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Reservations Now Available for the National Archives’ 11th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®-nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects
January 16, 2015
The National Archives hosts the eleventh annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories-Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film.
The screenings are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in partnership with the Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the National Archives Foundation.
New this year! Make reservations for the screenings and avoid the line. Register online or call 202-357-6814. Theater doors will open 45 minutes prior to start time. Walk-ins without reservations will be admitted 15 minutes prior to start time, depending on available seats. Please note that some films may not be appropriate for general audiences.
Screening schedule (subject to availability):
Documentary Feature Nominees
Wednesday, February 18, 7 p.m.
Last Days in Vietnam
Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
(98 minutes; unrated)
Thursday, February 19, 7 p.m.
CitizenFour
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
(114 minutes; rated R)
Friday, February 20, 7 p.m.
The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
(110 minutes; rated PG-13)
Saturday, February 21, 7 p.m.
Virunga
Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
(90 minutes; unrated)
Sunday, February 22, 4 p.m.
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
(83 minutes; unrated)
Live Action Short Film Nominees
Aya
Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
(40 minutes; unrated)
Boogaloo and Graham
Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
(14 minutes; unrated)
Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
Hu Wei and Julien Féret
(15 minutes; unrated)
Parvaneh
Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
(25 minutes; unrated)
The Phone Call
Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
(20 minutes; unrated)
Total Running time: 114 minutes.
Animated Short Film Nominees
Saturday, February 21, 3:30 p.m.
The Bigger Picture
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
(8 minutes; unrated)
The Dam Keeper
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
(18 minutes; unrated)
Feast
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
(6 minutes; unrated)
Me and My Moulton
Torill Kove
(14 minutes; unrated)
A Single Life
Joris Oprins
(3 minutes; unrated)
Total Running Time: 49 minutes.
Documentary Short Subject Nominees
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
(47 minutes; unrated)
Joanna
Aneta Kopacz
(45 minutes; unrated)
Our Curse
Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
(28 minutes; unrated)
The Reaper (La Parka)
Gabriel Serra Arguello
(29 minutes; unrated)
White Earth
J. Christian Jensen
(20 minutes; unrated)
Total Running Time: 169 minutes
