The nominated Live Action Shorts:

• AT NIGHT; Denmark, Oscar Nominees: Christian E. Christiansen & Louise Vesth.
  Drama, 40 minutes, Danish w/ English subtitles
  Three young women share their problems while spending the holidays in a hospital cancer ward.
  http://www.dfi.dk/english/Danish+films/ShortByDanishTitle/filmFact.htm?FilmID=20161 - details
• IL SUPPLENTE (THE SUBSTITUTE); Italy, Oscar Nominee: Andrea Jublin.
  Comedy, 17 minutes, Italian w/ English subtitles
  The arrival of an unusual newcomer galvanizes the students in a high school classroom.
  http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/384902/Il-Supplente/trailers - 18-sec clip
• LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS); France, Oscar Nominee: Philippe Pollet-Villard
  Comedy, 31 minutes, French w/ English subtitles
  A pair of unlucky thieves find their fortunes have changed when they take in a deaf homeless boy.
  http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi871432473/ - 19-sec clip
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO7qiRtyJx0 - clips with interviews
• TANGHI ARGENTINI; Belgium, Oscar Nominees: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
  Comedy, 13 minutes, French w/ English subtitles
  A man who must learn to dance the tango in two weeks asks an office colleague for help.
  http://www.anotherdimension.be/detail.php?id=tanghi&p=syn#top - details
  http://www.anotherdimension.be/index2.php - trailer requires QuickTime
• THE TONTO WOMAN; United Kingdom, Oscar Nominees: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
  Drama, 36 minutes, English
  A cattle rustler meets a woman who is living in isolation after being held prisoner for eleven years by the Mojave Indians.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUiAksiFHI8 - trailer
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5zkAx1aVU&feature=related - quiet dinner
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12t0-wgq0g0 - “Do you know who I am?”

The nominated Animated Shorts:

• I MET THE WALRUS; Canada, Oscar Nominee: Josh Raskin
  5 minutes, English, 2D Animation, Documentary
  In 1969, fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room with his tape recorder and persuaded him to do an interview.
• MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI; Canada, Oscar Nominees: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
  17 minutes, Silent, Claymation/CGI, Drama
  A timid woman boards a mysterious night train and has a series of frightening experiences.
  http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/madame-tutli-putli/index.php - details
  http://madametutliputli.com/ - adding the emotive eyes
  look on YouTube for: Inspiration, Eyes, Animatic (project proposal), Making of….
• MEME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS (EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN); France, Oscar Nominees: Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
  9 minutes, French w/ English subtitles, CGI
  A priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven.
• MY LOVE (MOYA LYUBOV); Russia, Oscar Nominee: Alexander Petrov
  27 minutes, Russian with English subtitles, Drama
  In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.
• PETER & THE WOLF; United Kingdom & Poland, Oscar Nominees: Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
  27 minutes, Silent, Drama
  A young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev’s classic musical piece.
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/genre/cinema.html#cine_vid - clip
  http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/peterandthewolffilm/ - site