Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts (2009)

The five Live Action Short Films nominated for the Academy Award are featured in this program:

TOYLAND - In 1942, a German boy believes that his Jewish neighbors are going to Toyland.

ON THE LINE - A department store security guard who is drawn to one of his co-workers makes a fateful decision.

MANON ON THE ASPHALT - The proximity of death brings a young woman a new perspective on life.

NEW BOY - A nine-year-old African boy begins his first day of school in Ireland.

THE PIG - A man facing surgery finds comfort in the painting of a pig hanging in his hospital room.