CINEMATIQUE OF WILMINGTON FILM SERIES
presents
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Historic Main Stage
February 24-26 · 2025
MON-WED 7:00 PM · WED 4:00 PM
Monday, February 24, 2025
3:00 PM DOCUMENTARY
7:00 PM DOCUMENTARY
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
4:00 PM LIVE ACTION
7:00 PM LIVE ACTION
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
4:00pm ANIMATION
7:00pm ANIMATION
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. 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.
May not be appropriate for audiences under the age of 14 due to gun violence, shootings, language and animated nudity.
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (running time: 165 minutes)
Instruments of a Beating Heart
Ema Ryan Yamazaki · 23 min · Japan (in Japanese)
Incident
Bill Morrison · 30 min · USA (in English)
I Am Ready, Warden
Smriti Mundhra · 37 min · USA (in English)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Molly O’Brien · 35 min · USA (in English)
Death by Numbers
Kim A. Snyder · 36 min · USA (in English)
LIVE ACTION SHORTS (running time: 104 minutes)
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Nebojsa Slijepcevic · 13 min · Croatia (in Croatian)
Anuja
Adam J. Graves · 22 min · USA (in Hindi)
I Am Not a Robot
Victoria Warmerdam · 22 min · Belgium/Netherlands (in Dutch)
A Lien
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz · 15 min · USA (in English)
The Last Ranger
Cindy Lee · 28 min · South Africa (in Xhosa)
ANIMATED SHORTS (running time: 90 minutes)
Magic Candies
Daisuke Nishio · 21 min · Japan (in Japanese)
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani · 20 min · Iran (no dialogue)
Yuck!
Loïc Espuche · 13 min · France (in French)
Wander to Wonder
Nina Gantz · 13 min · Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK (in English)
Beautiful Men
Nicolas Keppens · 19 min · Belgium/France/Netherlands (in Flemish, Dutch, Turkish, and English)
Cinematique of Wilmington is a film series of independent, foreign, documentary, and notable films presented by WHQR Public Media and Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts.
