairie Mall gift cards.

Films in this package

A Sister

A Sister (Une Soeur)

A night. A car. A woman in trouble. A phone call. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2020 for Best Live Action Short Film.

Brotherhood

Brotherhood

A shepherd, living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons, is deeply shaken when his oldest son returns home after a long journey, bringing with him a mysterious new wife. Won the Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival among other awards. Nominated for an Academy…

Nefta Football Club

Nefta Football Club

In the south of Tunisia, two young brothers come across a donkey wearing headphones over its ears while wandering around lost in the desert. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2020 for Best Live Action Short Film.

Saria

Saria

Two orphaned sisters devise a daring plan of escape from the daily abuse and hardship they experience in a Guatamalan safe home designed to protect them. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2020 for Best Live Action Short Film.

The Neighbors' Window

The Neighbors’ Window

A mother of young children escapes the frustration of her daily routine when she discovers that she can see into the apartment of the free-spirited twenty-something couple who move in across the street. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2020 for Best Animated Short Film.