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Black History Month
The Hurricane
FEBRUARY 20 | 6 PM
RATED R | 146 MIN
Denzel Washington is Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a man whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title were destroyed when he was arrested along with another man for the murders of 3 people in a New Jersey bar. Wrongfully accused, Carter and John Artis were sentenced to 3 life terms in prison.
2025 Oscar Shorts Festival
Friday, February 21 | 6 PM - Live Action
Saturday, February 22 | 2PM - Documentary
Saturday, February 22 | 6 PM - Animation
Sunday, February 23 | 2 PM - Animation
Sunday, February 23 | 6 PM - Live Action
Monday, February 24 | 6 PM - Documentary
Tuesday, February 25 | 6 PM - Animation
Wednesday, February 26 | 6 PM - Live Action
Is it too much pressure to put on first grade students, asking them to perform an orchestral version of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”? Can adult brothers bond over their mutual baldness? If our toys and furniture could suddenly talk to us, what might they say? What is the U.S. immigration system like for those being hunted? If you repeatedly fail Captcha tests, is it possible you’re a robot? These and many other offbeat questions—some sobering, some silly—are developed in unique, imaginative, and unpredictable ways in this compendium of Oscar-nominated short films. Live action, animation, and documentary genres are all here, providing a rollercoaster ride of emotions, tones, seriousness, and humor. These films come from all over the world (Japan, France, South Africa, Croatia, India) and offer an exhilarating range of fresh creative talent—all in the service of cinema’s trickiest format, the short film. Nuanced acting, finely-detailed characterization, arresting narratives—they’re all showcased here, in concentrated form, without a minute or a word of dialogue wasted. We revisit the bruising emotions of first love, the raw pain of a school shooting survivor confronting her assailant, the tough decision of a child with a once-in-a-lifetime shot at getting an education; there’s hilarity and heartbreak, sometimes within the same film. The common thread linking these films is the spirit of filmmaking joy. There’s excitement and ambition and passion behind every entry, and whenever someone claims that “movies are dead,” they just need to visit this Oscar Shorts program every year to feel reenergized and reconnected with the pleasure that brings us into the movie theater.
(Unrated; some films may contain mature themes, profanity, drug use, violence, or nudity. Some films may be subtitled.)
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Saturday Family Fun
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
FEB 22
11 AM - FREE FILM
8:30 PM - GENERAL ADMISSION
RATED G | 74 MIN
Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan.
The Salina Art Center Cinema is an independent art house cinema in the cultural heart of downtown Salina. The cinema offers a wide variety of programming, including independent films, documentaries, foreign language films, special screening events, Oscar shorts, film discussions, and Q&A events with filmmakers. The cinema is open Friday through Wednesday, showing at 6 PM each evening. You can catch a film on Saturdays & Sundays at either 2 PM or 6 PM. Tickets at the box office are $8 for SAC Members, $10 for Students & Seniors, and General Admission is $12. Tickets available online or at the box office.