Oscar Nominated Live-Action Shorts

Where feature films conform to the three-act structure of drama, movie short subjects are more like short stories.

The Shore, the best among this year's Oscar nominees for live-action shorts, has the surprise twist of an O. Henry tale. Written and directed by Terry George, the Northern Irish filmmaker behind Hotel Rwanda and In the Name of the Father, this vignette set in Belfast stars Ciarán Hinds as an accidental activist who left for the U.S. to avoid arrest, and Conleth Hill as his friend left behind. .

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