Cinematheque Hosts Oscar Shorts

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre presents a limited engagement of all of this past year’s Oscar-nominated and Oscar-winning live action and animated shorts, in two separate programs, March 6 through 13. The winners for Best Live Action Short Film, France’s The Mozart of Pickpockets, and the winner for Best Animated Short Film, the UK/Poland co-production Peter & The Wolf, screen alongside acclaimed nominees from Canada, Russia, Denmark, Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, Belgium and France. The engagement kicks off on March 6 with both programs in the 616-seat Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre; on all other dates, the programs will take place in the 83-seat Spielberg Theatre. The live action shorts will screen at 7:30 p.m. each night, followed by a 10 p.m. program of animated shorts. The historic
Egyptian Theatre is located at 6712
Hollywood Boulevard
,
between Highland
and Las Palmas,
in Hollywood.
Tickets for all scheduled screenings are available through Fandango, but for 24-hour recorded information on tickets,
directions and more, phone (323) 466-FILM or visit the Cinematheque’s eponymous
Web site by clicking here
.