2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Dir.: Vincent LambeIreland 201830 minutes
Two 10-year-old boys are detained by the police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts from the 1993 James Bulger case which continues to incite public outrage across the UK today.
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Dir.: Jeremy ComteCanada 201817 minutes
Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer. Complicity evolves into a power struggle. This game will not prove as harmless as they thought.
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Dir.: Marianne FarleyCanada 201719 minutes
An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.
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Dir.: Rodrigo SorogoyenSpain 201719 minutes
A single mother receives a call from her seven-year-old son who is on vacation with his father. At first it causes her joy, but soon, becomes a nightmare when the child says he is alone and cannot find his father.
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Dir.: Guy NattivUSA 201820 minutes
A small supermarket in a blue collar town; a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
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