2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation
The 98th Oscar Nominated Shorts is presented by acclaimed filmmaker, writer, and actor Taika Waititi.
Oscar Nominated Shorts Program offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience these celebrated works on the big screen ahead of the Oscars. These five whimsical and charming short animated films feature bears, banal office life, and an entry set in Montreal.
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2026: ANIMATED
- BUTTERFLY (France): A swim in the sea prompts memories of triumph and displacement in this painterly short inspired by a true story.
- FOREVERGREEN (US): An orphaned bear cub seeks the comfort of home — but also the pull of adventure.
- THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (Canada): A lavish period stop-motion animation doubling as a timely cautionary tale about greed and susceptibility.
- RETIREMENT PLAN (Ireland): Ray is a bored middle-aged man fantasizing about the vastness life will offer him once he retires.
- THE THREE SISTERS (ISRAEL, CYPRUS, RUSSIA): Sisters living on a remote island are suddenly forced to start engaging with the outside world.
- Éiru (Short-listed, Ireland): A brave child ventures underground to find water when her village’s well runs dry.
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