Ron Diamong presents „Animated Oscars“

What makes an Academy Award winning animated short film? In this compendium of shorts by interfilm Berlin and Shorts.TV, we will see the five nominees of the 89th Academy Award® in the category “Short Film Animated” as well as three more animated shorts from the Oscar short list 2017. Especially for our audience the screening will be presented exclusively by Academy-Member Ron Diamond.

Borrowed Time (Borrowed Time)

Regie Director: Andrew Coats,Lou Hamou-Lhadj / USA / 09/2015 / 00:06:45 min. / Verleih Distribution:

Pearl (Pearl)

Regie Director: Patrick Osborne / USA / 2016 / 00:06:00 min. / Produktion Production: Google Spotlight Stories / Verleih Distribution:

Piper (Piper)

Regie Director: Alan Barillaro / USA / 2016 / 00:06:00 min. / Produktion Production: Pixar Animation Studio / Verleih Distribution:

Vaysha, l’aveugle (Blind Vaysha)

Regie Director: Theodore Ushev / Kanada / 06/2016 / 00:08:14 min. / Verleih Distribution: / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Office National du Film du Canada/ National Film Board of Canada

Blind Vaysha doesn’t see the present. She was born with a left eye that only sees the past and a right eye that only sees the future. This story is a metaphor for our struggle to live in the moment, how we seek comfort in memories of the past or in hope brought on by the future.

Asteria (Asteria)

Regie Director: Alexandre Arpentinier, Mathieu Blanchys, Lola Grand, Tristan Lamarca, Thomas Lemaille, Jean-Charles Lusseau / Frankreich / 09/2016 / 00:04:30 min. / Produktion Production: ESMA / Verleih Distribution:

Two astronauts go on the conquest of an unknown planet but an unusual situation will put their professionalism to the test.

Une Tête Disparaît (The Head Vanishes)

Regie Director: Franck Dion / Frankreich / 01/2016 / 00:09:28 min. / Produktion Production: Papy3D Productions / Verleih Distribution: / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Papy3D Productions

Jacqueline has lost her mind a bit, but whatever, for her trip to the seaside, she has decided to take the train by herself, like a big girl!

Once Upon a Line (Once Upon a Line)

Regie Director: Alicja Jasina / USA / 2016 / 00:07:00 min. / Produktion Production: Alicja Jasina / Verleih Distribution:

Pear Cider and Cigarettes (Pear Cider and Cigarettes)

Regie Director: Robert Valley / Kanada / 06/2016 / 00:34:59 min. / Produktion Production: Passion Pictures / Verleih Distribution:

„Pear Cider and Cigarettes“ is the brutally honest story of Robert’s turbulent relationship with a self-destructive yet charismatic friend from childhood, who cries out for help from a military hospital in China and sets Rob on a wild ride to gets him home to Vancouver.