"No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough." -Roger Ebert

98th Academy Awards – Live Action Short Film (2026)

— 98th Annual Academy Awards —

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

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Butcher’s Stain • Tel Aviv University Film & Television Department

Meyer Levinson-Blount | Director
Oron Caspi | Producers

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A Friend of Dorothy • Walt Disney Pictures

Lee Knight | Director
James Dean, Scottie Fotré, Max Marlow | Producers

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Jane Austen’s Period Drama

Julia Aks, Steve Pinder | Director
Elli Legerski | Producers

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The Singers • Netflix

Sam A. Davis | Director
David Breschel, Charlie Cohen, Sam A. Davis, Jack Piatt | Producers

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Two People Exchanging Saliva • The New Yorker

Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh | Directors
Carol Cohen, Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli, Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh | Producers

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Ado

Sam Henderson | Director
Sam Henderson, Rachel Jobin, Ryan Romine | Producers

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Amarela • MyMama Entertainment

André Hayato Saito | Director
Gabrielle Auad, Mayra Faour Auad | Producers

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Beyond Silence • Exosphere

Marnie Blok | Director
Ellen Havenith, Harald Swinkels | Producers

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The Boy with White Skin • Manifest

Simon Panay | Director
Laëtitia Denis, Souleymane Kébé, Maud Leclair, Kévin Rousseau, Rafael-Andréa Soatto | Producers

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Butterfly on a Wheel • Snow Dance Entertainment

Trevor Morris | Director/Producer

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Dad’s Not Home • Szkola Filmowa

Jan Saczek | Director
Krystyna Doktorowicz | Producers

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Extremist • The New Yorker

Aleksandr Molocahnikov | Director
Jean Chapiro, Svetlana Punte, Yulia Zayceva | Producers

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Pantyhose • Wildhog Productions

Fabian Munsterhjelm | Director
Jenni Ripatti | Producers

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The Pearl Comb • Disney+

Ali Cook | Director
Matthew James Wilkinson, Ross Williams | Producers

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Rock, Paper, Scissors • National Film and Television School

Franz Böhm | Director
Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer | Producers

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AKSIL

Werner Vivier | Director
Seif Borin, Khalil Hefaf, Alex Ayodele-Otele | Producers

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A BEAR REMEMBERS • Academy Films

Linden Feng, Hannah Palumbo | Directors
Medb Riordan, Lexi Kiddo | Producer

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THE BULL • Picloc Productions

Victor Nauwynck | Director
Victor Nauwynck, Shir Ariya, Patrick Verlin, Siddharth Bala Kumar, Antonio Donato | Producers

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FLOCK • Film4

Mac Nixon | Director
Matt Ashwell, Daley Nixon | Producers

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LEAVING IKORODU IN 1999 • Film4

Rashida Seriki | Director
Tobi Kyeremateng | Producer

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MAGID / ZAFAR • BFI Network

Luís Hindman | Director
Aidan Robert Brooks | Producers

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MAULED BY A DOG • Spinning Path

Sion Thomas | Director
Alex Handschuh, Edd Roberts | Producers

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A SISYPHEAN TASK • Supernormal Pictures

Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher | Directors
George Telfer | Producer

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STOMACH BUG • BBC Film

Matty Crawford | Director
Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou | Producer

» AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNER

THE REBEL GIRLS

Felicia D. Henderson | Director
Felicia D. Henderson, Katrina Kudlick | Producers

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TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE • One6th

Baz Sells | Director
Ben Jackson, Dean Atta | Producers

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