This programme showcases this year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts from around the world, representing some of the best new filmmakers and emerging talent.
Programme:
Hair Love
Exploring the relationship between an African-American father, his daughter, and the most daunting task a father faces - doing his daughter’s hair for the first time.
Daughter
In a hospital room, the daughter recalls a childhood moment when as a little girl she tried to share her experience with an injured bird with her father.
Kitbull
This film reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. together, they experience friendship for the first time.
Mémorable
Louis, a painter, is experiencing strange events. His world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furniture, objects and people lose their realism.
Sister
A man thinks back to his childhood memories of growing up with an annoying little sister in 90s China. What would his life have been like if things had gone differently?
In partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Programme
Hair Love
2019 US Dir Matthew A Cherry, Everett Downing Jr, Bruce W Smith 7min
Daughter
2019 Czech Republic Dir Daria Kashcheeva 15min
Kitbull
2019 US Dir Rosana Sullivan 9min
Mémorable
2019 France Dir Bruno Collet 12min
Sister
2018 China/US Dir Siqi Song 8min
