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Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.
129 MIN
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Director: Colm Bairéad
Cast: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett
Language: Scottish Gaelic
Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.
94 MIN
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Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail to get him the care he requires, Sandra reconnects with Clément, a friend she hasn’t seen in a while. Although he is in a relationship, the two begin a passionate affair.
112 MIN
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Director: Lukas Dhont
Cast: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne
Language: French
Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.
105 MIN
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Director: Stephen Frears
An amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III’s remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
108 MIN
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Director: Brit McAdams
Carl Nargle, a local treasure with a soothing whisper of a voice, hosts his own painting show on Vermont public television. His art has attracted the attention of many women over the years, especially those who work at the station. However, when a new painter gets hired to revitalize the channel, Carl’s own fears regarding his talents as an artist are brought to the forefront.
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Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE has received 11 Oscar Nominations and it’s only fair we give you another chance to see it on the big screen!
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes.
132 MIN
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Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.
88 MIN
For the 18th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 17th. With two categories offered – Animated and Live Action – 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.
The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox, and a horse as they explore the meaning of kindness, courage and hope.
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, UK, 33 min.
In 1917, two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour, causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the docks, flew a distance of two kilometres before landing uphill, naked and unharmed. The Flying Sailor is a contemplation of his journey.
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, Canada, 8 min.
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano, Portugal/France/UK, 15 min.
When a young telemarketer is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich, he learns that the universe is stop motion animation. He must put aside his dwindling toaster sales and focus on convincing his colleagues of his terrifying discovery.
Lachlan Pendragon, Australia, 12 min.
An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early 90’s.
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon, USA, 26 min.
**DISCLAIMER: This year’s animated program features one adult-oriented title (MY YEAR OF DICKS). A title card will appear on screen before this film, which is the final film in the line-up. The title card will stay on screen for 30 seconds to allow patrons to leave the theater if they choose.
CLICK HERE FOR THE OSCAR-NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS PROGRAM.
97 MIN
For the 18th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 17th. With two categories offered – Animated and Live Action – 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.
On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother.
Tom Berkeley and Ross White, UK, 23 min.
Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. The search for Ivalu is on.
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min.
From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award® winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, “Le Pupille” is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This live action short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls within the confines of a strict religious boarding school at Christmas.
Alice Rohrwacher, Italy, 39 min.
It is a cold night in December. As Ebba waits for the tram, an unexpected turn of events transforms the ride home into something she was not expecting.
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen, Norway, 16 min.
An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation.
Cyrus Neshvad, Luxembourg, 18 min.
CLICK HERE FOR THE OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM.
122 MIN
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