Two animated shorts, Papillon (Butterfly) and Retirement Plan, as well as the live-action short Two People Exchanging Saliva, are free to watch on YouTube. All three films have been nominated in their ...

Given 16 minutes of your life to spend watching a short film, would you click on one described on YouTube as “a homeless 7-year-old who lives on the beach makes and sells ‘stick people’ to get by”?

Here's where to watch the nominees for best animated short film, best live-action short film and best documentary short film. By Rudie Obias, Danielle Directo-Meston If you purchase an independently ...

The 2026 Oscars are just around the corner, and 15 short films are competing across three categories (animated, live-action, and documentary). If you’ve already seen all ten Best Picture nominees, or ...

Danny Mills is an avid film and TV enthusiast with a love of many genres, from old Western tales and gritty action thrillers to magical Disney classics and Superhero adventures. He loves it all. As a ...

The 2026 Oscar nominations for live action short films unveil a world where social tension, period parodies, and dystopian laws collide in under forty minutes. This collection of global stories ...

Florence is a writer and director working across comedy and commercial film. Her work is rooted in character, human truth, ...

Before riding off to The Cottage in "Heated Rivalry," Hudson Williams, popularly known as Shane Hollander in the hit TV series, spent the better part of six years writing, producing, directing and ...

Here's where to stream the short films nominated in the animated, live-action, and documentary categories at the 98th Academy Awards. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We ...