Oscar®-Nominated Short Film Weekend
Schedule
Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
310 Genesee St, Utica, NY, United States, New York 13502 | Utica, NY
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OSCAR®-NOMINATED SHORT FILM WEEKEND 📽Experience the year's most spectacular short films on the big screen just before the Oscar winners are announced.
🗓 March 7–8
📍 Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
🔗 https://bit.ly/49dO9Iz
Each short film nominee is released in one of three feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation, and Documentary.
Each collection will be shown separately over the course of the weekend with time in between for discussion and refreshments. Specific titles and category start times to be announced.
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TICKETS 🎟
👉 Members: One Category $8 | Two Categories $12 | All Three $16
👉 General Public: One Category $10 | Two Categories $14 | All Three $20
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OSCAR®-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS BY CATEGORY
📢 List coming soon!
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SCHEDULE (BOTH DAYS) Doors open at 10 a.m.
· 10:15 a.m. – Live Action Shorts
· noon – Break (25 min.)
· 12:25 p.m. – Animated Shorts
· 1:55 p.m. – Break (30 min.)
· 2:25 to 5 p.m – Documentary Shorts
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OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS BY CATEGORY
ʙᴇꜱᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ-ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ
• Butcher’s Stain directed by Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi (26 min.)
• A Friend of Dorothy directed by Lee Knight and James Dean (21 min.)
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama directed by Julia Aks and Steve Pinder (13 min.)
• The Singers directed by Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt (18 min.)
• Two People Exchanging Saliva directed by Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata (36 min.)
ʙᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ꜰɪʟᴍ
• Butterfly directed by Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens (14 min.)
• Forevergreen directed by Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears (13 min.)
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (17 min.)
• Retirement Plan directed by John Kelly and Andrew Freedman (7 min.)
• The Three Sisters directed by Konstantin Bronzit (14 min.)
ʙᴇꜱᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴜᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ꜰɪʟᴍ
• All the Empty Rooms directed by Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones (33 min.)
• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud directed by Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo (37 min.)
• Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” directed by Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins (36 min.)
• The Devil Is Busy directed by Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir (31 min.)
• Perfectly a Strangeness directed by Alison McAlpine (15 min.)
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⭐️ In partnership with Film Utica
⭐️ Sponsored by Honorine Wallack - Baird Wealth Management
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