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.)
