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Oscar Shorts to play at Magic Lantern<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

BY DANA DUGAN<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2018St. Louis Superman,\u2019 directed by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan, tells the story of black rapper and activist Bruce Franks, who was inspired to run for office by the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014. The film is the first Oscar nomination for an MTV documentary. Photo credit: MTV Documentary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, known as the Academy, doles out awards to feature films with recognizable cast and crew names that have been widely released. Like the Documentary category, the once lowly Shorts category is finally receiving its due.<\/p>\n

Many feature directors start in the shorts field. It\u2019s an artform all its own. The quality and excitement of the competition is difficult to refute.<\/p>\n

Five films in each category have been chosen out of more than 150 qualifying films. In order to qualify for Oscar contention, shorts have to win an award at an eligible film festival. That\u2019s a lot of film festivals, but that\u2019s what these festivals do. They anoint independently produced films, documentaries and short films with some sheen, and away the producers go. It\u2019s what makes this such an intriguing and competitive category in the Oscars each year.<\/p>\n

For the past decade, these films have been screened all over the world by ShortsTV, a cable and satellite television channel dedicated to short film. The franchise is owned by Shorts International and AMC Networks International.<\/p>\n

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Directed by Laura Nix, \u2018Walk, Run, Cha Cha\u2019 begins in Vietnam, when Paul and Millie Cao fall in love but are separated by the war. Many years later they reunite in California where they make up for lost time\u2014on the dance floor. Photo credit: New York Times Op-Docs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sun Valley Museum of Art and Magic Lantern Cinemas have been on trend with the Oscar Shorts screenings for the past six years. The shows will begin Wednesday and Thursday afternoon this week, and will continue next week on the same nights.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur presentation of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts is a unique opportunity for local film buffs to see each and every short film that\u2019s up for an Oscar this year,\u201d said Kristine Bretall, director of Performing Arts at Sun Valley Museum of Art.<\/p>\n

Films hail from such disparate places as France, Sweden and South Korea, to the Czech Republic, Brooklyn and Belgium, to Tunisia and China. The subjects are serious, emotional, diverse and gut wrenching. The notable exception is \u201cNEFTA Football Club,\u201d which finds two Tunisian kids goofing around in the desert when they discover an actual drug mule.<\/p>\n

The short documentary, \u201cLearning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You\u2019re a Girl),\u201d directed by Carol Dysinger, tells of a school in Kabul, Afganistan, where kids study the three R\u2019s and pick up a little skateboarding.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrotherhood\u201d may be the most somber and meditative of this year\u2019s live action shorts. It follows a rural Tunisian family whose life becomes upended when a son returns with a Syrian wife in tow. Tensions are high as the family\u2019s patriarch continues to be irate that his son went to fight for ISIS rather than stay home and support their family.<\/p>\n

While the Animated features skew toward Disney and Pixar\u2014look for \u201cKitbull,\u201d for instance\u2014there are some lovely indies in this category worth paying attention to for the broad range of issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cMemorable\u201d vividly uses a display of animation techniques\u2014stop-motion with a surprising digital component\u2014 to tell its story. A painter, as Louis\u2019s mind deteriorates, his surroundings grow more fantastical, and though his words make sense, his family fails to notice his growing dementia.<\/p>\n

In \u201cSister,\u201d a Chinese man recounts his childhood growing up with his little sister, all told through the stop-motion animation of a wool-felt family. A little surreal, \u201cSister\u201d starts out as director Siqi Song\u2019s memories of an annoying kid sibling, but changes in ways totally unexpected.<\/p>\n

\u201cHair Love\u201d is a small but moving film about a man trying to cope with styling his daughter\u2019s wild Afro locks for the first time. It features the voice of Issa Rae, the actor, writer and producer.<\/p>\n

The film was created by Matthew A. Cherry, a former NFL wide receiver who also served as the executive producer for the 2019 Oscar-nominated \u201cBlackKklansman.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information and tickets to the shows, visit svmoa.org.<\/p>\n

Sun Valley Museum of Art presents:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 4:30 and 7 p.m. \u2013 Live Action Shorts<\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 6, 4:30 and 7 p.m. \u2013 Animated Shorts<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 4:30 and 7 p.m. \u2013 Documentary Shorts Program A<\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 13, 4:30 and 7 p.m. \u2013 Documentary Shorts Program B<\/p>\n

Magic Lantern Cinemas, Ketchum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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