The 26th Annual
Academy Award® Shorts

Thanks to everyone who attended this year's Academy Award® Shorts program! Attendees know that the Library asks for viewers to share feedback about their favorite shorts. By and large, Wichita's responses seemed to match the results of the Academy Awards. Local voting for favorites tended to be close, but "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" was clearly many people's favorites.

Every single movie screened received multiple votes. Every film has its champions!

Animated short film award winner
Wichita Public Library Audience Favorite (Overall)
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
15 minutes, no dialogue
Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, "The Wizard of Oz," and a love for books, "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.

Other Animated Short Film Nominees

• "Dimanche/Sunday"
• "La Luna"
• "A Morning Stroll"
• "Wild Life"

Live action short film award winner
"The Shore"
31 minutes – English/Gaelic
After 25 years in exile, Jim Mahon returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty his Belfast roots. But things don’t go as planned when she learns of a secret love triangle and a long lost best friend, Paddy. Their reconciliation leads to hilarious confusion.

Other Live Action Short Film Nominees

• "Pentecost"
• "Raju"
• "Time Freak"
• "Tuba Atlantic" - Wichita Public Library Audience Favorite (Live Action)

Documentary short film award winner
Wichita Public Library Audience Favorite (Documentary)
"Saving Face"
40 minutes, Urdu
Every year hundreds of people are attacked with acid in Pakistan. This is the first Academy Award ever for a filmmaker from Pakistan (Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy) and the first award for Coloradoan Daniel Junge.

Other Documentary Short Film Nominees

• "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
• "God is the Bigger Elvis"
• "Incident in New Baghdad"
• "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"

Have your own Academy Award® Shorts film festival at home with the numerous titles available for checkout from the Library. New titles are always being added. (Asterisks indicate titles available on DVD.)

Animation | Live Action | Documentary | See All In Catalog

Pick up a print copy of filmographies at the Art, Music and Video section at the Central Library or call (316) 261-8506 for assistance.

The 26th Annual Academy Award Shorts® was made possible by the City of Wichita, Friends of the Wichita Public Library, Wichita Public Library Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Thanks also to Shorts International and the filmmakers for making these events possible.

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