IRVINE FILM FESTIVAL
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR OFFICIAL SELECTIONS WHO HAVE MADE THE OSCAR SHORT LIST OR HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AND WON AN OSCAR
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
​KOKA, THE BUTCHER Dir: Bence Máté (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
BLACK SHEEP Dir: Ed Perkins (OSCAR NOMINATED)
MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES Dir: Charlie Tyrell (OSCAR NOMINATED)
KNIFE SKILLS - Thomas Lennon (OSCAR NOMINATED)
EDITH+EDDIE - Laura Checkoway (OSCAR NOMINATED)
AYAYO, THE LIVING SHOPPING BASKETS - Mari Bakke Riise (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Frame 394 – Director: Rich Williamson (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
The Mute's House – Director: Tamar Kay (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Brillo Box – Director: Lisanne Skyler (OSCAR NOMINATED)
LAST DAY OF FREEDOM - Director: Nomi talisman (OSCAR NOMINATED)
CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES - Director: Courtney Marsh (OSCAR NOMINATED)
CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH - Director: Adam Benzine (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace – Director: Jeff Dupre (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
The Reaper (La Parka) – Director: Gabriel Serra (OSCAR NOMINATED)
White Earth – Director: J. Christian Jensen (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Showfolk – Director: Ned McNeilage (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
One Child - Director: Zijian Mu (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Our Curse - (Nasza KlÄ…twa) Director: Tomasz Sliwinski (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Cave Digger – Directed by Jeffrey Karoff (OSCAR NOMINATED)
The Lady In Number 6 – Directed by Malcolm Clarke (OSCAR WINNER)
Slomo – Directed by Joshua Izenberg (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Facing Fear – Directed by Jason Cohen (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Recollections – Directed by Nathanael Carton (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Directed by Edgar Barens (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Karama has no walls – Directed by Sara Ishaq (OSCAR NOMINATED)
OPEN HEART - Directed by Kief Davidson (OSCAR NOMINATED)
MONDAYS AT RACINE - Directed by Cynthia Wade (OSCAR NOMINATED)
INOCENTE - Directed by Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine (OSCAR WINNER)
KINGS PIONT - Directed by Sari Gilman (OSCAR NOMINATED)
PARAISO - Directed by Nadav Kurtz (OSCAR NOMINATED)
JUJITSUING REALITY - Directed by Chetin Chabuk (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
SEE THE DIRT - Directed by Erik Mauck (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
DAY AT THE POOL - Directed by Ian Douglass and Eric Fulford (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
SKATEESTAN - Directed by Orlando Von Einsiedel (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
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SHORT ANIMATION
GARDEN PARTY - Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne (OSCAR NOMINATED)
​Moom – Director: Robert Kondo & Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi​ (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Borrowed Time – Director: Lou Hamou– Director: Lhadj (OSCAR NOMINATED)
THE LOOKING PLANET - Director: Eric Law Anderson (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
DAEWIT - Director: David Jansen (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
The Missing Scarf – Directed by Eoin Duffy (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Mr Hublot – Directed by Laurent Witz & Alexandre Espigares (WINNER)
HEAD OVER HEELS - Timothy Reckart (OSCAR NOMINATED)
PATHS OF HATE - Directed by Damian Nenow (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
THE MAKER - Christopher Kezelos (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
THE EAGLEMAN STAG- Mickey Please (BAFTA WINNER) (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
KAHANIKAR - Directed by Nandita Jain (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
A Single Life – Director: Joris Oprins (OSCAR NOMINATED)
The Bigger Picture – Director: Daisy jacobs (BAFTA WINNER) (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Coda – Director: Alan Holly (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
The Dam Keeper – Directors: Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutusmi (OSCAR NOMINATED)
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LIVE ACTION SHORT
STUTTERER - Director: Benjamin Cleary (WINNER)
A WALK IN WINTER - Director: Ryan Moody (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Berlin Troika- Director: Andrej Gontcharov (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Bis Gleich – Director: Benjamin Wolff (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
Bagdad Messi – Sahim Omar Kalifa (OSCAR NOMINATED)
The Phone Call – Director: Mat Kirkby (WINNER)
Parvaneh – Director: Talkhon Hamzavi (OSCAR NOMINATED)
DOOD VAN EEN SHADUW - Directed by Tom Van Avermaent (OSCAR NOMINATED)
PESARAN-E-BUZKASHI - Sam French (OSCAR NOMINATED)
ASAD - Directed by Bryan Buckley (OSCAR NOMINATED)
PAULIE- Directed by Andrew Nackman (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
LOVE AT FIRST SITE - Directed by Michael Davies (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
THE BURING BEETLE - David Rock (OSCAR SHORT LIST)
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FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
The Case Against 8 – Directors: Ben Cotner, Ryan White (OSCAR NOMINATED)
The Act of Killing – Directed By Joshua Oppenheimer (OSCAR NOMINATED)
Blood Brother – Directed by Steve Hoover (OSCAR NOMINATED)
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