For the 18th consecutive year, the ICA presents the Oscar-nominated live-action, animated, and documentary shorts you always wish you’d seen come Oscar night. A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2.

NOTE: These programs include gun violence, shootings, adult language, and animated nudity. Parental discretion advised for audiences under the age of 14. 

Schedule

Animation:

  • Thurs, February 20, 7 PM
  • Sun, February 23, 12:30 PM 
  • Fri, February 28, 7 PM
  • Sat, March 1, 12:30 PM
  • Sun, March 9, 12:30 PM

Live Action:

  • Fri, February 21, 7 PM 
  • Sun, February 23, 3 PM
  • Thurs, February 27, 7 PM
  • Sat, March 1, 3 PM
  • Sun, March 9, 3 PM

Documentary:

  • Sun, March 2, 2 PM

Animation

 

Amidst a bed of colorful autumn leaves, an animated character with a large head and short dark hair stands wearing a striped sweater. With a neutral expression, it gazes slightly upwards.

Runtime: 88 minutes 

Magic Candies 
Daisuke Nishio, 21 min. Japan (in Japanese) 

In the Shadow of the Cypress 
Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, 20 min. Iran (no dialogue) 

Yuck! 
Loïc Espuche, 13 min. France (in French) 

Wander to Wonder 
Nina Gantz, 14 min. Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK (in English) 

Beautiful Men 
Nicolas Keppens, 18 min. Belgium/France/Netherlands (in Flemish, Dutch, Turkish, and English)

 

Live Action

A woman with short blonde hair wearing a green shirt looks over her shoulder with a concerned expression.

Runtime: 102 minutes 

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent 
Nebojsa Slijepcevic, 13 min. Croatia (in Croatian) 

Anuja 
Adam J. Graves, 22 min. USA (in Hindi) 

I’m Not a Robot 
Victoria Warmerdam, 22 min. Belgium/Netherlands (in Dutch) 

A Lien 
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz, 15 min. USA (in English) 

The Last Ranger 
Cindy Lee, 28 min. South Africa (in Xhosa) 

Documentary

A man wearing a brown cap and a white shirt sits on a gray couch, looking pensively to the side.

Running Time: 157 minutes 

Instruments of a Beating Heart 
Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 23 min. Japan (in Japanese) 

Incident 
Bill Morrison, 30 min. USA (in English) 

I Am Ready, Warden 
Smriti Mundhra, 37 min. USA (in English) 

The Only Girl in the Orchestra 
Molly O’Brien, 34 min. USA (in English) 

Death by Numbers 
Kim A. Snyder, 33 min. USA (in English) 

Accessibility

  • Accessible seating is available first-come first-served and may be selected upon theater entry. Please contact our Visitor Services team at visitorservices@icaboston.org or 617-478-3100 for more information.
  • Assistive listening devices are available for all theater programs at the theater entrance.
  • A link to live captioning will be shared by the day of the event and will be available in the theater.
  • ASL interpretation is available by advance request; please contact our Visitors Services team at 617-478-3100 or visitorservices@icaboston.org to make a request.

Are there other access accommodations that would be useful to help you fully participate in this program? Let us know at accessibility@icaboston.org or learn more about Accessibility at the ICA at icaboston.org/accessibility.