The definition of a short film is technically anything with a runtime of 40 minutes or less, but it's generally thought that any feature too short to be a full-length movie is also a "short film." ...

Big names and big movies often dominate all the headlines for the Academy Awards, but often it's in short films that some truly remarkable artistry, storytelling, and originality are on display. With ...

Writing and directing a short is a potential passageway to creating a full-length feature film. Aspiring directors use this medium to create a proof of concept on a small budget that can go on to win ...

Toronto International Film Festival has revealed its Short Cuts lineup, featuring 39 live-action narrative, documentary, and animated shorts films from 18 countries. Presented by TikTok, the program ...

If you want to ace your Oscar pool, you musn’t ignore the three short film categories — animation, live-action and documentary. But what cinephile would, anyway? The 15 nominees here have already won ...

Even though it won an Academy Award in February, the short documentary "Inocente" likely would have faded into obscurity most years after a quick theatrical run. This spring, however, the 39-minute ...

Featuring nudity, sexuality and even more shocking content, this year’s Academy Award-nominated animated short films are definitely not for kids. But they will enchant and mesmerize everyone else.

Before it was anything else, Rooftop Films was all about short films. The summer film series was launched in 1997 atop an East Village tenement, with a single program of shorts run through a 16mm ...

In what’s become an awards-season tradition, the compilations of Oscar-nominated short films in live-action, animation and documentary categories are back in theaters ahead of the big night March 2, ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...