2026 Oscar®-Nominated Short Films

Showcasing the best short films from around the world, the 2026 Oscar®-Nominated Shorts program features three feature-length screenings—one for each Academy Award® Short Film category: Animated, Live Action, and Documentary.

Audiences may purchase tickets to individual screenings or save with a package ticket that includes all three programs.

Animated Shorts 2:00 PM

Nominees:

Butterfly — Florence Miailhe, Ron Dyens

Forevergreen — Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears

The Girl Who Cried Pearls — Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski

Retirement Plan — John Kelly, Andrew Freedman

The Three Sisters — Konstantin Bronzit

Live Action Shorts 4:00 PM

Nominees:

Butcher’s Stain — Meyer Levinson-Blount, Oron Caspi

A Friend of Dorothy — Lee Knight, James Dean

Jane Austen’s Period Drama — Julia Aks, Steve Pinder

The Singers — Sam A. Davis, Jack Piatt

Two People Exchanging Saliva — Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata

Documentary Shorts 7:00 PM

Nominees:

All the Empty Rooms — Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud — Craig Renaud, Juan Arredondo

Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” — Hilla Medalia, Sheila Nevins

The Devil Is Busy — Christalyn Hampton, Geeta Gandbhir

Perfectly a Strangeness — Alison McAlpine