2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Autokar’ Director Sylwia Szkiłądź
Szkiłądź’s ‘Autokar’ turns a child’s unaccompanied 1990s migration by bus from Poland to Belgium into a magical-realist journey of self-discovery.
Szkiłądź’s ‘Autokar’ turns a child’s unaccompanied 1990s migration by bus from Poland to Belgium into a magical-realist journey of self-discovery.
Go behind the scenes with filmmakers Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese as they share storyboards and craft secrets behind ‘Lesbian Space Princess.’
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ artistic director Malcon Pierce channels personal tragedy into a touching, dialogue-free story of loss and recovery.
This haunting 2D short sees its protagonist return to her childhood home in Mexico, where she unearths buried memories and the lingering ghosts of violence and loss.
This darkly comic black-and-white short is set in Prague, where a reckless romantic races through chaos to win his crush’s heart.
Vine’s ‘Cardboard,’ produced by Locksmith Animation, follows a single dad and his piglet kids who turn hardship into adventure using pure imagination.
The dialogue-free short, produced by Agora Studio, explores love, sacrifice, and identity in a hauntingly familiar dystopian world.
‘Two Ships’ is a hand-drawn short that explores distance and connection as experienced by a couple occupying the same space, but with opposing schedules.
Hudson reimagines Frankenstein for families in his ‘Stitch Head’ feature adaptation, a touching, gothic adventure about love, belonging, and courage.
Director Phil Johnston turns Roald Dahl’s nastiest couple into a darkly funny, grotesque, and heartfelt animated adventure for Netflix.
Miguel Rodrick’s neon-drenched short ‘No Vacancy’ delves into a man’s unraveling mind in a decaying motel and earns 2026 Oscar qualification.
Ida Melum’s stop-motion short ‘Ovary-Acting’ blends humor and heart as a woman literally confronts her uterus while debating motherhood.
Director Guillaume Dousse reveals how Netflix’s ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ blends gritty realism, silence, and bursts of intense action.
Director Kenji Iwaisawa talks about his new film ‘100 Meters,’ touching up his cult hit ‘On-Gaku: Our Sound,’ and what he’s working on next.
Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Éiru’ is a visually lush Celtic myth about courage, nature, and divine balance, brought to life with a breathtaking color palette.
‘Gigi’ follows a transgender woman’s poetic journey of self-discovery through metaphors of water, mermaids, and transformation.
Discover how Emmy-winning filmmaker James A. Castillo used VR tools to bring Goya’s haunting Black Paintings to life in ‘The Quinta’s Ghost.’
Discover how DreamWorks reimagined ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ with richer textures, tactile details, smart scaling, and feature-level animation.
‘Zootopia 2’ grew bigger as directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard stayed “free to fail,” taking risks to push story and world-building while keeping its heart.
Filmmaker Matea Radic revisits war-torn Sarajevo decades later in ‘Paradaïz,’ blending memory, loss, and identity in a moving animated short.