Bay Street Theater Partners with Hamptons International Film Festival

[caption id="attachment_60040" align="alignnone" width="704"] A still from “Borrowed Time,” one of many Academy Award nominated short films that will be presented at Bay Street Theater this weekend.[/caption]

In anticipation of the Academy Awards on February 26, Bay Street Theater has teamed up with the Hamptons International Film Festival to showcase nominees for Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Films, with a special screening on February 11 at noon, 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

This is the 12th consecutive year that Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures have offered this experience, which has become a hit with audiences, and was traditionally screened at the Sag Harbor Cinema, which has shut down after the front portion of the building was destroyed in a December 17 fire. In a press release issued last week, Bay Street Theater Executive Director, Tracy Mitchell, said the arts center was more than happy to step in and fill this gap in programming for the community.

"We are fortunate to have been granted a beautiful new projector from the Century Arts Foundation, with additional support from Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning and the Cinema Art Centre. If not for all the support, along with our friends from the film industry, we would not have been able to step in to make this happen," Executive Director, Tracy Mitchell said.

The February 11 animated program includes a running time of 86 minutes. The animated shorts include “Borrowed Time,” directed by Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou, “Pearl,” directed by Patrick Osborne, “Piper,” directed by Alan Barillaro, “Blind” Vaysha,” directed by Theodore Ushev, additional films “The Head Vanishes,” “Asteria” and “Happy End,” and “Pear Brandy and Cigarettes,” directed by Robert Valley. The final film is not suitable for children.

The Live Action films have a runtime of 130 minutes and include “Sing,” directed by Kristof Deak, “Silent Nights,” directed by Aske Bang, “Timecode,” directed by Juanjo Gimenez Pena, “Ennemis Interieurs,” directed by Selim Aazzazi, and “La Femme et la TGV,” directed by Timo von Gunten.

On February 11, the animated films will begin at 12 p.m. and after an intermission, the 2 p.m. live-action films will be screened. In the evening, the animated films will begin again at 5 p.m. and after an intermission, at 7 p.m. the live-action films will follow.

For more information, please visit baystreet.org or hamptonsfilmfest.org.