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  • Saturday, April, 2024| Today's Market | Current Time: 09:59:16
  • With the Oscar fever still on, this week, just sit back, relax, and indulge in the world of Oscars as ShortsTV brings the Oscar winning and nominated short Films from around the world. Indulge in the world of Cinema and experience some of the best handpicked short films just one click away.

    Please find below the list of short films available.

    SIX SHOOTER

    Director: Martin McDonagh

    Synopsis: This Oscar Winner is a black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball.

    TRT: 27 minutes

    Language: English

    VISAS AND VIRTUE

    Director: Chris Tashima

    Synopsis: This Oscar Winner is the story of Europe, 1940. For thousands of Jews, a Japanese diplomat and his wife defy Tokyo and the Nazis, and offer visas, for life  It is called the Japanese equivalent of Schindler’s list.

    TRT: 26 minutes

    Language: English, Japanese

    HARVIE KRUMPET

    Director: Adam Elliot

    Synopsis: This Oscar Winner is an odd biography of a man who has Tourette’s Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of “fakts” hung around his neck.

    TRT: 23 minutes

    Language: English

    THE SILENT CHILD

    Director: Chris Overton

    Synopsis: This Oscar Winner is the story of a deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.

    TRT: 20 minutes

    Language: English, British Sign Language

    THE VOORMAN PROBLEM

    Director: Mark Gill

    Synopsis: This Oscar Nominee is the story of Doctor Williams who is the latest psychiatrist to deal with a smug patient called Voormanwho claims to be God himself. Although skeptical, Williams soon gets an eerie feeling that openly malicious Voormanis not simply insane.

    TRT: 13 minutes

    Language: English

    SILENT NIGHTS

    Director: Aske Bang

    Synopsis: This Oscar Nominee is the story of a volunteer at a housing shelter falls for a Ghanaian refugee.

    TRT: 30 minutes

    Language: English, Danish

    DEKALB ELEMENTARY

    Director: Reed Van Dyk

    Synopsis: This Oscar Nominee is the story inspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.

    TRT: 21 minutes

    Language: English

    THE KICKSLED CHOIR

    Director: Torfinn Iversen

    Synopsis: This Oscar Shortlist is the story of Ten-year-old Gabriel dreams of joining the KicksledChoir, a local caroling group known for raising donations for the refugees in his community.

    TRT: 18 minutes

    Language: Norwegian

    HENRY

    Director: Yan England

    Synopsis: This Oscar Nominee is about Henry, a great concert pianist, has his life thrown in turmoil the day the love of this life, Maria, disappears mysteriously. He’ll then discover the inevitable verdict of life.

    TRT: 21 minutes

    Language: French

    SARIA

    Director: Bryan Buckley

    Synopsis: This Oscar Nominee explores the unimaginable hardships faced by young female orphans at the Virgen de La Asuncion Safe Home in Guatemala, leading up to the tragic fire which claimed 41 of their lives in 2017.

    TRT: 22 minutes

    Language: Spanish

    REFUGEE

    Director: Brandt Andersen

    Synopsis: This Oscar Shortlist is about a Syrian doctor, who attempts to escape her war-ravaged homeland with her young daughter.

    TRT: 23 minutes

    Language: English

    WHITE EYE

    Director: Tomer Shushan

    Synopsis: This Oscar Nominee is about a man who finds his stolen bicycle, which now belongs to a stranger. While attempting to retrieve it, he struggles to remain human.

    TRT: 20 minutes

    Language: Hebrew

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