Oscar nominated short films at the Strand on Saturday

In preparation for the Oscar awards ceremonies on Sunday, the Strand Theater (717 Clay St.) in downtown Vicksburg will present two programs of the short films nominated for 2020 Oscars on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Animated films will be shown starting at 6:30 p.m., and the live-action films will start at 8:30 p.m.

Come to one or both programs, and you are guaranteed to see an Oscar winner.

Tickets for each program is $6 in advance or $8 at the door. Purchase advance tickets at Highway 61 Coffeehouse (1101 Washington St.)

Animated Nominees (Saturday at 6:30 p.m.)

“Daughter” (“Dcera”)
CZECHIA/15 MINS/2019
Director: Daria Kashcheeva
In a hospital room, a daughter recalls a childhood moment when, as a little girl, she tried to share her experience of an injured bird with her father. A moment of misunderstanding and a lost embrace has stretched into many years all the way to this hospital room, until the moment when a window pa… (come see it)

“Hair Love”
USA/7 MINS/2019
Director: Matthew A. Cherry
It’s up to Daddy to give his daughter, Zuri, an extra-special hairstyle in this story of self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters.

“Kitbull”
USA/9 MINS/2019
Director: Rosana Sullivan
Kitbull reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pitbull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time.

“Mémorable”
FRANCE/12 MINS/2019
Director: Bruno Collet
The world appears to be changing for Louis, a painter, and his wife Michelle. In fact, recently all sorts of strange things have been happening to them.

“Sister”
USA/8 MINS/2018
Director: Siqi Song
A man thinks back to his childhood memories of growing up with an annoying little sister in China in the 1990s. What would his life have been like if things had gone differently?

Live-Action Nominees (Saturday at 8:30 p.m.)

 “A Sister”
BELGIUM/16 MINS/2018
Director
Delphine Girald
A night. A car. Alie is in danger. To get by, she must make the most important phone call of her life.

“Brotherhood”
TUNISIA, CANADA/25 MINS/2018
Director: Meryam Joobeur
Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife.

“Nefta Football Club”
FRANCE/17 MINS/2018
Director: Yves Piat

Two young brothers come across a donkey in the desert. Strangely, the animal wears headphones over its ears and is carrying bags full of white powder on its back.

“Saria”
USA/23 MINS/2019
Director
Bryan Buckley
Saria, 12, and her sister, Ximena, devise a daring plan to escape horrendous abuse in the orphanage that houses them.

“The Neighbors’ Window”
USA/20 MINS/2019
Director: Marshall Curry
Alli is a mother of young children, frustrated with her daily routine and husband. But her life is shaken up when two free-spirited 20-somethings move in across the street, and she discovers she can see into their apartment.