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Oscar Short Films 2024: The Nominees
The Academy voters have made their selections - the 15 short films progressing to the nominations stage have been announced.
Experimental
Anna Apter
/Imagine
To explore themes of solitude and our artificial online existences, filmmaker Anna Apter created this short film with the sole assistance of AI tools and her dog.
Article
Oscars Short Films 2025: A Voter's Guide
With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers - Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi - step into the voters' shoes to narrow down the 45-title shortlists to their picks for the 15 short films that deserve to advance to the nominations round.
Comedy
Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman
Mr. Foley
A man awakens in a hospital only to find his life now comes with an accompanying foley group in this Wes Anderson meets Twilight Zone short.
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5 Holiday Ads Determined to Make You Cry
Holiday-time is the new Super Bowl for advertisements, as marketers and filmmakers combine forces and put their best foot forward in the hope of melting your heart—all in less than 5 minutes.
Documentary
Anderson Wright
The Diver
Twelve years after his wife was swept away by Japan’s great tsunami, Yasuo Takamatsu searches for her in the depths of the sea.
S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2023: The Nominees
It's award season in the Short Film world...that must mean it's time for our annual Short Awards.
Documentary
Jennifer Anderson
& Vernon Lott
Route B
Every Saturday morning, Jennifer Anderson and her father deliver food for Meals on Wheels. This is a documentary about what they see.
Fantasy
Eva Cvijanovic
Hedgehog's Home
Hedgehog’s unwavering devotion to his home annoys a quartet of insatiable beasts. Together, they march off towards Hedgehog’s home and spark a tense and prickly standoff.
Action
Katherine Hughes
Yellow Belt Fury
After Sofia's husband is brutally murdered during a terrestrial invasion, she asks her local sensei to train her in the art of self defense.
