Oscar Shorts - film screening
Kinoteatr Projekt invites all to participate in the screening of 2013 Academy Award-nominated short films: “Oscar shorts”
Programme:
(running time: 106 minutes)
ASAD, directed by Bryan Buckley, South Africa/USA, running time: 18’
The film is set in a finishing village located in war-torn Somalia. A young Somali, growing up among refugees, is forced to choose between the cutthroat but lucrative world of piracy and a less profitable but more honest lifestyle of a fisherman. It is up to him to decide, to make an informed decision that will also be his rite of passage, his coming-of-age act.
BUZKASHI BOYS, directed by Sam French, Afghanistan/USA, running time: 28’
“Buzkashi Boys” is a story of two friends – a charismatic street urchin and a rebellious son of a smith. Both boys are struggling to make their dreams come true and while doing so they become young men, adults caught on the treadmill of warfare. Shot in Kabul, in cooperation with Afghan and international filmmakers, “Buzkashi Boys” shows life as it happens in, well, real life, life unfolding and continuing despite the ongoing war.
CURFEW, directed by Shawn Christensen, USA, running time: 19’
Experiencing the lowest of lows and bearing the brunt of a lifetime of bad choices, Ritchie answers a phone call from his long-estranged sister, who asks him to take care of his nine-year-old niece Sophie.
DEATH OF A SHADOW, directed by Tom van Avermaet, Belgium/France, running time: 20’
Nathan died during World War I. A strange collector imprisoned his shadow, giving him in return a second life of sorts: a spooky existence among other 10 000 shadowy inmates. The plot thickens as love enters the filmic equation …
HENRY, directed by Yan England, Canada, running time: 21’
The day the life of Henry, a virtuoso concert pianist, turns into nightmare is the day Maria - the love of his life – suddenly disappears. Later on, as the film unravels, Henry is about to discover for himself life’s inevitable verdict.
Tickets:
concession/discount 7 zł
standard 9 zł