April's Second Monday will feature Oscar-nominated shorts

NIFF's next Second Monday screening, on April 13th, will feature the five live-action shorts nominated for Oscars this year.

As always, the Second Monday screening gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro Street, in Newport. Tickets are $10; NIFF members pay $8.

The five films screening are:

• AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE)
  Switzerland, Germany/30 mins/2007, directed by Reto Caffi
• MANON SUR LE BITUME (MANON ON THE ASPHALT)France/15 mins/2007, written & directed by Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• NEW BOY Ireland/11 mins/2007, Writer/Director: Steph Green
• GRISEN (THE PIG) Denmark/22 mins/2008, directed by Dorte Høgh
• SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND) Germany/14 mins/2007, directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank

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Also, looks like we'll be featuring the Oscar nominees for Animated Short films at May's Second Monday.