2025 Oscar Shorts

For the 3rd consecutive year, View is happy to present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts.

Due to delays from the L.A. Wildfires, View will be showing all three categories the week before the Oscars:

February 24 - Animated 

February 26 - Documentary 

February 28 - Live Action

The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.

ANIMATED SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 88 minutes)

Beautiful Men – Nicolas Keppens, 18 min., Belgium/France/Netherlands (in Flemish, Dutch, Turkish, and English)
In the Shadow of the Cypress – Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, 20 min., Iran (no dialogue)
Magic Candies – Daisuke Nishio, 21 min., Japan (in Japanese)
Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz, 14 min., Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK (in English)
Yuck! – Loïc Espuche, 13 min., France (in French)

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 159 minutes)

Death by Numbers – Kim A. Snyder, 33 min., USA (in English)
I Am Ready, Warden – Smriti Mundhra, 37 min., USA (in English)
Incident – Bill Morrison, 30 min., USA (in English)
Instruments of a Beating Heart – Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 23 min., Japan (in Japanese)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Molly O’Brien, 34 min., USA (in English)

LIVE ACTION SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 102 minutes)

A Lien – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz, 15 min., USA (in English)
Anuja – Adam J. Graves, 22 min., USA (in Hindi)
I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam, 22 min., Belgium/Netherlands (in Dutch)
The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee, 28 min., South Africa (in Xhosa)
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojsa Slijepcevic, 13 min., Croatia (in Croatian)