2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Tennis, Oranges’ Director Sean Pecknold
A robot vacuum in a pandemic hospital quits its repetitive job and travels to Chinatown looking for meaning.
Shorts
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘A Wind And The Shadow’ Director Kris Kelly
As the line between reality and memory blurs, a mother confronts her fears and uncertainty, revealing a narrative of resilience and love.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Queen’s Flowers’ Director Ciara Lacy
As a magical take on a true story, ‘The Queen’s Flowers’ is a vibrant animated short adventure aimed at children’s audiences that follows Emma, a Native Hawaiian girl in 1915 Honolulu.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Where Rabbits Come From’ Director Colin Ludvic Racicot
In a cold, dystopian world, a widowed father rabbit tries to instill an ounce of wonder and magic into his daughter’s life after the mysterious disappearance of her mother.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Beautiful Men’ Director Nicolas Keppens
Following three bald brothers on a trip to Istanbul for hair transplant surgery, Keppens’ stop-motion short focuses on the insecurities of this touching trio.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Oren’s Way’ Director Keika Lee
“You don’t need to change yourself in order to change the world; you just have to be yourself,” says director Keika Lee about the idea behind her Oscar-qualified short ‘Oren’s Way.’
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘In The Shadow Of The Cypress’ Directors Hossein Molayemi And Shirin Sohani
The short earned its Oscars qualification by winning multiple awards, including the grand jury prize at Animayo and the best animated short award at Tribeca festival.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Miracle’ Director Nienke Deutz
Deutz’s film has qualified multiple times over for this year’s Oscar competition, including winning the grand prize at Animafest Zagreb.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Brown Dog’ Directors Nadia Hallgren And Jamie-James Medina
In this atmospheric short, a watchman clocks into his lonely booth and spends hours composing endless security logs to stay awake, as he slowly descends into darkness.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Tomorrow’ Director Aryasb Feiz
This Iranian short earned its Oscars qualification by winning best animated short film at the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Maybe Elephants’ Director Torill Kove
Three-time Oscar nominee Torill Kove, who won the Academy Award for her short ‘The Danish Poet,’ is back in the Oscars race this year with a new film about her memories of growing up in Kenya.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Car That Came Back From The Sea’ Director Jadwiga Kowalska
In this Oscar-qualified short, a group of friends go on a roadtrip as their car – and their country – falls apart.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Boat People’ Directors Thao Lam And Kjell Boersma
The NFB film earned its Oscars qualification by winning the Helen Hill Award for animated short at the New Orleans Film Festival.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Summer 96’ Director Mathilde Bédouet
Mathilde Bédouet’s ‘Summer 96’ qualified for the Oscars by winning the prestigious César Award, France’s equivalent of the Academy Award.
2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Quota’ Directors Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, and Marieke Blaauw
The Oscar-nominated trio behind ‘A Single Life’ is back with a new dark comedy about climate change and individual responsibility.
2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Yuck!’ Director Loïc Espuche
In this Oscar-qualified short, a group of children discover the grossest thing ever: couples kissing on the mouth.
2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Wander To Wonder’ Director Nina Gantz
Our Oscar contenders series kicks off today with ‘Wander to Wonder,’ a creepy look at the lives of puppets who are left alone in a tv studio after their creator dies.
‘Flow,’ ‘Wander To Wonder’ Win Top Honors At Animation Is Film Festival
Both films have emerged as key Oscar contenders in the animated feature and short categories.
‘Memoir Of A Snail’ Beats Out Live-Action Films, Wins Top Prize At BFI London Film Festival
Two other animated films also received special jury mentions at the festival: the feature ‘Olivia & Las Nubes’ and the short ‘Dragfox.’
Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Is The Inspiration For A New Illumination Short Film
The new animated short will debut on Netflix tomorrow.
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