Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at Shorts International transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release ...

Many of this year’s films take a darker turn, but there is some levity among the bunch. By Jeannette Catsoulis Maya Phillips and Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of two separate branches, dividing the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch into two distinct ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...

Short films are a unique outlet for filmmakers to unleash their wildest ideas and full creativity. Not bogged down by the typical limitations and rules of a feature, a director can make a short film ...

Splitting up the Short Films and Feature Animation branch into separate branches has been met primarily with enthusiasm. But there are concerns about their futures. The new Academy realignment that ...

In what’s become an awards-season tradition, the compilations of Oscar-nominated short films in live-action, animation and documentary categories are back in theaters ahead of the big night March 2, ...