ShortsHD To Release 2015 Oscar Nominated Short Films In Theatres The Channel ShortsHD™, alongside Magnolia Pictures, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Oscar shorts release by opening “THE OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2015″ in a record 450+ theatres across the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America on Friday January 30, 2015. See the full list of nominees below and find a theater near you here. LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM NOMINEES Aya Directors: Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis Synopsis: A young woman waiting at an airport has an unexpected encounter with an arriving passenger. Countries of origin: France, Israel TRT: 39:50 Language: Hebrew, English Boogaloo and Graham Directors: Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney Synopsis: Jamesy and Malachy are presented with two baby chicks to raise by their soft-hearted father. Country of origin: UK TRT: 14:00 Language: English Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak) Directors: Hu Wei and Julien Féret Synopsis: A photographer and his assistant photograph the inhabitants of a remote Tibetan village. Countries of origin: France, China TRT: 15:54 Language: Tibetan Parvaneh Directors: Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger Synopsis: An Afghan teenager living in a refugee center in Switzerland encounters difficulties wiring money to her family and asks a young Swiss woman for help. Country of origin: Switzerland TRT: 24:26 Language: German The Phone Call Directors: Mat Kirkby and James Lucas Synopsis: A woman working for a crisis center phone line receives a call from a suicidal older man. Country of origin: UK TRT: 20:56 Language: English ANIMATED SHORT FILM NOMINEES The Bigger Picture Directors: Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees Synopsis: Tensions arise between two brothers as their elderly mother requires more care. Country of origin: UK TRT: 7:27 Language: English The Dam Keeper Directors: Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi Synopsis: A lonely little pig in charge of maintaining the town dam is cruelly bullied by his classmates. Country of origin: US TRT: 18:08 Language: English Feast Directors: Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed Synopsis: The story of the relationship between a young man and the stray puppy he takes in is told through the food the dog receives. Country of origin: US TRT: 7:00 Language: English Me and My Moulton Director: Torill Kove Synopsis: Three sisters growing up in an unconventional Norwegian family ask their parents for a bicycle. Country of origin: Canada TRT: 13:08 Language: English A Single Life Director: Joris Oprins Synopsis: A mysterious vinyl single gives a young woman the power to move back and forth through the years of her life. Country of origin: Netherlands TRT: 2:18 Language: English DOCUMENTARY SHORT NOMINEES Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Directors: Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry Synopsis: Each month, the Veterans Crisis Line receives over 22,000 calls from military veterans, who account for 20% of all suicides in the U.S. each year. Country of origin: US TRT: 41 Language: English Joanna Director: Aneta Kopacz Synopsis: As she faces a terminal illness, the mother of a young son writes a blog in which she tries to leave a record of what she hopes to teach him. Country of origin: Poland TRT: 45 Language: Polish Our Curse Directors: Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki Synopsis: A mother and father face the difficulties of caring for a baby who has been born with a life-threatening congenital breathing disorder known as Ondine’s curse. Country of origin: Poland TRT: 27 Language: Polish The Reaper (La Parka) Director: Gabriel Serra Arguello Synopsis: For the past 25 years, Efrain has worked in a slaughterhouse, where he has developed an intimate relationship with both death and what one must sometimes do to live. Country of origin: Mexico TRT: 29 Language: Spanish White Earth Director: J. Christian Jensen Synopsis: Three children and an immigrant mother face a long and difficult winter in North Dakota, which has attracted many people seeking work during an oil boom. Country of origin: US TRT: 20 Language: English