The programs are sponsored by the San Pedro Film Festival, which will celebrate its 11th anniversary in November with its full film festival.
Oscar-nominated short films will be shown in San Pedro this month, beginning Wednesday evening, March 9.
The San Pedro International Film Festival will screen this year’s Academy Awards-nominated short films in the animation, documentary and live action categories at the Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. Sixth St. Tickets, which are on sale atcost $15 per category or $45 for all three evenings. Tickets also will be sold at the box office on the day of each program.
The full San Pedro International Film Festival this year will take place from Nov. 3 to 7. The 2022 iteration will mark the festival’s 11th anniversary celebrating the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world. Each category of the Oscar-nominated shorts will screen on a different day — Wednesday, March 20 and March 24 — this month. The schedule is below. The Academy Awards are March 27.Selections are equivalent of an R rating and no children are to be admitted. Full running time is 97 minutes.“Boxballet,”, by Anton Dyakov, Russia, 15 minutes.“Bestia,” by Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Diaz, Chile, 15 minutes.
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run,” by Maria Brendle and Nadine Luchinger, Kyrgyzstan/Switzerland, 38 minutes.