2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Live Action
The best short live-action films of the year include viral TikTok singers, a satire where menstruation meets Jane Austen, and work produced by Isabelle Huppert and Julianne Moore.
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2026: LIVE ACTION
- BUTCHER’S STAIN (Israel): A Palestinian butcher working at an Israeli supermarket fights to save his job after being accused of removing hostage posters.
- A FRIEND OF DOROTHY (UK): A lonely widow forms an unlikely friendship with a teenage athlete.
- JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA (US): In Regency England, a young lady’s marriage proposal is interrupted when she gets her period.
- THE SINGERS (US): Viral singers found on YouTube and TikTok make up the cast of this drama about an unexpected musical contest.
- TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA (France, US): A story of repression is set in a society where kissing is outlawed.
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