Treats in small packages await the curious as the academy nominates five worthy shorts each in live-action, documentary and animation. Here's a guide to help you win your Oscar pool.

I'm a huge fan of short films. I love watching them, talking about them, and planning my own.

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Short films are a unique outlet for filmmakers to unleash their wildest ideas and full creativity. Not bogged down by the typical limitations and rules of a feature, a director can make a short film ...

Though Northwestern is known for its vibrant arts scene and a multitude of creative outlets for students, the student filmmaking process remains somewhat shrouded in mystery. To shed light on this ...

The Oscar-nominated Shorts programs continue to attract audiences who are either looking to complete their Oscar viewing list or just curious cinephiles seeking works from new voices from around the ...

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...

Judd Apatow is coming to the Oscars — and he’s bringing a new film. The comedy writer-director-producer, whose screen credits include “Knocked Up,” will unveil fresh material on stage and on screen ...

After graduating from York College, where he studied communications and video production, Josh Santiago set about making music videos for local artists. He was a fan of the genre and of the auteurs of ...

Rajkumar Hirani has revealed that he has already found a story that he wants to tell through AI, and will soon turn his ...