Two themes emerge among the doc short nominees, as voters decide between hard-hitting issue docs and lighter portraits on the unifying power of music.

Two films from the Middle East won Oscars at Sunday's Academy Awards, highlighting the growing reputation of the region's ...

That’s not the Best Animated Short film’s intention at all ... but his whole demeanor changes when alone in his room. Why does he feel ashamed of being caught doing push-ups?

The same day I attended a screening of the five nominees for Best Live Action Short Film, I also went to the ... that feel like they don’t have much room for levity. Animation is a whole ...

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 you want to ace your Oscar pool, you musn't ignore the three short film categories — animation, live-action and documentary. But what cinephile would, anyway? The 15 nominees here have ...

Inspired by Abrar's story, Sheikh Jisan Ahamed created the short film "Room Number 2011". The film has already been screened in the United States and is receiving attention from international ...

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 ...