THE OTHER LIVE-ACTION SHORTS SEEKING THE OSCAR

These Academy Award-nominated shorts deal with themes of racism, injustice and social stigmatization

ALA KACHUU (TAKE AND RUN)

This Swiss film directed by Maria Brendle follows a young Kyrgyz woman, Sezim, who is kidnapped and forced to marry a stranger.

THE DRESS

Written and directed by Tadeusz Lysiak, this short centers on a woman working in a motel in Poland whose life is changed with a chance meeting.

THE LONG GOODBYE

Written by director Aneil Karia and star Riz Ahmed, this short looks at the consequences of racism in London’s South Asian community.

PLEASE HOLD

K.D. Dávila’s short, co-written with Omer Levin Menekse, is a satire set in the near future about a young man who is wrongfully jailed in an automated prison.