Short films are a unique outlet for filmmakers to unleash their wildest ideas and full creativity. Not bogged down by the typical limitations and rules of a feature, a director can make a short film ...

There is no one way to break into the movie business. But one of the most dependable routes for decades has been to make a short film, submit it to festivals, and then hope someone with money or power ...

In what’s become an awards-season tradition, the compilations of Oscar-nominated short films in live-action, animation and documentary categories are back in theaters ahead of the big night March 2, ...

The Movie Academy has named 15 animated and live-action short films complied from 180 submissions to its Oscar shortlists.

Little films are a very big deal at this year’s Academy Awards. Topics as heavy as PTSD, ethnic cleansing and the immigration system, and as light as music, kissing and children with a passion to ...

The program of 54 short films in the 2026 Sundance Film Festival was curated from 11,480 submissions. Of these submissions, 4,914 were from the U.S. and 6,566 were international. Works from 22 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The 2025 Oscar nominations are here, revealing the 15 short films competing across three categories ...

If you are aiming to win your Oscar pool you may feel relatively safe right about now predicting, as most are, a sweep by Oppenheimer — especially after its overwhelming showing last week winning ...

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...

In an era where box office numbers often dominate conversations around success, Nigerian filmmaker, Ekelemchukwu Martins ...

(Arlington, Va.) – The Webby Award-winning PBS Short Film Festival returns this summer - Monday, July 15 – Friday, July 26 - to all PBS and station digital platforms, including PBS.org, YouTube and ...