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89th Oscars: The Shorts

The nominees are:

Best Documentary Short Subject

4.1 Miles

Director: Daphne Matziaraki
Subject: A day in the life of a Coast Guard captain in Greece charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Extremis

Director: Dan Krauss
Subject: Doctors, patients, and families making end of life decisions in a hospital ICU.

Director's Oscar History: 1 previous nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject for The Life of Kevin Carter (2014)


Joe's Violin

Director: Kahane Cooperman
Subject: A 12 year old schoolgirl who receives a violin donated by a Holocaust survivor.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Watani: My Homeland

Director: Marcel Mettelsiefen
Subject: A family trying to survive the Syrian Civil War.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


The White Helmets

Director: Orlando von Eisiedel
Subject: First responders charged with rescuing people in the aftermath of Syrian airstrikes.

Director's Oscar History: 1 previous nomination for Best Documentary Feature for Virunga (2014)

Best Animated Short Film

Blind Vaysha

Director: Theodore Usheve
Plot: A girl has a left eye that can see into the past and a right eye that can see into the future.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Borrowed Time

Director: Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadi
Plot: A sheriff returns to the site of the tragedy that has haunted him and struggles to carry on in the face of it.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination for both


Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Director: Robert Valley
Plot: A man tries to get his troubled friend home from a military hospital in China.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Pearl

Director: Patrick Osborne
Plot: A road movie about a girl and her father driving across the United States.

Director's Oscar History: 1 previous win for Best Animated Short Film for Feast (2014)


Piper

Director: Alan Barillaro
Plot: A mother bird tries to teach her young how to get food.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Best Live Action Short Film

Ennemis Interieurs

Director: Selim Azzazi
Plot: A French-Algerian man is interrogated by the police and accused of protecting the identities of members of a terrorist cell.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


La Femme et le TGV

Director: Timo von Gunten
Plot: A lonely woman forms a relationship with a TGV train driver.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Mindenki

Director: Kristof Deak
Plot: A girl joins an award-winning school choir and discovers a secret.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Silent Nights

Director: Aske Bang
Plot: A volunteer at a homeless shelter gets involved with an undocumented immigrant.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Timecode

Director: Juanjo Gimenez Pena
Plot: Two security guards form a relationship while one works the day shift of a job and the works the night shift.

Director's Oscar History: first nomination


Predicted Winners: The White Helmets, Borrowed Time, Mindenki

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