Short of the Week
The Oscar Shortlist is here! Whatever you think of the Oscars, there’s no denying the prestige they hold in the world of filmmaking. This year all 45 short films contending for Best Animated Short, Best Documentary Short, and Best Live Action Short are available for your perusing on Shortverse as part of our Oscar 2023 Shortlist Collection. There’s now one simple place to learn about every short film, watch the available films, and even connect with the filmmakers. Not all are available yet, but with nominations voting coming soon (January 12-17), we expect most films to pop up online over the coming weeks. Check back and we’ll keep this list updated.
Find out where you can watch all the shortlisted short films for the 2023 Oscars on Shortverse – Click on this image to see the collection
Animated Short Films
- Black Slide by Uri Lotan | (The New Yorker | S/W Article)
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Peter Baynton & Charlie Mackesy | (BBC iPlayer & Apple TV+)
- The Debutante by Elizabeth Hobbs | (Trailer only)
- The Flying Sailor by Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis | (The New Yorker | S/W Article)
- The Garbage Man by Laura Gonçalves | (The New Yorker / geoblocked in some regions)
- Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez | (The New Yorker / geoblocked in some regions)
- It’s Nice in Here by Robert-Jonathan Koeyers | (Trailer only)
- More than I Want to Remember by Amy Bench | (Paramount+)
- My Year of Dicks by Sara Gunnarsdóttir | (Vimeo | SW Article)
- New Moon by Jeff Le Bars & Jérémie Balais | (Trailer only)
- An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It by Lachlan Pendragon | (Trailer only)
- Passenger by Juan Pablo Zaramella | (Trailer only)
- Save Ralph by Spencer Susser | (YouTube | S/W Article)
- Sierra by Sander Joon | (The Criterion Channel)
- Steakhouse by Špela Čadež | (YouTube | S/W Article)
Previous winner: The Windshield Wiper by Alberto Mielgo
Alberto Mielgo’s The Windshield Wiper – click on image to watch film on YouTube
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Documentary Short films
- American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton by Andrew Abrahams & Herb Ferrette | (Trailer only)
- Anastasia by Sarah McCarthy | (Paramount+)
- Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison by Cinque Northern | (Paramount+)
- As Far as They Can Run by Tanaz Eshaghain | (Paramount+)
- The Elephant Whisperers by Kartiki Gonsalves | (Netflix)
- The Flagmakers by Sharon Liese & Cynthia Wade | (National Geographic)
- Happiness Is £4 Million by Kai Wei & Weixi Chen | (NYT Op-Docs)
- Haulout by Evgenia Arbugaeva & Maxim Arbugaev | (The New Yorker | S/W Review)
- Holding Moses by Jen Rainin & Rivkah Beth Medow | (The New Yorker)
- How Do You Measure a Year? by Jay Rosenblatt | (Trailer only)
- The Martha Mitchell Effect by Debra McClutchy & Anne Alvergue | (Netflix)
- Nuisance Bear by Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman | (The New Yorker | S/W Review)
- Shut Up and Paint by Titus Kaphar & Alex Mallis | (Vimeo | S/W Review)
- Stranger at the Gate by Joshua Seftel | (The New Yorker)
- 38 at the Garden by Frank Chi | (HBO Max)
Previous winner: The Queen of Basketball by Ben Proudfoot
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Live-Action Short Films
- Almost Home by Nils Keller | (Trailer only)
- An Irish Goodbye by Ross White & Tom Berkeley | (Trailer only)
- Ivalu by Anders Walter | (Trailer only)
- Le Pupille (The Pupils) by Alice Rohrwacher | (Disney+)
- Nakam by Andreas Kessler | (Trailer only)
- Nattirkken (Night Ride) by Eirik Tveiten | (The New Yorker – North America Only)
- O Lobo Solitário (The Lone Wolf) by Filipe Melo | (YouTube)
- Plastic Killer by José Pozo | (Trailer only)
- La Valise Rouge (The Red Suitcase) by Cyrus Neshvad | (Trailer only)
- The Right Words by Adrian Moyse Dullin | (Trailer only)
- Sideral by Carlos Segundo | (Trailer only)
- The Treatment by Alvaro Carmona | (Trailer only)
- Tula by Beatriz de Silva | (Trailer only)
- Votamos (All in Favor) by Santiago Requejo | (Vimeo)
- Warsha by Dania Bdeir | (The Criterion Channel)
Previous winner: The Long Goodbye by Aneil Karia
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