TUESDAY, February 21, 2012 – 9:30pm PST THE 2011 ANIMATED AND LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM NOMINEES HOSTED BY DIRECTOR AND TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER BRAD BIRD Oscar Week kicks off with Shorts!, featuring screenings of all the Oscar-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories, plus an onstage discussion with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).

THE 2011 NOMINEES ARE:

Short Film (Animated)

DIMANCHE/SUNDAY - Patrick Doyon
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg 
LA LUNA - Enrico Casarosa 
A MORNING STROLL - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe 
WILD LIFE - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby 

Short Film (Live Action) 

PENTECOST - Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane 
RAJU - Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren 
THE SHORE - Terry George and Oorlagh George 
TIME FREAK - Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey 
TUBA ATLANTIC - Hallvar Witzø

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WEDNESDAY, February 22, 2012 – 7:30pm PST THE 2011 DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT AND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE NOMINEES HOSTED BY OSCAR WINNER AND DOCUMENTARY BRANCH GOVERNOR MICHAEL MOORE The third annual Docs! night spotlights the work of the nominated filmmakers in the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature categories. The program will include film clips from all of the nominated documentaries in both categories, and a panel discussion with each group of nominees (schedules permitting).

THE 2011 NOMINEES ARE:

Documentary (Feature)

HELL AND BACK AGAIN - Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner 
IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT - Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman 
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY - Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky 
PINA - Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel 
UNDEFEATED - TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas 

Documentary (Short Subject) 

THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin 
GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS - Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson 
INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD - James Spione 
SAVING FACE - Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy 
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM - Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

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THURSDAY, February 23, 2012 – 7:30pm PST THE 2011 ANIMATED FEATURE FILM NOMINEES HOSTED BY ACTOR PATTON OSWALT The Animated Feature Symposium celebrates the work of the 2011 Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature Film category. The nominees (schedules permitting) will discuss their films’ development and their creative processes as well as present clips illustrating their techniques.

THE 2011 NOMINEES ARE:

Animated Feature Film

A CAT IN PARIS Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli 
CHICO & RITA Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal 
KUNG FU PANDA 2 Jennifer Yuh Nelson 
PUSS IN BOOTS Chris Miller 
RANGO Gore Verbinski