Father Geek here. I just got back from putting Harry on an airplane to Hollywood so he can appear on POLITICALLY INCORRECT's OSCAR SPECIAL tonight following the award ceremonies on ABC. He'll be on the show with Director Ted Demme, Lynn Redgrave, and others discussing this year's Academy Award winners... and losers... and I imagine some overlooked non-nominees to boot.

Speaking of the overlooked... Andy Seiler, an Entertainment reporter for USA TODAY send out a great little E-mail full of info on those nominated features and shorts that everyone always wonders about. What are these films about? When can I see them? Will I ever get to see them? If you want more info than I've printed here you might write Andy at aseiler@usatoday.com and ask to be put on his mail list, or you could visit his columns at USA Today .

Here's some of the info on where and when you can watch flicks in these often-overlooked cinema categories:

Foreign language

* Amores Perros: The lives of a model, a businessman, a contract killer and two brothers involved with professional dog-fighting intersect at a Mexico City car crash. Opens March 30 in New York, expands starting April 13.

* Divided We Fall: A Czech couple in a German-occupied town during World War II give refuge to a young Jewish man who escapes from a concentration camp. Opens in May in New York and Los Angeles; national release to follow.

* Everybody Famous! A 17-year-old Belgian girl always loses at singing contests, so her father tries to ensure her fame by kidnapping the country's No. 1 singer. Opens July 13 in New York and Los Angeles, national release to follow.

* The Taste of Others: A moody French businessman falls for an actress, bringing together an odd group of people. In Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Tampa. Expansion starts Friday with Seattle; Cambridge, Mass.; San Francisco; and San Rafael, Calif.

Los Angeles-based Apollo Cinema is releasing the eight animated and live-action shorts in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and possibly more cities. Go to Their website for all of the details.

Animated short

(All included in the Apollo Cinema show mentioned above.)

* Father and Daughter: A father says goodbye to his young daughter, and she awaits his return for days, seasons, years. ... The film is part of the traveling Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation, and screenings are planned for Atlanta; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; Santa Rosa, Calif.; Washington; and Wichita.

* The Periwig-Maker: A man seals himself off from the plague in medieval London, but a sick child appears at his door.

* Rejected: A fictional collision between art, commercial culture and madness. Part of the traveling Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation, it will be on a Bitter Films video and DVD of animated shorts.

Live-action short

(All included in the Apollo Cinema show mentioned above.)

* By Courier: Two lovers who are no longer speaking find they need the help of a 13-year-old from the wrong side of the tracks.

* One Day Crossing: A Hungarian woman struggles to protect her family during the last days of World War II. The MovieCo theater chain may show it in the Southwest.

* Quiero Ser (I Want to Be ...): Two orphan brothers who want to start a balloon-selling business fight to survive on the streets of Mexico City.

* Seraglio: An unhappy housewife finds an anonymous love letter inside a cabbage, and it turns her neighborhood upside down.

* A Soccer Story (Una Historia de Futebol): A 60-year-old Brazilian recalls childhood soccer and a boy who had extraordinary talents.

Documentary feature

* Into the Arms of Strangers - Stories of the Kindertransport: The story of how, in the months before World War II, Britain took in more than 10,000 endangered children, 90% of them Jewish. Playing in New York and Los Angeles; the video could arrive in June.

* Legacy: When violence takes a Collins family member, the rest fight to break free of a dangerous public housing project in Chicago. Makes its debut on Cinemax in July.

* Long Night's Journey into Day: South Africans confess to committing racial murders in exchange for amnesty. Makes its debut on HBO June 11 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT, with showings through June.

* Scottsboro: An American Tragedy: An exploration of racial hatred and injustice as nine black teenagers are accused of raping two white women. Airs on PBS' The American Experience on April 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings).

Documentary short

* Big Mama: An 89-year-old African-American woman struggles to raise her troubled 9-year-old grandson. Makes its debut on Cinemax's Reel Life May 30 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT, repeats through June.

* Curtain Call: Former actors, musicians and dancers, now residents of the Actors' Fund Home, recall their careers. Makes its debut on Cinemax June 26 at 7 p.m. ET/PT and will repeat.

* Dolphins: A giant-screen romp with various dolphins. Now showing in IMAX theaters; go to dolphinsfilm.com.

* The Man on Lincoln's Nose: A profile of movie production designer Robert Boyle. The filmmakers hope to make a distribution deal after the Oscars.

* On Tiptoe - Gentle Steps to Freedom: A portrait of the South African musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Makes its debut on Cinemax June 26 at 7:35 p.m. ET/PT and will repeat.

* Sound and Fury: A family with both deaf and hearing members is divided on whether to provide the children with implants that would allow them to hear. Coming to theaters in California, Vermont, Ohio, Washington, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Florida and Massachusetts. Comes to video in late 2001, and PBS in early 2002.