The Contemporary Arts Center and New Orleans Film Society present monthly screenings of independent films and shorts you otherwise won't see in New Orleans.

This month's installment features the 2007 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see all 5 of the short films nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2007 Academy Awards. Program includes: I Met the Walrus (Canada), an animated documentary about 14-year-old Jerry Levitan, who snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in 1969 and persuaded him to do an interview; Madame Tutli-Putli (Canada), in which a timid woman boards a mysterious night train and has a series of frightening experiences; Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven) (France), about a priest who tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven; Moya Lyubov (My Love) (Russia), in which a teenage boy in search of love in 19th century Russia is drawn to two very different women; and Academy Award winner Peter & The Wolf (UK & Poland), Prokofiev's classical music drama of a young boy and his animal friends who face a hungry wolf. (Partially subtitled). Run time: 1 hour, 30 min.

To purchase tickets: visit the CAC (900 Camp St.) from 11am-4pm; visit www.cacno.org; or all the CAC Box Office at 528-3800. On day of event, tickets can also be purchased in person from 11 a.m. to one-half hour after curtain.