Oscars 2020: The Best Live-Action Shorts Nominees, Ranked From Worst to Best
Common themes link these five disparate short stories.
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Oscars 2020: The Best Animated Short Nominees, Ranked from Worst to Best
From an adorable animal bonding story to a tragic tale of dementia, this year’s nominees are all-powerful tearjerkers about family life.
‘Fire in Paradise’ Trailer: Netflix’s Gripping Oscar Contender for Documentary Short
The film premiered at Telluride before winning the Audience Award at the Hamptons Film Festival, teeing up a potential Oscar nomination.
Queer Short With Oscar Prospects Tackles Toxic Masculinity and Parallels ‘Joker’ — Watch
Exclusive: “Balloon” takes aim at our obsession with superhero myths, which emphasizes strength and power as desirable masculine qualities.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival Boosts Female Filmmakers With Majority Women-Led 2019 Lineup
Exclusive: 61 percent of this year’s films come from female directors, further proving the next generation of filmmakers doesn’t look the same as the old guard.
30 Major Filmmakers Salute Strand Releasing’s 30 Years of Arthouse Distribution With New Short Films
Exclusive: John Waters, Catherine Breillat, and many others have made new shorts for the company that supported New Queer Cinema and other landmark arthouse films. Watch two of them here.
HBO Calls for Short Film Submissions From Asian Pacific American Directors
Submissions open later this week for HBO Visionaries with Shannon Lee as this year’s ambassador and spokesperson.
National Geographic Documentary Films Pushes Into Shorts With Two New Films — Exclusive
The Oscar-winning banner will roll out its first shorts this fall: the refugee camp-set “Lost and Found” and the shocking expose “The Nightcrawlers.”
‘Toy Story 4’ Breaking Pixar Tradition, Will Not Feature New Short Film
The latest entry in the beloved series will, like the first film, arrive in theaters without a short to lead it off. That hasn’t happened in 23 years.
A Booty Call Goes Amusingly Awry in a New Short Film, Just in Time for Valentine’s Day — Watch
Get a sneak peek at the first film in a new series of love-themed shorts from popular rising filmmakers Will Blank and Jake Bradbury.
Kevin Corrigan Is Every Hollywood Hack in NSFW Short ‘The Poet and the Professor’ — Watch
Exclusive: “Maniac” star Ariel Kavoussi makes her directorial debut with a feminist riff on Jean Eustache’s 1973 film “The Mother and the Whore.”
Fox Searchlight Explains Plans to Distribute Oscar-Nominated Short Film ‘Skin’
As the studio gears up for its next chapter, short films are providing a promising new opportunity.
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