Oscar Week at The Academy

During the week leading up to the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present five public events celebrating this year's nominees

Tuesday, February 21
Shorts!  The 2011 Animated and Live Action Short Film Nominees
Hosted by director, writer and animator Brad Bird. Bird is a two-time Oscar winner in the Animated Feature Film category, for "The Incredibles" (2004) and "Ratatouille" (2007). Shorts! features screenings of all of the 2011 Oscar-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories, plus an onstage discussion with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).
7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 23
Animated Feature Symposium
Hosted by actor Patton Oswalt, who voiced Remy in "Ratatouille" (2007) and co-starred in "Young Adult" (2011).
The Animated Feature Symposium celebrates the nominated achievements in the Animated Feature Film category. The nominees (schedules permitting) will discuss their creative processes and the development of their films, and present clips illustrating their techniques.
7:30 pm

Saturday, February 25
Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium
Hosted by Mark Johnson, Oscar-winning producer ("Rain Man," 1988) and Foreign Language Film Award Committee chair. The Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium brings together the directors of the motion pictures nominated in the Foreign Language Film category to discuss their work as well as related topics such as art, politics and the challenges of their profession (schedules permitting).
10 am

Saturday, February 25
Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium
Hosted by Mark Johnson, Oscar-winning producer ("Rain Man," 1988) and Foreign Language Film Award Committee chair. The Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium brings together the directors of the motion pictures nominated in the Foreign Language Film category to discuss their work as well as related topics such as art, politics and the challenges of their profession (schedules permitting).
10 am

Saturday, February 25
Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Symposium
Hosted by Leonard Engelman, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch governor.
Oscar Week's culminating public event celebrates the nominated achievements in the Makeup category with film clips, photographs, models and onstage discussions with the nominees (schedules permitting).
2:30 pm

Academy Headquarters
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California 90211