Sun 4 March 14:30 Watershed
The Shore by Terry George
The Nominated Shorts Season kicks off with the Oscar® Live Action nominations presented in partnership with Shorts International. Ireland and Northern Ireland are well represented this year with THE SHORE by established director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda), and PENTECOST, the directorial debut from actor Peter McDonald. Short films RAJU and TUBA ATLANTIC are hotly tipped for Oscar® glory with many awards already under their belt including a Foreign Film prize at the 38 Student Academy Awards® last June.
The Academy Awards® will take place on 26 February. To find out more about the Oscar® nominated short films and animations visit the Encounters blog here.
Every ticket holder gets 15% off a drink at the Café/Bar after the screening, and the Encounters team invites you to join them in a toast to the short film nominees of 2012.
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OSCAR® LIVE-ACTION NOMINATIONS
SUN 4 MARCH 14:30
WATERSHED
How to Book Tickets: Call 0117 927 5100, book online here, or visit Watershed in person
Fee: £4.60 full/£3.60 concessions
Pentecost
Director: Peter McDonald (Ireland- 11 mins)
When Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish he faces a difficult choice:
conform to the status quo or serve an extended ban from his passion in life, football.
Raju (Germany/India- 24 mins)
Director: Max Zähle
A German couple adopts in Kolkata an Indian orphan. Their child suddenly disappears and they realize that they are part
of the problem
The Shore (Northern Ireland- 30 mins)
Director: Terry George
THE SHORE is the uplifting story of two boyhood best friends - Joe (Ciarán Hinds) and Paddy (Conleth Hill) divided for 25
years by the tumult of "The Troubles". When Joe returns home to Northern Ireland, his daughter Patricia brings the two men together
for a reunion, with unexpected results. What happened all those years ago? Can old wounds be healed? The answer is both
hilarious and moving. THE SHORE is about one of the small personal reconciliations that coincide with a national reconciliation.
Time Freak (USA- 11 mins)
Director: Andrew Bowler
A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday.
Tuba Atlantic (Norway- 25 mins)
Director: Hallvar Witzø
When seventy-year-old Oskar is told that he has only six days left to live, he wants to put things right with his brother who
lives in New Jersey. Inger, a public “death angel” is sent out to help Oskar through his remaining days. A huge horn stands at the
edge of the sea, built by the brothers when they were kids. Will its sound cross the Atlantic.
More info on Nominated Shorts Season & other dates:
Sun 11 March 14:30 Watershed- Oscar® Animation Nominations
Sun 18 March 14:30 Watershed– EFA 2011 Shorts Matters! 1
Sun 25 March 14:30 Watershed - EFA 2011 Shorts Matters! 2
Sun 1 April 14:30 Watershed - EFA 2011 Shorts Matters! 3
Tues 3 April 19:00 Hen & Chicken - Nominated Animated Shorts from the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 (as part of the Show Me the Animation event)
Sun 15 April 14:30 Watershed- EFA 2011 Shorts Matters! 4
Sun 22 April 14:30 Watershed- Nominated Live Action Shorts from the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012
Sun 29 April 14:30 Watershed- Cartoon d'Or Nominations
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