2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action

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2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action

2022

1h 57m

Drama

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For more than fifteen years, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year's most spectacular short films and for a limited time is available to watch on the big screen. Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation or Documentary. The films go into theaters shortly after nominations are announced and are then, a few days before the Oscars®, also made available via on demand platforms, including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Vimeo on Demand. The theatrical release of the nominated short films each year is the world's largest commercial release of short films on the planet, delighting audiences and giving filmmakers unprecedented opportunity to entertain short film fans.

Peter Debruge

Variety

03/25/2022

The 2022 crop is somewhat disappointing, and predictably dour.

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

02/25/2022

3/4

This year’s five Oscar-nominated live-action short films come from seven countries (two are joint productions). Which makes all the more striking the universality of the emotions on display.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

02/24/2022

Viewers can be assured of a program that presents the best of the best.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

11/26/2022

3.5/4

[on Ala Kachuu] It shines a light on just how difficult life can be for women in a country where tradition dictates a woman’s lot in life as a wife and mother rather than as an autonomous figure capable of self-determination.

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

03/07/2022

B+

My annual treat.

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Peter Sobczynski

eFilmCritic.com

03/04/2022

Of these, my favorite is probably the tender character study that is The Dress.

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Karlene P

03/27/2022

Probably the best package of shorts this year

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Karen

03/15/2022

I try to see the Oscar shorts every year. This years short action films were very thought provoking and had a message for the viewers

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RJ

03/14/2022

Excellent selections

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Michael

03/11/2022

All 5 were great. They made me think.

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Tan T

03/05/2022

Good selection of shorts, the Polish and Swiss entries were outstanding

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D'Wayne S

03/04/2022

Absolutely horrible !!! The Animation Shorts were awful and Harkins should be ashamed to being showing them!!!!

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For more than fifteen years, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year's most spectacular short films and for a limited time is available to watch on the big screen. Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation or Documentary. The films go into theaters shortly after nominations are announced and are then, a few days before the Oscars®, also made available via on demand platforms, including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Vimeo on Demand. The theatrical release of the nominated short films each year is the world's largest commercial release of short films on the planet, delighting audiences and giving filmmakers unprecedented opportunity to entertain short film fans.

Director: Maria Brendle, Martin Strange-Hansen, KD Davila, Tadeusz Łysiak, Aneil Karia
Distributor: ShortsTV
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 25, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 57m