SHORT FILM #8
of 15
DAY#31
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97TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2025 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
LAEMMLE NEWHALL
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First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing “Ode to Joy” at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part – the big drum.
Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki
The New York Times
Japanese
23 minutes
best Documentary Short Film
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
| First-time Nominees |
EXPERTS
1. “I Am Ready, Warden”
2. “The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
3. “Incident”
4. “Death by Numbers”
5. “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
PERSONAL
1. “The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
2. “Death by Numbers”
3. “Incident”
4. “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
5. “I Am Ready, Warden”
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