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2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
We are pleased to once again be presenting a compendium of this year’s Oscar-nominated short films, starting in mid-February. Screening dates and online ticket purchase will be available soon.
Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation, and Documentary. See official website for nominees.
The films will be presented during the weeks before the 2025 Academy Awards event. The theatrical release of the nominated short films each year is the world’s largest commercial release of short films on the planet, delighting audiences and giving filmmakers unprecedented opportunity to entertain short film fans.
In recent years, the Oscar® Nominated Short Films have been released in over 700 theaters across the US and Canada, garnering reviews in every major news outlet, from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Deadline to The New York Times and the Huffington Post. The films have also been released annually in a growing number of theaters around the world, including the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, China and Australia among others, making it a truly international release.
2025 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts
Sunday, 2/16 at 1pm & Tuesday, 2/18 at 7:15pm & Thursday, 2/27 at 7pm
Here is this year’s lineup for Documentary Shorts Oscar nominees, which will be presented sequentially with a total running time of 159 minutes, rating equivalent of PG-13/ R for adult themes.
- Death by Numbers – Kim A. Snyder, 33 min., USA (in English)
- I Am Ready, Warden – Smriti Mundhra, 37 min., USA (in English)
- Incident – Bill Morrison, 30 min., USA (in English)
- Instruments of a Beating Heart – Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 23 min., Japan (in Japanese)
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Molly O’Brien, 34 min., USA (in English)
(Please see the official Oscar Shorts website for additional details on each film.)
2025 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
Friday, 2/14 at 4:30pm | Monday, 2/17 at 5:30pm | Thursday, 2/20 @ 7:15pm | Friday, 2/21 @ 5pm
Here is this year’s lineup for Animated Shorts Oscar nominees, which will be presented sequentially with a total running time of 88 minutes, rating equivalent of PG-13/ R for adult themes.
- Beautiful Men – Nicolas Keppens, 18 min., Belgium/France/Netherlands (in Flemish, Dutch, Turkish, and English)
- In the Shadow of the Cypress – Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, 20 min., Iran (no dialogue)
- Magic Candies– Daisuke Nishio, 21 min., Japan (in Japanese)
- Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz, 14 min., Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK (in English)
- Yuck! – Loïc Espuche, 13 min., France (in French)
(Please see the official Oscar Shorts website for additional details on each film.)
2025 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts
Sunday, 2/23 at 1:15pm!
Here is this year’s lineup for Live Action Shorts Oscar nominees, which will be presented sequentially with a total running time of 102 minutes, rating equivalent of PG-13/ R for adult themes.
LIVE ACTION SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 102 minutes)
- A Lien – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz, 15 min., USA (in English)
- Anuja – Adam J. Graves, 22 min., USA (in Hindi)
- I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam, 22 min., Belgium/Netherlands (in Dutch)
- The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee, 28 min., South Africa (in Xhosa)
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojsa Slijepcevic, 13 min., Croatia (in Croatian)
(Please see the official Oscar Shorts website for additional details on each film.)