Fastvold collaborated with choreographer Celia Rowlson Hall to hone the lifelike, sweeping motions of the puppets. After the film’s debut, Fastvold, Hall, and Hailey Gates (all of whom have directed ...

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-shortlisted live-action short film A Friend of Dorothy has dropped on Disney+. The British-produced short, directed by Lee Knight, is now available on Disney+ in the UK and across ...

Happy New Year, Hollywood. We’ve got some bad news: Women-directed films have hit a seven-year low, according to the annual study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at USC. In 2025, only nine of ...

"Our mission is to champion extraordinary cinema while creating a bridge for emerging filmmakers to enter the international distribution landscape,” says Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Vilpa. By Georg ...

Quinta’s Ghost, Retirement Plan, Ado and A Friend of Dorothy Illusorium Films/John Kelly/Screen Ireland/Filthy Gorgeous Productions The 2026 Oscars shortlists were revealed Tuesday, and the Live ...

This year's short film program showcases the work of fiction, nonfiction, and animation filmmakers hailing from 22 countries and territories. After announcing the feature and episodic program last ...

For more than 20 years, Princess Daazhraii Johnson has been enthralled by the story of “Two Old Women.” The book, written in 1993 by Gwich’in Athabascan author Velma Wallis, is a classic piece of ...

You don’t make a movie alone. The filmmakers behind this year’s Oscar-qualifying short films can attest to that. The directors of “Butterfly,” “The Hemingway” and “Mother Tongue,” each eligible in ...

When Sean Ono Lennon teamed up with filmmaker Dave Mullins to create the short film War Is Over!, winning an Academy Award was the last thing on his mind. His focus was taking the anti-war anthem ...

While discussing their Oscar-eligible short films, four directors from around the world recognized a common thread between their vastly different projects: they’re all political. These filmmakers ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the online Native Cinema Showcase, celebrating short films by Indigenous filmmakers of the Western Hemisphere. The museum’s annual ...