The Cariboo Regional District’s Williams Lake Area Library Branch is getting Oscar fever.
The CRD announced three, free film screenings of 2013 Oscar nominees and winners, in anticipation of the 2014 Oscar Awards Ceremony on March 2. All screenings take place in the Williams Lake Library program room.
The first film Amour, the 2013 winner for Best Foreign Language Film will be feature on Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. This unforgettable and tragic love story focuses on Georges and Anne, an octogenarian couple, who are cultivated, retired music teachers.
On Feb. 5 at 7 p.m., Silver Linings Playbook will be screened. The film centres on former teacher Pat Solitano who moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife after a stint in a mental institution.
Best Picture of the Year 2013 nominee Zero Dark Thirty will be screened on Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
Zero Dark Thirty chronicles the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.
