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.

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Oscars Best Animated Short Film Commentary (Updated March 9, 2026): It’s a tale as old as time: Oscar pools are won or lost in the shorts categories. And this year’s animated short race may be the ...

In Gorillaz‘s new short film, The Mountain, the Moon Cave and the Sad God, characters 2D, Russel, Noodle, and Murdoc are on a journey through an Indian landscape that looks a lot like The Jungle Book, ...

As a documentarian, Tshay Meade had only worked on live-action movies during her career before she started her latest production. While writing the screenplay for the fantastical story about life and ...

Among the nominees at this year’s Academy Awards is the humble, independent animated short film Retirement Plan. Directed by Irish filmmaker John Kelly, Domhnall Gleeson narrates as Ray, a middle-aged ...

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AMC Theatres has quietly distanced itself from any perceived plans to show an AI-generated animated short called Thanksgiving Day before films across its U.S. screens next month. Thanksgiving Day was ...

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Here's where to stream the short films nominated in the animated, live-action, and documentary categories at the 98th Academy Awards. The 2026 Oscars are just around the corner, and 15 short films are ...

Five animated short films will be honored as nominees at this year’s Academy Awards, each exploring the concept of age and aging in diverse and aesthetically enticing ways. Using the framework of a ...