Fifteen Short Films Nominated for the 88th Academy Awards(R) to be Screened at The ShowRoom Cinema in Asbury Park

The ShowRoom Cinema of Asbury Park (www.theshowroomap.com), New Jersey’s headquarters for #OscarShorts, congratulates the filmmakers who earned an Academy Award® nomination on January 14. In particular, 15 short films were nominated for an Academy Award® in the categories of Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Film, and Live Action Short Film. These Oscar®-nominated short films will be unveiled at The ShowRoom Cinema from Friday, January 29 through Thursday, February 25, 2016:

2015 Academy Award® Nominees for Animated Short Film

· Bear Story (Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala)

· Prologue (Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton)

· Sanjay’s Super Team (Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle)

· We Can’t Live without Cosmos (Konstantin Bronzit)

· World of Tomorrow (Don Hertzfeldt)

2015 Academy Award® Nominees for Documentary Short Film

· A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy)

· Body Team 12 (David Darg and Bryn Mooser)

· Chau, Beyond the Lines (Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck)

· Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (Adam Benzine)

· Last Day of Freedom (Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman)

2015 Academy Award® Nominees for Live Action Short Film

· Ave Maria (Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont)

· Day One (Henry Hughes)

· Everything Will Be Okay- Alles Wird Gut (Patrick Vollrath)

· Shok (Jamie Donoughue)

· Stutterer (Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage)

According to Founder Mike Sodano, The ShowRoom Cinema will start screening this year’s Oscar® Nominees for Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film on Friday, January 29. Then, during the ShowRoom’s first “Oscar Shorts Day” on Saturday, February 6, The ShowRoom will add the Oscar® Nominees for Documentary Short Film. The ShowRoom will continue running all the #OscarShorts via an ongoing schedule, through Thursday, February 25, 2016.

“Short films are the pinnacle of the ShowRoom experience,” Sodano notes. “The diverse short films that are nominated for an Academy Award® this year offer an engaging view of the filmmakers’ creativity. In a succinct and powerful manner, the short films explore subjects such as honor killings in Pakistan, the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Vietnam veterans, Afghan-Americans, and nuns living in the West Bank. The ShowRoom is honored to bring such cinematic excellence to Asbury Park.”

Located at 707 Cookman Avenue in the heart of the “Art Bloc,” The ShowRoom Cinema is Asbury Park’s art house cinema. Since its founding by Nancy Sabino and Mike Sodano in 2009, The ShowRoom Cinema has screened the finest independent, documentary, and international films and hosted eclectic live events.

#OscarShortsDay on Saturday, February 6 will feature exclusive promotions, raffles, and refreshments at The ShowRoom in addition to all the #OscarShorts that will run back-to-back. Guests will have the opportunity to vote for the short films that they predict will win an Oscar®. They also can be the first to participate in the “Name Theatre 3” contest at The ShowRoom.

Visit www.theshowroomap.com/oscar-shorts-2016/ for more details about the Oscar®-nominated short films and breaking news about #OscarShortsDay on Saturday, February 6. The ShowRoom will host an #OscarShorts VIP event on Monday, February 1. Those interested in #OscarShorts at The ShowRoom can enter an e-mail address for updates.

Insider scoop also can be found at https://www.facebook.com/TheShowRoomAP and https://twitter.com/TheShowRoomAP #AsburyPark #OscarShorts #OscarShortsDay #Oscars

About The ShowRoom Cinema

The ShowRoom of Asbury Park is renowned for a roster of critically acclaimed, independent, classic, foreign, family, and festival-winning films. Voted Best Independent Movie House by the readers of www.njmonthly.com and designated as an “unforgettable theater” by www.onlyinyourstate.com, The ShowRoom endeavors to provide the Jersey Shore with a welcoming and acoustically ideal environment for live performances, workshops, seminars, and mixed media presentations.

The owners of The ShowRoom, Nancy Sabino and Michael Sodano, are film-industry veterans with more than 25 years of experience in creative communications for corporate productions. With The ShowRoom, first-rate cinema and a dedicated entertainment venue are flourishing in Asbury Park’s growing downtown arts community. Contact The ShowRoom at 732-502-0472 or www.theshowroomap.com

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