Oscars best animated short film winner predictions include a race between "Retirement Plan," "Butterfly" and "The Girl Who Cried Pearls."

(Photo: NFB) Every year, the Short Film categories at the Academy Awards highlight projects that often receive far less mainstream attention than feature-length nominees. This is especially true for animated shorts.

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Here's where to stream the short films nominated in the animated, live-action, and documentary categories at the 98th Academy Awards.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Predicting who will get nominated in the three short-film categories at the Oscars is a challenge, even for the most seasoned pundits. But fear not, dear reader! Below are all 15 short ...

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: As we learn at the end of seventy-year-old Florence Miailhe’s Butterfly, it was the ...

Animated short film 'CHYIMI,' directed by Assam IGP Dr. Partha Sarathi Mahanta, has won the Best Director Award at the New York Short Animation Festival 2026, marking a significant international recognition for Indian and Assamese animation.

While accepting the award for best animated short for “The Girl Who Cried Pearls,” Chris Lavis joked about how people think it takes patience to make a puppet film over the course of five years. It

In This Corner of the World, Cat City, and The Adventures of Prince Achmed are breathtaking animated movies that you probably haven't even heard of.

Also at the Dolby Theatre, Amy Madigan wins best supporting actress for her role in Weapons and KPop Demon Hunters takes best animated feature.