OKCMOA HOSTS A
SERIES OF OSCAR-
THEMED SCREENINGS
AND EVENTS

This February, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) continues its yearly salute to the Academy Award® nominees. OKCMOA presents the full slate of 2019 Best Short Film nominees and a series of nominated features, as well as Oscar®-themed Film Society, Moderns and Third Thursday events.

“Once again, we’re proud to host the Oklahoma City premiere of the Oscar-nominated Short Films,” said Michael J Anderson, director of curatorial affairs. “Year after year, the Oscar Shorts remain one of our most popular and eagerly anticipated programs. This year’s nominees encompass a particularly exciting mix of innovative aesthetic approaches, universally compelling themes and timely subject matter.”

“As in the past, we’ll be distributing ballots at each short film screening and asking attendees to help predict the winners in each category. In addition to being a wonderful conversation starter, the interactive dimension of the Oscar Shorts program encourages more engaged spectatorship and offers interesting insights into the Academy’s voting process,” Anderson added.

Museum Films 2019 Oscar series also showcases a selection of acclaimed nominated features, including the record-breaking documentary "Free Solo." A breathtaking meditation on the ultimate pursuit of perfection, the Best Documentary Feature nominee profiles elite free soloist climber Alex Honnold.

Elevated by a towering, career-best performance from seven-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close, "The Wife" is an elegant and engrossing literary drama that follows a married coupled through thirty years of passion, compromises and betrayals.

Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, Bing Liu’s remarkable debut feature, "Minding the Gap," is an emotionally powerful documentary about three teenage skateboarders coming of age in a struggling Rust Belt town.

Tickets for the 2019 Academy Award-Nominated Films are now on sale. Prices are $5 for OKCMOA Members, $9 for adults, $7 for seniors (62+), college students with IDs and teens ages 13 to 18 and $5 for children 12 and under.

The OKCMOA Film Society and OKCMOA Moderns will host a joint Oscar-themed event on Tuesday, February 19, which will feature a screening and discussion of a nominated film. This event is free and open to Film Society and Moderns members only.

On February 21, OKCMOA will host Third Thursday: A Night at the Oscars, presented by Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores. Attendees will have the opportunity to walk the red carpet, enjoy drinks at the lobby bar, create their own award and catch a screening of the nominated short films. Tours of the Museum’s popular new exhibition, "Ansel Adams and the Photographers of the West" will also be offered. This event is free for OKCMOA members and $12 for non-members (tour and film ticket prices apply.)

For more information on OKCMOA Oscar programming as well as a full schedule, visit: http://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/2019-academy-award-nominated-films/