Academy Award nominations provide a rare showcase for short films—and an even rarer opportunity to see them in a theater.

Every year the Academy Awards gives out Oscars to short filmmakers, and every year a lot of people in the audience scratch their heads, because they've never seen or heard of most of the nominees.

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short nominees: Butterfly | France | 15 mins As ...

BYU animation seniors premiered their short film and capstone project “Student Accomplice” on May 15 in the Varsity Theatre for a crowd of more than 400 students and loved ones. The film uses 7,000 ...

Every year, cinephiles get the unique opportunity to see the Oscar nominated short films on the big screen. This year, ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Oscars wrapped up on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean I’m fully done with my coverage! The same day I attended a screening of the five nominees for Best Live Action Short Film, I ...

A new animated film festival in Central New York is gearing up to celebrate the funny, the weird and the short — as in short stop-motion and animated films. The inaugural Duck and Red Octopus Short ...

EXCLUSIVE: Igor Alferov's Thanksgiving Day, a intergalactic tale about a bear and a platypus, has taken the top honor at the ...

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of two separate branches, dividing the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch into two distinct ...

Splitting up the Short Films and Feature Animation branch into separate branches has been met primarily with enthusiasm. But there are concerns about their futures. The new Academy realignment that ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...