2026 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILM PROGRAM: ANIMATION (Various Artists, 2025, 83min, International, NR) BUTTERFLY (Florence Miailhe, 2025, 15min, France, NR) A poignant retelling of Olympic swimmer Alfred Nakache's life, from his rise to fame to surviving Auschwitz, presented as memories flashing back during his final swim. ÉIRU (Giovanna Ferrari, 2025, 13min, Ireland, NR) (shortlisted extra short) When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan’s village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the earth to retrieve it. Éiru is the story of a child in search of a challenge, and a goddess in search of a champion. FOREVERGREEN (Nathan Engelhardt/Jeremy Spears, 2025, 13min, United States, NR) A joyful adventure featuring an orphaned bear cub and a fatherly tree turns serious when the cub is tempted by the allure of easy food. Fire and deadly danger ensue as the cub is left bereft of hope and on the verge of a ruinous end, until the sacrificial love of the tree falls into place. THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (Chris Lavis/Maciek Szczerboski, 2025, 17min, Canada, NR) (CONTENT WARNING) A haunting fable about a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked deeds. RETIREMENT PLAN (John Kelly, 2025, 7min, Ireland, NR) Retirement Plan tells the story of Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) as he fantasises about everything he’d love to do in retirement, once he finally has the “time.” THE THREE SISTERS (Konstantin Bronzit, 2025, 14min, Israel/Cyprus, NR) Three sisters live a lonely life on an isolated island, each in their own small house. One day, circumstances develop in such a way that they are forced to rent out one of the houses.

2026 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILM PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY (Various Artists, 2025, 157min, International, NR) ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS (Joshua Seftel, 2025, 33min, United States, NR) All the Empty Rooms follows veteran CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp as they embark on a seven-year-long project to document the empty bedrooms of children killed in school shootings. Hartman steps away from his heartwarming human interest stories and unbeknownst to his network’s bosses, pursues a piece on absence, memory, and the unseen ripples of America's gun violence epidemic. As these senseless incidents claim more young lives than any other cause in America, these quiet bedrooms reveal truths more powerful than statistics ever could. ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD (Craig & Brent Renaud, 2025, 38min, United States, NR) On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers – the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, recovered Brent’s body and his final recordings from Ukraine and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas. As Brent’s journey to his final resting place unfolds, the film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts. As journalism becomes one of the most dangerous professions in the world, Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud is dedicated to Brent and all the devoted journalists who use their cameras to work for truth and understanding. CHILDREN NO MORE: "WERE AND ARE GONE" (Hilla Medalia, 2025, 36min, Israel, NR) Children No More: “Were and are Gone” is an observational documentary short about a vigil that began in March 2025, when a handful of women stood silently in a public square in Tel Aviv, each holding a photograph of a child killed in Gaza. On every image: the child’s name, age, date of death, and the words “WAS AND IS NO MORE.” Their stillness is heavy, pressing against the rhythm of ordinary life. Some passersby look away; others respond with denial, sorrow, or rage. Yet week after week, new names are added, new photographs are printed and lifted high. And each week, more people step forward to join this quiet act of protest. THE DEVIL IS BUSY (Christalyn Hampton/Geeta Gandbhir, 2025, 31min, United States, NR) The Devil is Busy takes viewers on a daylong journey with Tracii, the determined head of security at a women’s healthcare clinic in Atlanta, Georgia as she works to ensure the safety of women seeking abortions in the face of new restrictions and persistent protests. The film is a clear-eyed portrayal of the shifting landscape for patients and abortion providers in America today, and depicts the complex, day-to-day realities facing those working to provide safe reproductive healthcare to women. The film captures a unique snapshot of reproductive healthcare in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a shift that has led to abortion bans and significant restrictions in many states. PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS (Alison McAlpine, 2025, 15min, Canada, NR) In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.

2026 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILM PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION (Various Artists, 2025, 119min, International, NR) BUTCHER'S STAIN (Meyer Levinson-Blount, 2025, 26min, Israel, NR) Samir, a Palestinian butcher working at an Israeli supermarket, is accused of tearing down the Israeli hostage posters in the break room. Samir sets out to prove his innocence in order to keep his job he desperately needs. A FRIEND OF DOROTHY (Lee Knight, 2025, 21min, United Kingdom, NR) Dorothy (BAFTA winner Miriam Margolyes) is a lonely widow whose body is failing, but her mind remains as bright as ever. When 17-year-old JJ (Alistair Nwachukwu) accidentally kicks his football into her garden, he upends Dorothy’s daily routine of pills, prunes and crosswords, and an unlikely friendship blossoms. Despite being worlds apart in every way, the two come to find they have more in common than they could ever imagine. JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA (Steve Pinder/Julia Aks, 2025, 12min, United States, NR) Jane Austen's Period Drama is a 2024 English-language short comedy written and directed by Julia Aks and Steve Pinder. The film is a satire on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. THE SINGERS (Sam A. Davis, 2025, 18min, United States, NR) The Singers is a short film adaptation of a 19th-century short story written by Ivan Turgenev, in which a lowly pub full of downtrodden patrons connect unexpectedly through an impromptu sing-off. With a cast comprised of viral video singing talents and other one-of-a-kind personalities from the unlikeliest corners of the internet, the film is an experimental docu-musical hybrid crafted like an improvisational play. TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA (Natalie Musteata/Alexandre Singh, 2025, 36min, United States, NR) In a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face, Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.

A POET (Simón Mesa Soto, 2025, 120min, Colombia, NR, 1-2 Special) Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a failed writer who has given up on life. Unemployed and living with family, he wanders the streets of Medellín in a drunken stupor, lamenting the state of literature in his home country, where he has succumbed to the cliché of the tortured artist. However, the opportunity to mentor a young student offers a chance at redemption, if he doesn’t screw it up first. In a performance marked by darkly comic pathos, first-time actor Ubeimar Rios stars in Simón Mesa Soto’s Un Certain Regard Jury Prize-winner A Poet, a raw and riotous farce about how good deeds are often met with the universe’s idea of cruel and unusually poetic punishment.

CHELSEA LATE NIGHTS ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse, 1979, 123min, United States, R, Twentieth Century Fox) Friday, 4/17 @ 10PM Saturday, 4/18 @ 10PM Sunday, 4/19 @ 10:30AM Staff Pick: Sophia Juggling an exhausting work schedule and a broken home life while mounting an ambitious production for his ex-wife and editing his newest film, Joe Gideon--an unapologetic pill-popping, chain-smoking philanderer, movie director, and Broadway choreographer--is flirting with cardiac arrest. And, more and more, pestered by desirous wannabes, desperate starlets, panic-struck producers, lovelorn lovers, and a neglected daughter, Gideon wrestles with the concept of death and mortality. His ex-wife, his girlfriend, and his daughter attempt to bring him back from the brink, but it's too late for his exhausted body and stress-ravaged heart. Now the drugs don't work, and as an eventful life filled with amphetamines, alcohol, and sex flashes before his eyes, Gideon converses with eerie Angelique. Scenes from his past life start to encroach on the present as he becomes increasingly aware of his own mortality. After all, Joe deserves to meet his doom. Isn't death the final curtain everyone must face?

Screenings in this series are free and open to the public. RESERVE YOUR SEAT // SEATING IS LIMITED Screenings will feature discussion/Q&A with UNC Global Studies faculty. GLOBAL BIG SCREEN: A FILM SERIES ON IMMIGRATION & MOBILITY DIGITAL DETENTION – (Carolina Sanchez Boe, 2025, 53 Minutes) Show Dates: Mon, 4/6 @ 7 PM DIGITAL DETENTION unveils a booming industry in the surveillance of immigrants, where GPS ankle monitors and facial recognition apps turn migrants and asylum-seekers into data for profit. The film exposes the personal and societal impacts of this new form of control using invasive technologies, highlighting the stories of asylum-seekers living under constant surveillance in Austin, Texas, a city transformed by the tech boom. Part of - GLOBAL BIG SCREEN: A FILM SERIES ON IMMIGRATION & MOBILITY Brought to you by the Chelsea Theater and The Curriculum in Global Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. Join us for a compelling film series that brings the global realities of immigration into sharp and contemporary focus. Through powerful storytelling and critical perspectives, Global Big Screen Film Series explore the human cost of displacement, the courage and danger embedded in migration journeys, and the lasting emotional impact of leaving home in search of safety and opportunity. The series also examines how modern technologies and surveillance are reshaping borders, detention, and control in the digital age. Screenings in this series are free and open to the public. They will feature discussion/Q&A with UNC Global Studies faculty. Also in this series: IO CAPITANO – (Matteo Garrone, 2023, 121 Minutes) Show Dates: Mon, 2/2 @ 7 PM A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe. FLEE – (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021, 89 Minutes) Show Dates: Mon, 3/2 @ 7 PM A man looks back over his life as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. *ADMISSION IS FREE FOR FILMS IN THIS SERIES*

DREAMS (Michel Franco, 2025, 95min, United States/Mexico, NR, Greenwich Entertainment) A powerful socialite (Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernández) begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together. A tense, erotic drama from acclaimed director Michel Franco (Sundown, Memory, New Order).

Screenings in this series are free and open to the public. RESERVE YOUR SEAT // SEATING IS LIMITED Screenings will feature discussion/Q&A with UNC Global Studies faculty. GLOBAL BIG SCREEN: A FILM SERIES ON IMMIGRATION & MOBILITY FLEE – (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021, 89 Minutes) Show Dates: Mon, 3/2 @ 7 PM A man looks back over his life as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. Part of - GLOBAL BIG SCREEN: A FILM SERIES ON IMMIGRATION & MOBILITY Brought to you by the Chelsea Theater and The Curriculum in Global Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. Join us for a compelling film series that brings the global realities of immigration into sharp and contemporary focus. Through powerful storytelling and critical perspectives, Global Big Screen Film Series explore the human cost of displacement, the courage and danger embedded in migration journeys, and the lasting emotional impact of leaving home in search of safety and opportunity. The series also examines how modern technologies and surveillance are reshaping borders, detention, and control in the digital age. Screenings in this series are free and open to the public. They will feature discussion/Q&A with UNC Global Studies faculty. Also in this series: IO CAPITANO – (Matteo Garrone, 2023, 121 Minutes) Show Dates: Mon, 2/2 @ 7 PM A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe. DIGITAL DETENTION – (Carolina Sanchez Boe, 2025, 53 Minutes) Show Dates: Mon, 4/6 @ 7 PM DIGITAL DETENTION unveils a booming industry in the surveillance of immigrants, where GPS ankle monitors and facial recognition apps turn migrants and asylum-seekers into data for profit. The film exposes the personal and societal impacts of this new form of control using invasive technologies, highlighting the stories of asylum-seekers living under constant surveillance in Austin, Texas, a city transformed by the tech boom. *ADMISSION IS FREE FOR FILMS IN THIS SERIES*

CHELSEA LATE NIGHTS MAGIC MIKE XXL (Gregory Jacobs, 2015, 115min, United States, R, Warner Bros.) Friday, 4/3 @ 10PM Saturday, 4/4 @ 10PM Sunday, 4/5 @ 10:30AM Staff Pick: Sam Retired male stripper Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) decides to help his friends put on one last show, as the crew embark on a road trip to Myrtle Beach to perform at an exotic-dance convention. Along the way, they brighten the lives of several women, including an aspiring photographer (Amber Heard) and a diva (Jada Pinkett Smith) from Mike's past.

CHELSEA LATE NIGHTS OBEX (Albert Birney, 2025, 90min, United States, NR, Oscilloscope Laboratories) Friday, 3/27 @ 10PM Saturday, 3/28 @ 10PM Sunday, 3/29 @ 10:30AM Staff Pick: Matt Conor Marsh's secluded life is disrupted when he plays a game called OBEX. His dog Sandy disappears, blurring reality and game. Conor enters the world of OBEX to rescue Sandy, navigating its strange realms.

CHELSEA LATE NIGHTS PARTY GIRL (Daisy von Scherler Mayer, 1995, 94min, United States, R) Friday, 2/27 @ 10PM Saturday, 2/28 @ 10PM Sunday, 3/1 @ 10:30AM Staff Pick: Mimi Mary (Parker Posey) is a free-spirited young woman with a run-down New York apartment and a high fashion wardrobe. She calls her godmother, a librarian, for bail money after being arrested for throwing an illegal party. To repay the loan, she begins working as a library clerk. At first she hates it, but when challenged decides to master the Dewey Decimal System and become a great library clerk, while romancing a falafel vendor and helping her roommate in his goal to become a professional DJ.

PILLION (Harry Lighton, 2025, 106min, United Kingdom/Ireland, R, A24) A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

CHELSEA LATE NIGHTS THE PUNK SINGER (Sini Anderson, 2013, 81min, United States, NR) Friday, 4/24 @ 10PM Saturday, 4/25 @ 10PM Sunday, 4/26 @ 10:30AM Staff Pick: Sheela A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement of the 1990s.