The 15 films that made the shortlist in the Oscars’ documentary short category are all powerful and thought-provoking, making the competition for an Academy Award nod incredibly stiff this year.

Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at Shorts International transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release all five finalists in the Academy Awards’ animated short category on ...

Emerging director Lucia Cozzi and her creative team have been named the recipients of this year’s AACTA Pitch: Focus. The winning project, Strawflower, was selected from a competitive national ...

The themes run from sweet to harrowing in this year’s selections. By Jeannette CatsoulisBeatrice Loayza and Ben Kenigsberg Perhaps it’s a sign of the times, that drumbeat of anxiety pulsing through ...

Welcome to Cartoon Brew’s series of spotlights focusing on the animated shorts that have qualified for the 2026 Oscars. The films in this series have qualified through one of multiple routes: by ...

Stormzy, Rory Kinnear and Arlo Parks are among the actors and artists who will make short films with readings from the shortlisted titles for this year’s Booker Prize, which is reckoned to be the ...