A special screening and film talk of a Danish qualifier for Best Live-Action Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards: the sharp comedy Snipped, followed by a Q&A with director Alexander Saul.
Snipped
Dir. Alexander Saul | Denmark, 2025 | 16 min
In Danish with English subtitles
A darkly hilarious masterstroke with Oscar-Worthy comic timing A Jewish convert. A Muslim doctor. One holy snip and a whole lot of tension.
Hailed as an absurdly poignant contender in the Oscar short film race, the short follows Adam (Louis Bodnia Andersen)s experience as a Jewish convert undergoing a ritual circumcision at a Muslim clinic in Copenhagen. Snipped explores the universal experience of coexistence through humor and shared rituals, with director Alexander Sauls personal story and a unifying Muslim-Jewish score softening heavy themes into moments of laughter and trust.
Snippeds narrative unfolds in a cramped Danish clinic where a simple religious ceremony turns into an existential standoff. What begins as a sacred rite of passage quickly unravels into a study in discomfort, not just physical, but cultural, spiritual, and profoundly human. With a talented team including Oscar-nominated producer Rebecca Pruzan and Oscar-winning producer Kim Magnusson, the film already made a splash at this years HollyShorts Film Festival. Based on Sauls own experience as a Jewish convert undergoing a ritual circumcision at a Muslim clinic, the film deftly navigates a minefield of cultural tension and bodily vulnerability, without ever losing its sense of humor.
