OSCAR SHORTS
JUNE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 FRI-THU, 7 P.M.
GUILD THEATRE
This year's Oscar nominees and winners for Best Animated and Live Action Short.

ANIMATED SHORTS:
THE CHUBBCHUBBS
US 2002
DIRECTOR: ERIC ARMSTRONG Meeper, from the planet Glorf, valiantly tries to warn the patrons of the Ale-E-Inn, an intergalactic watering hole with its own constellation of stars, of impending danger. He is soon face to face with the toughest creatures in the universe. This year's Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film. (6mins.)

THE CATHEDRAL
POLAND 2002
DIRECTOR: TOMEK BAGINSKI A pilgrim arrives at a strange, forest-like cathedral and finds his presence there has a purpose he has not anticipated. (6 mins.)

ROCKS
GERMANY 2002
DIRECTORS: CHRIS STENNER, HEIDI WITTLINGER Two rocks, Hew and Kew, stand on the hilltop they have occupied for centuries, discussing the frantic activities of the human beings below them. (8 mins.)

MT. HEAD
JAPAN 2002
DIRECTOR: KOJI YAMAMURA A stingy man eats some cherry seeds and finds that a cherry tree has grown from his head. (10 mins.)

MIKE'S NEW CAR
US 2002
DIRECTORS: PETE DOCTOR, ROGER GOULD Following his promotion at Monsters, Inc., Mike has purchased a new sports car and wants to take his friend Sulley for a spin. (4 mins.)

LIVE ACTION SHORTS:
THIS CHARMING MAN
DENMARK 2002
DIRECTORS: MARTIN STRANGE HANSEN, MIE ANDREASEN When Lars Hansen's identity number is confused with that of an immigrant named El Hassan, Lars finds himself enrolled in a Danish class taught by a young woman he used to tease when they were students together. This year's Oscar winner for Best Live Action Short. (29 mins.)

FAIT D'HIVER
BELGIUM 2002
DIRECTOR: DIRK BELIËN, ANJA DAELEMANS On his way home from work one evening, a young man finds himself stuck in a traffic jam and decides to call his wife from his new cell phone. (7 mins.)

I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE
FRANCE 2002
DIRECTOR: PHILIPPE ORREINDY, THOMAS GAUDIN One day, in a Lyon subway, a 29-year-old man makes an unconventional attempt to find a single woman. (4 mins.)

INJA
AUSTRALIA 2002
DIRECTOR: STEVEN PASVOLSKY, JOE WEATHERSTONE On a South African farm during the Apartheid years, a white landowner makes a brutal effort to sever the ties between a black boy and a puppy. (17 mins.)
Total program time: 90 mins.