CIFF TO SCREEN OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS OVER TWO WEEKENDS IN FEBRUARY

Adam Manery | CIFF Oscar Shorts | Press Release from the Calgary International Film Festival

The 2025 Academy Awards Oscar®-Nominated films have been announced, and selections from the 2024 Calgary International Film Festival (as part of CIFF’s First Look year-round series) received a total of 41 nominations. In celebration, CIFF will screen three Oscar®-Nominated shorts packages over two weekends—February 14–16, 2025, and February 21–23, 2025—at Globe Cinema.

“Oscar Shorts weekend is the best time to check off those last 15 films from your Oscars checklist. You can be the most knowledgeable person at your Oscar party,” said Adam Keresztes, CIFF’s Lead Shorts Programmer. “This year we are presenting over two weekends, so you have more flexibility and more chances to catch as many films as you can.”

CIFF Oscar®-Nominated Shorts Tickets

ANIMATED SHORTS PACKAGE

Screenings
Friday, February 14, 7:00 PM
Sunday, February 23, 4:00 PM

Films in this package

• “BEAUTIFUL MEN,” Directed by Nicolas Keppens
• “IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS,” Directed by Hossein Molayemi & Shirin Sohani
• “MAGIC CANDIES,” Directed by Daisuke Nishio
• “WANDER TO WONDER,” Directed by Nina Gantz
• “YUCK!,” Directed by Loïc Espuche

LIVE-ACTION SHORTS PACKAGE

Screenings
Saturday, February 15, 7:00 PM
Friday, February 21, 7:00 PM

Films in this package

• “A LIEN,” Directed by Sam Cutler-Kreutz & David Cutler-Kreutz
• “ANUJA,” Directed by Adam J. Graves
• “I’M NOT A ROBOT,” Directed by Victoria Warmerdam
• “THE LAST RANGER,” Directed by Cindy Lee
• “THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT,” Directed by Nebojša Slijepčević

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS PACKAGE

Screenings
Sunday, February 16, 4:00 PM
Saturday, February 22, 7:00 PM

Films in this package

• “DEATH BY NUMBERS,” Directed by Kim A. Snyder
• “I AM READY, WARDEN,” Directed by Smriti Mundhra
• “INCIDENT,” Directed by Bill Morrison
• “INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART,” Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki
• “THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA,” Directed by Molly O’Brien

CIFF 2024 FILMS RECEIVING OSCAR® NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

• ANORA, Directed by Sean Baker
• THE BRUTALIST, Directed by Brady Corbet
• EMILIA PÉREZ, Directed by Jacques Audiard

Best Director

• Sean Baker, ANORA
• Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST
• Jacques Audiard, EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST
• Sebastian Stan, THE APPRENTICE

Best Actress

• Mikey Madison, ANORA
• Karla Sofía Gascón, EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Supporting Actor

• Yura Borisov, ANORA
• Guy Pearce, THE BRUTALIST
• Jeremy Strong, THE APPRENTICE

Best Supporting Actress

• Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST
• Zoe Saldaña, EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Original Screenplay

• ANORA, Written by Sean Baker
• THE BRUTALIST, Written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold

Best Adapted Screenplay

• EMILIA PÉREZ, Written by Jacques Audiard

Best Animated Feature

• FLOW, Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
• MEMOIR OF A SNAIL, Directed by Adam Elliot

Best Documentary Feature

• BLACK BOX DIARIES, Directed by Shiori Ito
• PORCELAIN WAR, Directed by Slava Leontyev & Brendan Bellomo

Best International Feature

• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Denmark)
• EMILIA PÉREZ (France)
• THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany)
• FLOW (Latvia)

Best Cinematography

• THE BRUTALIST
• EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Editing

• ANORA
• THE BRUTALIST
• EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Production Design

• THE BRUTALIST

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• A DIFFERENT MAN
• EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Original Score

• THE BRUTALIST
• EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Original Song

• “El Mal,” EMILIA PÉREZ
• “Mi Camino,” EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Sound

• EMILIA PÉREZ

Best Animated Short

• “BEAUTIFUL MEN,” Directed by Nicolas Keppens
• “IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS,” Directed by Hossein Molayemi & Shirin Sohani

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is scheduled for March 2, 2025.

For more information: ciffcalgary.ca