• A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS
  • Academy Award-nominated Shorts
  • Saturday, April 19, 2008
  • 8 p.m.
  • The Tower Theatre
  • 815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno [map]
  • $10.00 General Admission
  • $8.00 for Students and Seniors
  • buy tickets →
  • 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.


  • TANGHI ARGENTINI
  • Belgium, Oscar Nominees: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
  • 13 minutes, French w/ English subtitles
  • A man who must learn to dance the tango in two weeks asks an office colleague for help.
  • PETER & THE WOLF
  • United Kingdom & Poland, Oscar Nominees: Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
  • 27 minutes, Silent
  • A young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev’s classic musical piece.


  • IL SUPPLENTE (THE SUBSTITUTE)
  • Italy, Oscar Nominee: Andrea Jublin
  • 17 minutes, Italian w/ English subtitles
  • The arrival of an unusual newcomer galvanizes the students in a high school classroom.
  • I MET THE WALRUS
  • Canada, Oscar Nominee: Josh Raskin
  • 5 minutes, English, 2D Animation
  • 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.


  • LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS)
  • France, Oscar Nominee: Philippe Pollet-Villard
  • 31 minutes, French w/ English subtitles
  • A pair of unlucky thieves find their fortunes have changed when they take in a deaf homeless boy.

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