The Academy likes to celebrate issue-based projects in its short categories, though this year's best is an apolitical take on ...

The Action genre is particularly tricky when it comes to the filmmaking process, with so many different moving parts that ...

I can see this winning the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar because it’s not just a great short film, but the topical subject matter gives it an edge. Anuja (Sajda Pathan) is a young girl ...

I have seen two films by the Cutler-Kreutzes (I programmed their latest short film “Trapped” at last year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival), and I have great admiration for how they manage to craft ...

If there’s one thing the 2025 Oscar nominated short live-action films have in common it’s that none of them, at least in the traditional sense of the phrase, are feel-good. All five on the list — “A ...

Oscars saw a fierce competition in the Best Live Action Short Film category. Indian film Anuja was nominated, but the Dutch film I'm Not a Robot took home the award.

This was Warmerdam’s first Oscar nomination. Live action short films are like audition tapes for filmmakers seeking bigger movies, offering winners a vote of confidence and a pipeline to bigger ...

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