Every year the Academy Awards gives out Oscars to short filmmakers, and every year a lot of people in the audience scratch their heads, because they've never seen or heard of most of the nominees.

Every year, cinephiles get the unique opportunity to see the Oscar nominated short films on the big screen. This year, ...

Treats in small packages await the curious as the academy nominates five worthy shorts each in live-action, documentary and animation. Here's a guide to help you win your Oscar pool.

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short nominees: Butterfly | France | 15 mins As ...

The five 2026 Oscar-nominated short films in each of three categories — Animated, Live Action and Documentary — are being ...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. “Flow” opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, November 22. There’s a moment near the end of Latvian animation ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Oscars wrapped up on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean I’m fully done with my coverage! The same day I attended a screening of the five nominees for Best Live Action Short Film, I ...

From dive-bar patrons to Regency paramours, cross-generational friendship to same-sex longing, and chilly science fiction to ...

Growing up, Don Hertzfeldt first fell in love with animation while attending screenings at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Every year in the '90s, the venue held an annual animation festival ...

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Animated Short nominees: Three brothers. One appointment. A ...