2025 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to see the nominees! A perennial hit, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts.

Film lineups, runtimes, and full details will be released after the Oscar Nominations are announced.

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Showtimes

Wednesday, February 19

6:30pm | Documentary (Theatre 1)

Thursday, February 20

7:20pm | Animation

Friday, February 21

3:00pm | Documentary
6:45pm | Live Action
9:20pm | Animation

Saturday, February 22

12:45pm | Animation
3:45pm | Live Action
7:00pm | Documentary

Sunday, February 23

12:30pm | Documentary
4:00pm | Animation
7:00pm | Live Action

Monday, February 24

6:30pm | Animation

Wednesday, February 26

6:45pm | Documentary

Thursday, February 27

6:45pm | Live Action

• Beautiful Men – Nicolas Keppens, Belgium/France/Netherlands, 19 min.: Three bald brothers travel to Istanbul for hair transplants. Stop-motion.
• In the Shadow of the Cypress – Hossein Molayemi & Shirin Sohani, Iran, 20 min.: A former sea captain now living with his adult daughter wrestles with PTSD. 2D animation, silent.
• Magic Candies – Daisuke Nishio, Japan, 21 min.: Enchanted confections allow a lonely kid to befriend pets, inanimate objects, and more. Stop-motion.
• Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz, Belgium/France/Netherlands, 13 min.: Puppets from a children’s TV program are actually living beings who must fend for themselves after their creator dies. Stop-motion.
• Yuck! – Loïc Espuche, France, 13 min.: Kids at summer camp observe the romantic escapades of adults with disgust. 2D animation.

Approx. 90 min.

• A Lien – David & Sam Kutler-Kreutz, USA, 15 min.: A young couple endure the perilous American immigration system.
• Anuja – Adam J. Graves, India, 22 min.: A gifted nine-year old girl, forced to work for a living, gets a chance to attend school.
• I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam, Belgium/Netherlands, 22 min.: After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara spirals into obsession, haunted by the disturbing question of whether she might actually be a robot.
• The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee, South Africa, 28 min.: Litha, an apprentice park ranger, faces down her first rhino poachers.
• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojsa Slijepcevic, Croatia, 13 min.: 1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them.

Approx. 104 minutes

• Death by Numbers –  Kim A. Snyder, USA, 33 min.: Four years after surviving a school shooting, Samantha Fuentes prepares to confront the perpetrator.
• I Am Ready, Warden – Smriti Mundhra, USA, 37min.: John Henry Ramirez, convicted of murder in the state of Texas, tries to make amends while awaiting his execution.
• Incident – Bill Morrison, USA, 30 min.: Through a montage of surveillance and bodycam footage, a reconstruction of a deadly police shooting becomes an investigation into how a narrative takes shape around a tragedy.
• Instruments of a Beating Heart – Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Japan, 23 min.: Follows a first grade class in Tokyo as they form an orchestra and rehearse “Ode to Joy” for a school assembly.
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra: Molly O’Brien, USA, 35 min.: Explores the life of trailblazing double bassist Orin O’Brien, who became the first female musician in the New York Philharmonic in 1966.

Approx. 165 minutes