February 18, 2010 01:15PM EST

Big Screen: 2010 Oscar-Nominated Shorts

Haven't watched all the 2010 Oscar-nominated shorts yet? Here's your chance, thanks to Shorts International, Magnolia Pictures, and theaters in 100 different cities in the UK and North America. See both animated and live-action shorts on the big screen starting Feburary 19 in NYC at the IFC Center; check the official website for details on when they're coming to your town. Meanwhile, here's a quick rundown on what will be playing.



Animated Films

FRENCH ROAST FRANCE / 8 MINS
Director/Writer: Fabrice O. Joubert
Producers: Louis Viau, Bibo Bergeron, Pascal Chevé
A businessman realizes he forgot his wallet when it's time to pay the bill at a cafe, so he drinks more and more coffee until an unlikely good Samaritan comes to his aid.

GRANNY O’GRIMM’S SLEEPING BEAUTY IRELAND / 6 MINS
Director: Nicky Phelan
Writer: Kathleen O’Rourke
Producer: Darragh O’Connell
Cast: Kathleen O’Rourke
Granny's grim version of Sleeping Beauty is not exactly the bedtime story her granddaughter wants to hear.

THE LADY AND THE REAPER SPAIN / 8 MINS
Director/Writer: Javier Recio Gracia
Production Company: Kandor Moon
Producers: Antonio Banderas, Manuel Sicilia, Juan Molina, Enrique Posner, Raul Garcia, Marcelino Almanso, Antonio Meliveo
What happens when you're ready to join your beloved in the hereafter but the doctors are bent on saving you? A sweet old lady is about to find out.

LOGORAMA FRANCE / 16 MINS
Directed by H5 (Franςois Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain)
Produced by Autour de Minuit
Check out this strange city where everything has, you guessed it, a logo.

A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH UNITED KINGDOM / 30 MINS
Director: Nick Park
Writers: Nick Park, Bob Baker
Producer: Steve Pegram
Cast: Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay
Wallace & Gromit are back with yet another scheme that's about to go haywire. They've started a bread-baking company, and things are going swell, but other bakers in the city are disappearing — or perhaps being murdered?!

Additional Short-Listed Films

PARTLY CLOUDY UNITED STATES / 6 MINS
In this Pixar short, we learn where babies come from – the clouds! But one cloud named Gus isn't interested in just making babies. A stork named Peck encounters some problems as he delivers the cloud's creations.

RUNAWAY CANADA / 9 MINS
Ack! A runaway train highlights the class struggle among passengers, but brings them all together in the end.

THE KINEMATOGRAPH  POLAND / 12 MINS
Francis' invention will change the world… but he will have to pay a steep price for his dream.



Live Action

THE DOOR IRELAND / 17 MINS
Director/Writer: Juanita Wilson
Producers: Louise Curran, James Flynn
Cast: Igor Sigov, Juliette Gering, Liliya Grechk
A heart-rending story about one family's experience during the Chernobyl meltdown.

INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA SWEDEN / 22 MINS
Director/Writer: Patrik Eklund
Producer: Mathias Fjellstrom
Cast: Simon J. Berger, Jacob Nordenson, Anki Larsson, Saga Gärde, Göran Forsmark
Tomas is not a great magician, so he still lives at home. What does he have up his sleeve for his disapproving father's 60 birthday party?

KAVI USA/INDIA/ 19 MINS
Director/Writer/Producer: Gregg Helvey
Cast: Sagar Salunke, Ulhas Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Madhavi Juvekar
Kavi isn't satisfied with his future as a worker in a brick kiln. He wants to go to school and play cricket like a normal little boy. Whether or not Kavi sticks with what's expected of him or whether or not he'll fight for his dreams has yet to be seen.

MIRACLE FISH AUSTRALIA / 17 MINS
Director/Writer: Luke Doolan
Producer: Drew Bailey
Cast: Karl Beattie, Brendan Donoghue
What happens when you wish everyone in the world would go away and leave you alone? Eight-year-old Joe is about to find out, in a rather unpleasant way.

THE NEW TENANTS DENMARK/USA / 20 MINS
Director: Joachim Back
Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen
Adaptation: David Rakoff
Producers: Sam Bisbee, Tivi Magnusson, Erika Hampson, Christian Potalivo, Johanne Stryhn Hoerby
Cast: Kevin Corrigan, David Rakoff, Vincent D’Onofrio, Liane Balaban, Helen Hanft, Jamie Harrold
Moving is hard enough, but when if your new neighbors are particularly bizarre and scary, well, that's another thing altogether. It's hard to get excited about a fresh start when your neighbors are nosy, dealing drugs, or just plain cuckoo.

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Find screening times for the IFC Center:
* Live-Action Shorts
* Animated Shorts