Country: United States
Language: English

Cloverfield director Matt Reeves crafted an ambitiously grim Batman for our time, with Robert Pattinson as the titular dark detective and Zoë Kravitz as a fierce and focused Selina Kyle. Received three nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Achievement in Visual Effects.

Country: United States
Language: English

In the Nee brothers’ wildly comedic refresh of the genre, a reclusive romance novelist and her cover model are swept up in a cutthroat jungle adventure. World Premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.

Country: Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany
Language: Russian, Finnish

Sharing a train car through the Arctic, a young Finnish woman and a larger-than-life Russian miner form an unlikely bond in Juho Kuosmanen’s uplifting tale of human connection. Cannes 2021 Grand Prix winner and Shortlisted at the 94th Academy Awards.

Country: United States
Language: English

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease in Marvel’s latest anti-hero story.

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Yuta Okkotsu gains control of an extremely powerful Cursed Spirit and enrolls in the local Jujutsu High School where Jujutsu Sorcerers can help him control his power and keep an eye on him. A critically acclaimed prequel from the director of the award-winning anime series.

Country: United States, France
Language: American Sign Language, English

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Siân Heder’s CODA won Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor at the 94th Academy Awards.

Country: Australia
Language: English

Events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on Tasmania in an attempt to understand why and how the atrocity occurred. Cannes 2021 prize winner

Country: Australia
Language: English

In 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch assumes a peasant’s shape to see what life is like in her skin. Sundance 2022

Country: Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark
Language: Norwegian

One woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world.

Joachim Trier’s 2021 Cannes prize winner received nominations for Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay at the 94th Academy Awards.

World Premiere, SXSW 2022. In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives. | Country: United States | Language: English

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

A dinner party in a country house that sees four friends come together for a birthday celebration. But as the night progresses secrets emerge and unsettling events begin to unfold around them. World Premiere at the 2021 Fantastic Fest Film Festival.

Country: United States
Language: English

An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night in Academy Award-winner Graham Moore’s directorial debut. Premiered at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival.

Country: Ireland
Language: English

A young supermarket worker discovers his older brother is a vampire and has to choose whether to help him or slay him. Screamfest 2021 prize winner

Country: Ireland
Language: English

A young woman’s mother goes missing and then returns with a different personality. Every family has their secrets. TIFF 2021

Each year, the Film Center is thrilled to present the Academy Award-nominated shorts program featuring the year’s most spectacular short films.