Animated Events: 2018 Academy Award Animated Short Films at the DIA

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominations for the 90th Annual Academy Awards and as per tradition, the Detroit Institute of Arts' Detroit Film Theater will be showing their annual shorts nominee program in February and March.

This year, the following animated films have been nominated (click on the links to see the trailers):

Dear Basketball - Glenn Keane and Kobe Bryant
Garden Party - Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou - Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space - Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
Revolting Rhymes - Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

The screening schedule from the DIA's website is as follows:

• Friday, February 9, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Sunday, February 11, 2018 - 1:00 PM
• Sunday, February 11, 2018 - 6:00 PM
• Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Friday, February 16, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Saturday, February 17, 2018 - 2:00 PM
• Saturday, February 17, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Sunday, February 18, 2018 - 1:00 PM
• Friday, February 23, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Saturday, February 24, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 1:00 PM
• Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 6:00 PM
• Friday, March 02, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Saturday, March 03, 2018 - 2:00 PM
• Saturday, March 03, 2018 - 7:00 PM
• Sunday, March 04, 2018 - 1:00 PM
• Sunday, March 04, 2018 - 6:00 PM

For those interested in the results, the Academy Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, March 4, 2018.

The Detroit Film Theater is located at:
5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202

Ticket prices are listed as:

$9.50 general admission
$7.50 seniors, students, DIA members

And you can buy tickets from either the box office or online on the DFT's website.

Congratulations to all the nominees and to all the filmmakers who submitted their films for consideration.

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