London Fans! Exclusive Oscar Shorts Screenings This Weekend!

This weekend, we're thrilled to be hosting an exclusive UK screening of this year’s Oscar® Nominated Short Films in partnership with Brain Wash.

This is the only chance for Londoners to catch this year’s short film nominees on the big screen prior the Academy Awards® with two special screenings taking place at Curzon Soho on the 26th (Best Animated Short Films) and 27th (Best Live Action Short Films) of February at Midday (12pm). 

To book tickets for the Animation programme, click here. To book tickets for the Live Action programme, click here.

Don't fret if you're unable to make it down, most of the nominated shorts (minus the documentaries and The Gruffalo) are now available to download from iTunes.

DOWNLOAD FROM iTUNES: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011

This year's Live Action and Animated Oscar Nominated Short Films have hit iTunes. Click a title to go straight to the film.

LIVE ACTION

God of Love

The Crush

Wish 143

Na Wewe

The Confession

ANIMATION

The Lost Thing

Let's Pollute

Madagscar, Carnet de Voyage

Day & Night

The Gruffalo Unavailable

IN THEATERS FROM TODAY: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 hit US Theaters today and critics nationwide are raving about the films. Check out some of our favourite quotes below:

This is probably the best group of Oscar-nominated shorts in the six years they've been distributed to theaters.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post

The five Oscar-nominated documentary shorts serve as incredibly efficient treatments of pressing world concerns.

Peter Debruge, Variety

A fun peek into intriguing bite-size cinema from across the globe.

Tim Grierson, Village Voice

This year’s contenders take on love, faith and other big-picture topics with a delicate poignancy that makes them well worth seeing.

Sarah Lerner, Time Out

To find a Theater showing The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 near you, click here or jump to the official website shortshd.com/theoscarshorts.

2011 NOMINATED SHORT: The Crush

In the lead up to the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27th, we are taking a closer look at this year's short film nominees. Today, one of this year's Best Live Action Short Film contenders, The Crush.

Best Live Action Short Film nominee, The Crush 

THE CRUSH Ireland/15 MIN

Director/Writer: Michael Creagh

Producer: Damon Quinn

Cast: Charlie Bonner, Neilí Conroy, Oran Creagh, Rory Keenan, Olga Wehrly

Ardal Travis is in love. There's just one problem. He's an 8 year old schoolboy and the object of his affection is his Second Class teacher, Miss Purdy. But when her boyfriend arrives on the scene Ardal is heartbroken. His reaction, though, is a little unexpected. He challenges Miss Purdy's boyfriend to a duel. To the death.

Michael Creagh was born in Belfast. He received a degree in design at Belfast College before moving to Dublin to follow a career in advertising. After 12 years as an art director he has been trying to break into both films and commercials. The Crush is his debut short film.

View an exclusive clip from The Crush below.

1 DAY TO GO!!!: US Theater List

The 2011 Oscar Shorts Theater List

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 are in theaters across the US from tomorrow, 11 February.

A list of cinemas is available on our official website. We've also reproduced this data as a spreadsheet which provides an at-a-glance look at participating venues. 

 

Click here to access the Theatre List.