Oscars 2023: Drama–Nominated Shorts
THE RED SUITCASE
A girl of 16 (Nawelle Ewad, left) arrives in the Luxembourg airport, for a potential new life.
A sense of terror overcomes her as she must decide on how to move forward alone in the world–with just her suitcase as a connection to her past.
NIGHT RIDE
In Eirik Tveiten’s short drama, Ebba (Sigrid Husjord, far right) fed up waiting for a tram to take her home at night, eventually steals a vehicle for herself.
But on her way home, she picks up passengers and becomes bystander to some men harassing a woman (Ola Hoemsnes Sandum).
IVALU
A young girl (Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann) traverses the bitterly cold terrain of Greenland searching for her missing sister, whose name gives this short its title.
Directed by Pipaluk K. Jorgensen and Anders Walter, this emotional adventure is based on Morten Dürr’s graphic novel.
AN IRISH GOODBYE (Tale of two brothers)
Seamus O’Hara stars in writer-directors Tom Berkeley and Ross White’s short about two estranged brothers who reunite on their family farm in Northern Ireland after their mother’s death.
Their strained relationship is further tested when they discover a list of their mother’s unfulfilled wishes.
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