Oscar Nominated Short Films Open This Friday!

Oscar Nominated Short Films arrive this Friday at the Playhouse. These hard-to-see, fantastic films demand to be seen on the big screen, for a limited time only! Live-Action, Animated & Documentary shorts have a wide-range of themes and topics, see them with us, starting Friday!

Advance tickets are on-sale now here for the Animated films!

Advance tickets are on-sale now here for the Live-Action films!

Documentary Shorts are coming soon!

For the 17th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 27th.

ANIMATED SHORTS:

Robin Robin – Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, UK, 32 min.

Boxballet – Anton Dyakov, Russia, 15 min.

Affairs of the Art – Joanna Quinn and Les Mills, UK/Canada, 16 min.

Bestia – Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz, Chile, 15 min.

The Windshield Wiper – Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez, USA/Spain, 14 min.

Oscar Nominated Live-Action Short Films kick-off on Friday, alongside the Animated Shorts. Advance tickets are on-sale now for both!

LIVE ACTION SHORTS:

On My Mind – Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson, Denmark, 18 min.

Please Hold – K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse, USA, 19 min.

The Dress – Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki, Poland, 30 min.

The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed, UK/Netherlands, 12 min.

Ala Kachuu - Take and Run – Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger, Kyrgyzstan/Switzerland, 38 min

Note: This year's program is intended for MATURE AUDIENCES and is not recommended for children nor families with young children.

Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films are coming soon, keep an eye out for those showtimes!

Watch the trailer for the Oscar Nominated Short Films here!

2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Animated

The year's best animated shorts. For mature audiences only.

For the 17th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)!

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2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Live Action

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

A classic Princess Cinemas tradition you never want to miss! Don't come alone...

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2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Documentary

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North by Northwest on 35mm

Part of our Hitchcock 'Selectrospective'.

New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent. Hunted relentlessly by Vandamm's associates, the harried Thornhill ends up on a cross-country journey, meeting the beautiful and mysterious Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) along the way.

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A Raisin in the Sun - Sidney Poitier Tribute

Sidney Poitier Remembered. "A groundbreaking work that manages to be both specific to the African-American experience and universal in its themes of hope, change, and upward mobility." - Screen Daily

Lorraine Hansberry’s immortal A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be performed on Broadway. Two years later, the production came to the screen, directed by Daniel Petrie.

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Compartment No. 6

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Traveling by train from Moscow to Murmansk, a Finnish student forms an unlikely friendship with a gruff Russian miner.

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

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To Sir, With Love - Sidney Poitier Tribute

Remembering Sidney Poitier. "An undeniable classic." - Variety

American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work. To make ends meet, he takes a job as a teacher in a rough London East End school populated mostly with troublemakers who were rejected from other schools for their behavior.

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The 94th Academy Awards: Oscars Live Broadcast at the Playhouse!

Pre-registration required! Sign up here!

FREE with non-perishable food donation to Hamilton Food Share.

We also will be accepting cash donations for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation: Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal.

Join us for a casual, come-as-you-are (or dress-to-the-nines, your choice!) evening celebrating the 94th Academy Awards®! Red carpet starts at 6:30pm.

Enjoy Hollywood's most glamourous night in the grand comfort of the elegant Playhouse Cinema!

Cinema Paradiso: 3rd Anniversary Screening. FREE for Members

Help us celebrate our 3rd anniversary. FREE for Playhouse Members

"A famous filmmaker returns to the Sicilian village where he grew up. He reminisces about the projectionist at the local cinema, his best friend as a child, who taught him to love cinema."

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The Stephen King Universe at the Playhouse Presents: Christine

Stephen King Films Arrive at the Playhouse, Starting with the Horror Classic, Christine!

Welcome to the Stephen King Universe at the Playhouse...

Gather with friends and family to see some of the best Stephen King adaptations on the big screen at the historic Playhouse Cinema!

We're starting this series with John Carpenter's 1983 classic CHRISTINE in 4K!

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West Side Story (2021)

"Mr. Spielberg did not waste his time-or ours. The new West Side Story is simply fabulous." - Observer

Nominated for 7 Oscars, including: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematograpgy!

Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks -- two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

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Jockey

"An evocative study of American life on the fringes that unfolds alongside the grand mysticism of stallions. Clifton Collins Jr. delivers a haunting, profoundly poignant performance." - Harper's Bazaar

An aging jockey (Clifton Collins Jr.), hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer (Molly Parker), who has acquired what appears to be a championship horse. But the years -- and injuries -- have taken a toll on his body, throwing into question his ability to continue his lifelong passion.

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Fantastic Planet

René Laloux's mesmerising psychedelic sci-fi animated feature won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and is a landmark of European animation.

This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated, thanks to a young female Draag. This leads to an Om rebellion, which weakens the Draag control over their race.

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