
Best Documentary Short
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Oscars Short Doc Nominees Discuss Their Films – and Getting Bumped From the Awards Telecast (Video)
By Jeremy Fuster | March 10, 2022 @ 4:23 PMTheWrap Screenings: Though one of them will give a pretaped acceptance speech, the filmmakers remain optimistic about the future of documentary shorts
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How 2021 Oscar Short Doc Nominees Tackled Tales of Past and Present Injustice (Video)
By Jeremy Fuster | April 14, 2021 @ 5:05 PMTheWrap Awards Screening Series: WWII veterans, American racism and Yemen’s famine are among the subjects of this year’s field
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How Oscar Documentary Short Contenders Tackled Topics From Transgender Kids to Sophia Loren (Video)
By Jeremy Fuster | February 2, 2021 @ 1:34 PMThe field continues as arguably the strongest specialty category thanks to more intriguingly unique stories
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Oscar Short Doc Nominees Discuss Tackling Tough Subject Matter
By Jeremy Fuster | January 30, 2020 @ 11:00 AMThis year’s field includes films about traumatized refugee children and oppressed Afghan girls who skateboard
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Oscar Short Doc Nominees Discuss Filming the Fight for Human Dignity (Video)
By Jeremy Fuster | February 6, 2019 @ 3:46 PMThe 2019 Oscar short documentaries tackle racism, mortality and gender equality
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Short Documentary Oscar Nominees on Advantages, Intimacy of Short Form (Exclusive Video)
By Jeremy Fuster | February 7, 2018 @ 3:44 PMTheWrap Screening Series: ”Having a camera makes you brave,“ ”Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405“ director Frank Stiefel says
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A Guide to the Oscars’ Short Films: Clones, Wars and Yep, the Holocaust
By Steve Pond | February 22, 2016 @ 3:15 PMThe tie-breaker categories in many Oscar pools offer a variety of topics, but few clear winners