2024 Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films

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A collection of the short films nominated for this year's Academy Awards in the Animation Category. NOTE: Some films contain mature themes. Not intended for younger audiences. LETTER TO A PIG Synopsis: A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. NINETY-FIVE SENSES Synopsis: An ode to the body’s […]

2024 Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Films

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

A collection of the short films nominated for this year's Academy Awards in the Live Action Category. (Treat as "Rated R") THE AFTER Director: Misan Harriman Synopsis: THE AFTER is a powerful and affecting story that follows Dayo (Oyelowo), a Londoner who has to reconnect with himself and society after witnessing a devastating random attack […]

Past Lives (2023 | PG-13 | 4K) – Nominated for 2 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.

American Fiction (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 5 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to […]

Hercules (1997 | G)

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: Hercules, a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by Hades and forced to live among mortals as a half-man, half-god. Now a teenager, Hercules needs to perform […]

Behind the Front (1926 | NR)

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🎂 The State Theatre is celebrating its 98th Birthday on March 2! To commemorate, every year we screen the very first movie to play at the theatre in 1926. BEHIND […]

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American Fiction (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 5 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to […]

American Fiction (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 5 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to […]

Hercules (1997 | G)

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: Hercules, a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by Hades and forced to live among mortals as a half-man, half-god. Now a teenager, Hercules needs to perform […]

Past Lives (2023 | PG-13 | 4K) – Nominated for 2 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.

American Fiction (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 5 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to […]

Oppenheimer (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 13 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. (Matt Damon) appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first […]

Oppenheimer (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 13 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. (Matt Damon) appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first […]

Oppenheimer (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 13 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. (Matt Damon) appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first […]

Napoleon (2023 | R | 4K) – Nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: NAPOLEON is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile […]

Space Jam ( 1996 | PG)

Sioux Falls State Theatre 316 South Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Synopsis: Get a laugh-loaded glimpse of the future as it's never looked before! See two of the world's greatest legends collide in a brand-new universe! When basketball megastar Michael Jordan teams up with animated icon Bugs Bunny--get ready for Space Jam! Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig--and many more. The NBA meets Warner […]