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 ... of gherkins helps), emotionally ...

The same day I attended a screening of the five nominees for Best Live Action Short ... for these animated shorts to receive the same attention. When it comes to live action films, particularly ...

From “Fatal Attraction” to “Boogie Nights” to “Whiplash,” some of cinema’s most beloved tales began as bite-size shorts. Since creating a film is generally a series of trial-and ...

Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at Shorts International transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release all five finalists in the Academy Awards’ animated short ...

The poster for the Oscar Nominated Short Films series this year ... “It’s an animation of an old, supposedly animated story, very cleverly done,” Pilcher said. “What’s happening is ...

Called “Within Crystal Hills,” the movie is a love story that paints a picture of how the Old Man of the ... as its official state animated film? Alexander said the short film reflects Granite ...

an old former captain who is dealing with PTSD, and his daughter. The short also won best animated short at the Los Angeles Shorts International Film Festival. Other films nominated in the ...

The theatrical audience for those releases grows each year, to the point that the “2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action ... named for its 9-year-old protagonist (first-time performer ...

Today, the studio is known for creating impactful animated projects, including the award-winning docuseries Reppin’ Matterz, which has aired on PBS, as well as numerous short films. With a ...

From a swoony French short about kids grossed out by kissing ... the nomination allows it to cross borders and touch Americans old enough to read subtitles). Next up, Iranian co-directors Shirin ...