Thanks to a partnership with the Dare County Arts Council and the OBX Film Society, Ocracoke Alive is hosting three evenings of this year's Oscar Nominated Short Films, in the categories of Animation, Live Action, and Documentary.
This special release features the year's most spectacular short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time shortly after nominations are announced.
The Animated Nominees are:
Beautiful Men
BELGIUM, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS/18 MINS/2023
Director ~ Nicolas Keppens
Synopsis
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
In the Shadow of the Cypress
IRAN/20 MINS/2023
Director ~ Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani
Synopsis
Living in a house by the sea with his daughter, a former captain who has post-traumatic stress disorder leads a tough and secluded life.
Magic Candies
JAPAN/21 MINS/2024
Director ~ Daisuke Nishio
Synopsis
The other kids at the park never ask Dong-Dong to play. But he’s fine just playing marbles on his own. One day he goes out in search of new marbles, but ends up buying a bag of colorful, marble-shaped candies instead. But the first time he pops one of them into his mouth, he’s astonished to hear his old sofa start talking to him! For the next few minutes, until the candy melts away, he has the most unexpected and amazing conversation of his life. Realizing that these are no ordinary candies, Dong- Dong looks at the rest of colorful sweets. Who else will he be able to talk to, and what else will he learn, through these magic candies?
Wander to Wonder
NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, FRANCE, UK/13 MINS/2023
Director ~ Nina Gantz
Synopsis
Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids’ TV Series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Yuck!
FRANCE/13 MINS/2024
Director ~ Loïc Espuche
Synopsis
Yuck! Adults kiss each other on the mouth, and children find it disgusting! What’s more, you can see it from afar: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo makes jokes about it, as do the other kids at the summer camp. But he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.
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Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation, or Documentary.
The theatrical release of the nominated short films is the world's largest commercial release of short films, delighting audiences and giving filmmakers an unprecedented opportunity to entertain short film fans.
In recent years, the Oscar® Nominated Short Films have been released in over 700 theaters across the US and Canada, garnering reviews in every major news outlet, from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Deadline to The New York Times. The films have also been released annually in a growing number of theaters around the world, including the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, India, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, China, and Australia, among others, making it a truly international release.
