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38th Annual Academy Awards Shorts Film Festival

The Wichita Public Library is hosting screenings of films nominated for Academy Awards in the categories of Documentary Short Subject, Animated Short Film, and Live Action Short Film. Films are not rated and may not be suitable for all audiences. To learn about this year's films and screening schedule, visit https://wichitalibrary.org/academyawards.

Wichita Public Library

2 days ago

Hello, everybody. I'm adult programing librarian Daniel Pewewardy at the Wichita Public Library. I'm sure some of you have seen my face before, since I'm the librarian that oversees the Academy Awards shorts program that the Wichita Public Library has done every year since 1986. I'm very excited to say this is my 10th year doing it. I first started this program in 2014, and in that time we have screened 150 films and have shown films from all over the world to over 7,000 attendees at the program
s. We've watched films that make us laugh, cry, and even make us think and show us the world outside of Wichita in the categories of animated, live action, and documentary. It's been an honor to continue this legacy, and it's been an amazing experience bringing all these films to you. I've enjoyed watching them with you, and I can't wait to show you 15 more this year. Starting March 2 to March 9, we will have our 38th Academy Award shorts program at the Wichita Public Library locations, as well
as Derby Public Library. To find out information about screenings and the names of films, check out wichitalibrary.org/academyawards. There are awesome films this year from over eight different countries, and there is even some films from powerhouse indie directors like Wes Anderson, known for The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic, also Jared and Jerusha Hess, the directors of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Don't miss them. Again, check out wichitalibrary.org/academyawards for more infor
mation. See you at the movies.

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