Showcasing the best short films from around the world, the 2026 Oscar®-Nominated Shorts presents feature-length programs dedicated to each Academy Award® Short Film category: Animated, Documentary and Live Action.

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

"ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS" - this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings. [Dir. Joshua Seftel - US - 33m]

"ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD" - An intimate chronicle about documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed while reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian War.  [Dir. Craig Renaud and Brent Renaud - US - 38m]

"CHILDREN NO MORE: 'WERE AND ARE GONE'" - In Tel Aviv, activists gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli attacks.  [Dir. Hilla Medalia - Israel - 36m]

"THE DEVIL IS BUSY" - The film chronicles a day on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights at a women's healthcare clinic.  [Dir. Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir - US - 31m]

"PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS" -  In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.  [DIr. Alison McAlpine - Canada - 15m]