Each year, the Film Center is thrilled to present the Academy Award-nominated shorts program featuring some of the year’s most spectacular short films. From 200 total qualifying films, these five are nominees in the Live Action Short Film category for the 95th Academy Awards.

Country: United States
Language: English

Witness the beginning of a new dynasty. Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, explore the Quantum Realm on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.

Country: United States
Language: Engilsh

Women in an isolated religious community struggle to reconcile with their faith after a series of sexual assaults. Official Selection, 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards.

Country: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English, French

Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights”. Official Selection, 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

Country: United States
Language: English

Get in line. An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

Gateway Film Center and the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (CSCA) welcome Stephanie Rond, curator of Carnegie Gallery at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, for a social hour at 6:30PM followed by a presentation at 7:30PM on Thursday, October 27, 2022.

New year, new universe. An aging Chinese immigrant is just trying to finish her taxes. Instead she is continuously swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world. This surreal and exhilarating exploration of identity and existence won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. | Country: United States | Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese

Each year, the Film Center is thrilled to present the Academy Award-nominated shorts program featuring some of the year’s most spectacular short films. From 81 total qualifying films, these five are nominees in the Animated Short Film category for the 95th Academy Awards.

Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States, China
Language: Mandarin, Chinese

A timeless story of strength, secrets and two warriors who would never surrender.

Country: United States
Language: English

Memory burns. Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a childhood holiday with her father, trying to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t. Jury Prize winner at International Critics’ Week during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Nominated for Best Actor (Paul Mescal) at the 95th Academy Awards.

Country: United States
Language: English

Save your family or save humanity. Make the choice. While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

Country: Canada
Language: English

Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. Official Selection, 2022 Fantasia Film Festival.

In partnership with the Greater Columbus Film Commission, Kyle Edward Ball will visit Gateway Film Center on Saturday, March 18, to premiere a 35mm version of his film. Encore 35mm presentation on Saturday, March 25 at 4:00pm.