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Oscars Short Films 2024: The Titles Battling for an Academy Award
The Oscar shortlists are here! Find out which short films made the cut and where you can watch them.
Action
Abdou Cissé
Festival of Slaps
A celebratory dinner is flipped on its head, when an enraged Nigerian Mum serves her son a set of slaps so powerful that it will change his life forever.
Drama
Georgia Goggin
BEND
Maggie's daughter has been sexually harassed by a classmate. Maggie thinks she shouldn't make a big deal of it. But then Maggie meets the boy's father.
Drama
Aziz Zoromba
سيمو (Simo)
The usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between the two Egyptian teenage brothers Simo and Emad take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.
Playlist
The S/W Team selects their Favorite Short Films of 2023
Vengeful sculptors, baby squirrels and backflipping avatars - the S/W team pick their favorite short films from our 2023 coverage.
Fantasy
Liam LoPinto
The Old Young Crow
Mehrdad, an Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman in Tokyo. Many years later, he reflects on Chiyo’s sudden disappearance through his old sketchbook in a combination of animation and live-action techniques.
Comedy
Isaac Garza
Call Your Mom
After a successful business meeting, a man is guilt tripped into calling his mom.
Drama
Bertil Nilsson
Alfie's Island
Karim seeks to free himself from the echoes of his past relationship with Alfie, on a trip to their special island.
Dark Comedy
William Lancaster
Dún Laoghaire
A dance of death between a mother and daughter ignites when the daughter attempts to install a new stove in her mother’s house in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.
