2026 Oscar®-Nominated Short Films, Co-Presented with MONIFF

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.

Tickets: $15

Package: $36

• 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

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