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Here is this year’s lineup for Live Action Shorts Oscar nominees, which will be presented sequentially with a total running time of approximately 114 minutes, rating equivalent of  PG-13 for adult themes.  

Butcher’s Stain (Dir. by Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi, Israel) Samir, an Arab Israeli working in a supermarket in Tel Aviv, is accused of tearing down hostage posters in the break room. He sets out to prove his innocence to keep this job that he desperately needs. In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles, 26 minutes.

A Friend of Dorothy (Dir. Lee Knight and James Dean, UK) 21 minutes. A lonely widow’s (Miriam Margolyes) quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.

Jane Austen’s Period Drama (Dir. Julia Aks and Steve Pinder, USA) 13 minutes. Set in England in 1813, in the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his expensive education has missed as spot.

The Singers (Dir. by Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt, USA) 18 minutes. An impromptu sing-off will decide the best singer in the bar tonight.

Two People Exchanging Saliva (Deux personnes échangeant de la salive) (Dir. Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata, France)  In a society where kissing is punishable by death and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face, Angeline, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store where she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.In French with English subtitles.

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