2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated

• Saturday, March 28 at 1:30 pm
• Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00 pm
• Thursday, April 2 at 7:00 pm
• Saturday, April 4 at 5:00 pm
• Sunday, April 5 at 1:30 pm
• Wednesday, April 8 at 7:00 pm

Tickets: $9 – adults, $6- Catamount members and students, $7- seniors
Matinees and Tuesday Bargain Nights: $7- adults, $4- Catamount members and students, $5- seniors

Description:
For the 21st consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered Animated, Live Action and Documentary this is your annual chance to view all the nominated shorts! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this years selection of shorts.

Animated Shorts Program:
Butterfly (dir. Florence Miailhe): A visually distinct film created with animated oil paintings, telling the true story of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish swimmer who survived Auschwitz to compete in the 1948 Olympics.
The Girl Who Cried Pearls: A stop-motion, 20th-century fable about a starving girl in a gritty, poverty-stricken dockside world whose tears turn into pearls.
Retirement Plan (dir. Domhnall Gleeson): A 7-minute film focusing on a character named Ray and his fantasies about retirement.
The Three Sisters: A 14-minute, melancholy story about three sisters living in isolation on an island.
Éiru: A 13-minute film following a child descending into the earth to retrieve water.