Like every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated a total of 15 short films in three categories at the 2024 Oscars: animation, live-action and documentary. However, these productions are often the most difficult to find legally. The good news? All of this year’s nominated productions can be seen either online or thanks to a special screening in select cinemas in the Mexican Republic.
If you are one of those movie buffs who don’t want to miss a single one of the titles nominated for the 2024 Oscar (including the short films), here you will find a guide on where to see them.
How to see the short films nominated for the 2024 Oscar at Cinépolis?
Chain Cinépolis brings to the big screen all the short films that were nominated in both the animated and feature categories. live-action at the 2024 Oscar Awards, ahead of the great celebration of the Hollywood mecca from the Dolby Theater.
You can enjoy these works from February 29 in select theaters in Mexico. All works from their respective categories will be screened together:
1) Live Action Short Films Oscar Nominated 2024: The wonderful story of Henry Sugar, Invincible, Knight of fortune, The after and Red white and blue. Get your tickets HERE.
1) Animated Short Films Nominated for the Oscar 2024: Ninety-five senses, Our uniform, Pachyderm, Letter to a pig and The war is over! Inspired by the music of John and Yoko. Get your tickets HERE.
Where to watch the short films nominated for the 2024 Oscar online?
ANIMATION
Ninety-five senses (Dir. Jared Hess & Jerusha Hess.)
An ode to the five senses from the hand of a man condemned to death who has little time left to enjoy them. A team of animators from Latin America and the United States revitalize this heartbreaking story of Jerusha and Jared Hess.
Where to see? Complete in Documentary Plus.
Letter to a pig (Dir. Tal Kantor)
An old man who has survived the Holocaust reads the letter he wrote to a pig, which saved his life. A young student listens to his testimony and has a strange dream, in which she is confronted with a series of questions about identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
Where to see? At the moment, not available in streaming. Watch the trailer on Vimeo.
Our uniform (Dir. Yegane Moghaddam.)
An Iranian girl displays her school memories through the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform. She admits that she is nothing more than a “female” and explores the roots of this idea in her school years.
Where to see? At the moment, not available in streaming. Watch the trailer on YouTube.
Pachyderm (Dir. Stéphanie Clément)
Like every summer, Louise is entrusted to her grandparents to spend a few days of vacation in the countryside. The
green grass in the garden, bathing in the lake, fishing with grandfather, everything seems as sweet as the
Grandma’s strawberry cakes. However, this year snow will fall in summer and a monster will die.
Where to see? At the moment, not available in streaming. Watch the trailer on YouTube.
The war is over! Inspired by the music of John and Yoko (Dir. Dave Mullins)
Set in an alternate reality to World War I, where a senseless war is being fought, two soldiers from opposing sides play a light-hearted game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon transmits the soldiers’ chess moves across the battlefield as the fighting intensifies. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war nears its climatic finale. Whoever wins, one thing is certain: in war there are no winners.
Where to see? At the moment, not available in streaming. Watch the trailer HERE.
LIVE-ACTION
The wonderful story of Henry Sugar (Dir. Wes Anderson)
Henry is a millionaire man who lives a life of absolute leisure. When he discovers the existence of a guru who he can see without using his eyes, he decides to learn to master this ability to cheat at games of chance.
Where to see? Complete on Netflix.
Invincible (Dir. Vincent René-Lortie)
Inspired by a true story, Invincible chronicles the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy in a desperate search for freedom.
Where to see? Complete on Vimeo.
Knight of fortune (Dir. Lasse Lyskjær Noer.)
The loss of a loved one, grief, a risk of yellowing skin and a coffin that is unbearably difficult for Karl to open. It is much easier to fix a broken lamp. Karl meets Torben, a companion of destiny.
Where to see? Complete on Vimeo.
Red white and blue (Dir. Nazrin Choudhury)
Rachel is a single mother who lives hand to mouth. When an unexpected pregnancy threatens to upend her already precarious situation, she is forced to cross state lines in search of an abortion. As Rachel contemplates the series of events that made this journey necessary and the obstacles that stand in her way, we learn a heartbreaking truth that means her life will never be the same.
Where to see? Complete in VXH.
The after (Dir. Misan Harriman)
A carpool driver, devastated since losing a loved one violently, picks up someone who forces him to face his pain.
Where to see? Complete on Netflix.
DOCUMENTARY FILM
The ABCs of book banning (Dirs. Trish Adlesic, Nazenet Habtezghi & Sheila Nevins)
It reveals the voices of parties affected by banned books in school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of young, inquiring minds.
Where to see? Complete in Paramount Plus.
The Barber of Little Rock (Dir. John Hoffman & Christine Turner)
Explore the growing racial wealth gap in America through the story of Arlo Washington, a local barber whose visionary approach to a fair economy is found in the mission of People Trust, the nonprofit community bank he founded to help the African American community.
Where to see? Complete in Youtube.
The Ultimate Repair Store (Dirs. Kris Bowers & Ben Proudfoot)
Four unassuming heroes make sure no student is deprived of the joy of music. It is also a reminder of how music can be the best medicine, a stress reliever and even an escape from poverty.
Where to see? Complete in Disney Plus.
Island in Between (Dir. S. Leo Chiang)
S. Leo Chiang reflects on his relationship with Taiwan, the United States and China from the islands of Kinmen, a few miles from mainland China.
Where to see? Complete in Youtube.
Grandma and grandmother (Sean Wang)
Sean Wang, an American director of Taiwanese origin, directs the camera towards his grandmothers, inseparable best friends and roommates in their 80s and 90s. He hilariously and unexpectedly captures their daily lives as they dance, stretch, and fart to forget their sorrows.
Where to see? Complete Disney Plus.