The Pageant Theatre

2025 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS

A yearly tradition celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Pageant is proud to present the 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films! This special release features the year's most spectacular short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time. Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: LIVE ACTION, ANIMATION, and DOCUMENTARY. Don’t miss this year’s programs!

All programs separate admission, schedule changes daily, dates and showtimes below.

ANIMATION

Various

  • 90 minutes
    • Friday February 21
    • 5:15pm
    • Saturday February 22
    • 7:30pm
    • Sunday February 23
    • 4:15pm
    • Wednesday February 26
    • 7:30pm
    • Thursday February 27
    • 5:15pm

    MAGIC CANDIES --- Daisuke Nishio, 21 min, Japan

    IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRUS --- Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, 20 min, Iran

    YUCK! --- Loïc Espuche, 13 min, France

    WANDER TO WONDER --- Nina Gantz, 14 min, Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK

    BEAUTIFUL MEN --- Nicolas Keppens, 18 min, Belgium/France/Netherlands

DOCUMENTARY

Various

  • 165 minutes
    • Saturday February 22
    • 1:30pm
    • Sunday February 23
    • 6:30pm

    INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART – Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 23 min, Japan

    INCIDENT – Bill Morrison, 30 min, USA

    I AM READY, WARDEN – Smriti Mundhra, 37 min, USA

    THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA – Molly O’Brien, 34 min, USA

    DEATH BY NUMBERS – Kim A. Snyder, 33 min, USA

LIVE ACTION

Various

  • 165 minutes
    • Friday February 21
    • 7:30
    • Saturday February 22
    • 5pm
    • Sunday February 23
    • 1:45pm
    • Wednesday February 26
    • 5pm
    • Thursday February 27
    • 7:30pm

    A LIEN --- David Cutler-Kreutz and Sam Cutler-Kreutz, 14 min, USA

    ANUJA --- Adam J. Graves, 22 min, USA/India

    I’M NOT A ROBOT --- Victoria Warmerdam, 22 min, Netherlands/Belgium

    THE LAST RANGER --- Cindy Lee, 28 min, South Africa

    THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT --- Nebojša Slijepčević, 13 min, Croatia/Bulgaria/France/Slovenia

The Pageant does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. In addition to the synopses and trailers above, further information about content for specific films can usually be found through general internet searches.