Short of the Week

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    Oscar Short Films 2024: The Nominees

    The Academy voters have made their selections - the 15 short films progressing to the nominations stage have been announced.

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    Drama Luis Fernando Puente

    I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry

    Maria Luisa is ready to escape immigration limbo, but when her green card interview takes an unexpected turn, she faces the anxiety of losing the life she had planned.

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    Drama Major Dorfman

    Rips

    A 9-year-old girl discovers that her favorite sweatshirt is a hand-me-down

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    Drama Maegan Houang

    Astonishing Little Feet

    Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her from her family only have interest in profiting off the peculiarities of her bound feet.

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    Comedy Rylee Jean Ebsen

    Boomerang

    After losing her job, a flailing millennial is forced to move back into her childhood bedroom and navigate life with her dysfunctional parents. Determined to take on a lover, she re-connects with a middle school crush.

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    Comedy Rosa Friedrich

    Topfpalmen (Potted Palm Trees)

    Her dress is far too lavish and the toilet cubicle way too small for the bride to fit in. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood alarmingly good. Something is about to burst: The groom’s delusion of grandeur? The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her stepfather’s patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife?

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    Oscar Short Films 2024: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers, Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi, take on the role of voter and whittle the 45-title shortlists down to the 15 short films they think should advance to the nominations round.

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    Documentary Alexandra Kern

    Wild Magnolias

    Barber Bo Dollis teaches his proteges, Corey, Alvon, and JaCorey, the virtues of being a Mardi Gras Indian, a centuries-old subculture in New Orleans that shapes the minds of the youth community through mentorship, artistic expression, and cultural practice.

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    Drama Anthony Nicolau

    Push to Enter

    Amidst mounting pressures, a food deliverer (Laith Nakli) has his morality tested when he finds a pair of keys left on the outside of a customer's door, culminating in a night of anxiety and self-discovery.

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