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.

Academy Award winner, Best Adapted Screenplay. TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Award. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison’s writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. | Country: United States | Language: English

Academy Award winner, Best Documentary Feature. A team of Ukrainian AP journalists trapped during the siege of Mariupol capture the atrocities of the Russian invasion. Audience Award Winner at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. | Country: Ukraine | Language: Russian, Ukrainian, English with English subtitles

Part concert film, part music documentary, and part meditative examination, this is the first ever in-depth examination capturing the story of one of independent music’s most prolific singer-songwriters, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine. | Country: United States | Language: English

Revenge gets ripped. A drifting bodybuilder and a reclusive gym employee fall hard for each other with devastating consequences in Rose Glass’s explosive thriller out of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English

Join us for an inspiring evening of creativity and style as we showcase the incredible journey of young fashion enthusiasts in our exclusive documentary screening. Presented at Gateway Film Center by Columbus Fashion Alliance and Film Forge.

Long live the fighters. The sequel to the Academy Award-winning Dune (2021). | Country: United States, Canada | Language: English

2023 Cannes Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Best Actor winner. From legendary director Wim Wenders, a sweet slice-of-life drama about a janitor in Tokyo. Nominated for Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards. | Country: Japan, Germany | Language: Japanese, English

With myGFC member meet-up! In honor of Pi Day this March, and in partnership with our friends at A24, we are screening a new 4K Restoration of Darren Aronofsky’s feature directorial debut, the surrealist psychological thriller Pi (1998). | Country: United States | Language: English, Hebrew

World Premiere, 2023 Cannes Film Festival. A father and his teen son contend with a cross-country move and an unexplained epidemic that causes people to mutate into animals. | Country: France, Belgium | Language: French with English subtitles

Teenager Charley Brewster is a horror-film junkie, so it’s no surprise to anyone when he becomes convinced his new neighbor is a vampire. After strange events begin to occur, Charlie has no choice but to turn to the only person who could possibly help: washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent. | Country: United States | Language: English

Bonus content coming March 22! Academy Award winner, Best Animated Feature. A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. Opening film of the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. | Country: Japan | Language: English; select screenings in Japanese with English subtitles

Academy Award winner, Best International Feature and Best Sound. 2023 Cannes Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Prize winner. The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. | Country: United State, United Kingdom, Poland | Language: German, Polish, Yiddish

Best Director, 2023 Fantastic Fest. A talented stop-motion animator is consumed by the grotesque world of her horrifying creations with deadly results. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English

A comedy caper from one-half of the Coen brothers, written with his wife, Tricia Cooke. Bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, free spirit Jamie and his ex’s demure friend Marian embark on an impromptu road trip in search of a fresh start, only to get mixed up a group of inept criminals. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English