2023 Oscar Nominated Shorts
For the 18th consecutive year, ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 17th. 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 12th.

2023 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Documentary
Run Time: 166 min. Release Year: 2023
a/perture is pleased to present the 14th year of the Oscar Nominated Shorts in the Piedmont Triad!
For the 18th consecutive year, ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 17th. 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 12th.
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (one program of 166 minutes)
The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, India, 40 min.
Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, UK, 25 min.
How Do You Measure a Year? – Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 29 min.
The Martha Mitchell Effect – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison, USA, 40 min.
Stranger at the Gate – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones, USA, 29 min.
Please visit our accessibility page for more information. Beyond the description, trailer and quoted reviews on our website, other sources of information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media and IMDb. We encourage you to research our films at your own informational interest level via the internet.

2023 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Live Action
Run Time: 115 min. Release Year: 2023
a/perture is pleased to present the 14th year of the Oscar Nominated Shorts in the Piedmont Triad!
For the 18th consecutive year, ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 17th. 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 12th.
LIVE ACTION SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 115 minutes)
An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White, UK, 23 min.
Ivalu– Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min.
Le Pupille – Alice Rohrwacher, Italy, 39 min.
Night Ride – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen, Norway, 16 min.
The Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad, Luxembourg, 18 min.
Please visit our accessibility page for more information. Beyond the description, trailer and quoted reviews on our website, other sources of information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media and IMDb. We encourage you to research our films at your own informational interest level via the internet.

2023 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation
Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2023
a/perture is pleased to present the 14th year of the Oscar Nominated Shorts in the Piedmont Triad!
For the 18th consecutive year, ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 17th. 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 12th.
ANIMATED SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 97 min.)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, UK, 33 min.
The Flying Sailor – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, Canada, 8 min.
Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano, Portugal/France/UK, 15 min.
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon, Australia, 12 min.
My Year of Dicks – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon, USA, 26 min.
NOTE: The Animated program features one adult-oriented title (MY YEAR OF DICKS) and it will be the final film in the line-up. Another animated short, THE FLYING SAILOR, includes some full-frontal nudity of the titular sailor but is otherwise unoffensive.