RBFS presents Academy Award-nominated shorts at Monthly Screening Jan. 29

For January’s Monthly Screening, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society will present a showcase of this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Live Action Short Film at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, at Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth, 19369 Plantation Road, Rehoboth. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Join the annual tradition of watching the Oscar contenders and casting a vote for the winner. The slate of nominees includes:

"Ave Maria" - Five nuns living in the West Bank find their routine disrupted when an Israeli family’s car breaks down outside their convent. Unable to use the phone due to Sabbath restrictions, the family needs help from the nuns, but the sisters' vow of silence requires them to work with their visitors to find an unorthodox solution. In Arabic /English/Hebrew with subtitles.

"Shok" - In Kosovo in 1998, two young boys are best friends living normal lives. As war engulfs their country, their daily existence becomes filled with violence and fear. Soon, the choices they make threaten not only their friendship, but their families and their lives. In Albanian with English subtitles.

"Everything Will Be Okay" - (Alles Wird Gut) - Michael, a divorced father, is devoted to his 8-year-old daughter, Lea. At first when he picks her up for their usual weekend together, it feels like a normal visit. However, soon Lea realizes that something is different, and so begins a fateful journey. In German with English subtitles.

"Stutterer" - For a lonely typographer, an online relationship has provided a much-needed connection without revealing the speech impediment that has kept him isolated. Now, however, he is faced with the proposition of meeting his online paramour in the flesh, and thereby revealing the truth about himself.

"Day One" - On the heels of a painful divorce, an Afghan-American woman joins the U.S. military as an interpreter and is sent to Afghanistan. On her first mission, she accompanies troops pursuing a bomb-maker, and must help the man's pregnant wife when she goes into labor. In English and Dari with subtitles.

Admission to Monthly Screenings is $4 for Rehoboth Beach Film Society members (current membership card must be presented), and $6 for future members. Tickets will be sold at the door to each screening on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information on this series, other events, or to become a member, go to www.rehobothfilm.com, or call 302-645-9095.