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The 99th Shorts Contenders

69 short films have won qualifying awards toward the 99th Oscars. 3 have multiple wins.

31 Live Action 20 Documentary 18 Animated

⭐ Multi-Festival Qualifiers

Films that have won Academy-qualifying awards at two or more festivals. Historically the strongest shortlist predictor.

2× qualifying wins 🎭 Live Action

Callback

dir. Matthew Puccini United States

San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award — Narrative Short
Aspen Shortsfest Best Comedy

2× qualifying wins 🎬 Documentary

In the Morning Sun

dir. Serville Poblete Canada, Philippines

San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award — Documentary Short
SXSW Film & TV Festival Documentary Short Competition Jury Award

2× qualifying wins ✨ Animated

Paper Trail

dir. Don Hertzfeldt United States

San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award — Animated Short
SXSW Film & TV Festival Animated Short Competition Jury Award

🎭 Live Action Short — 31 Contenders

2× qualifying wins 🎭 Live Action

Callback

dir. Matthew Puccini United States

San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award — Narrative Short
Aspen Shortsfest Best Comedy

🎭 Live Action

Gender Studies

dir. Jamie Kiernan O'Brien

Nashville Film Festival Best Narrative Short

🎭 Live Action

Mammalia

dir. Elia Kalogianni Greece/Netherlands

Toronto International Film Festival Best International Short Film

🎭 Live Action

Fight Kid

dir. Michael Del Monte Canada

Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian Short Film

🎭 Live Action

The Dragon Letter

dir. Stanzin Jigmet Spain

Student Academy Awards 2026 Narrative — Gold Medal

🎭 Live Action

The Pichenotte

dir. Antoine Boulanger Canada

Student Academy Awards 2026 Narrative — Silver Medal

🎭 Live Action

Kamathipura Express

dir. Leon Korzyński Poland

Student Academy Awards 2026 Narrative — Bronze Medal

🎭 Live Action

QUELQUES INSTANTS DE BONHEUR (A FEW MOMENTS OF HAPPINESS)

dir. Shaden Safieddine Tazi France, United Kingdom, Lebanon

Venice International Film Festival Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film

🎭 Live Action

Melk

dir. Filip Anthonissen

Locarno Film Festival Pardino d'Oro — Best International Short Film

🎭 Live Action

Typhoon Mambo

dir. Domenico Singha Pedroli

Locarno Film Festival Pardino d'Oro — Best Swiss Short Film

🎭 Live Action

I Will Be Alright

dir. Cyrus Neshvad Luxembourg

LA Shorts International Film Festival Best of Fest

🎭 Live Action

Mine for a Moment

dir. Kristian Lever United Kingdom

LA Shorts International Film Festival Best International

🎭 Live Action

Fruit

dir. Jen Nee Lim Singapore

Palm Springs International ShortFest Best of the Festival Award

🎭 Live Action

We Were Here

dir. Pranav Bhasin India

Palm Springs International ShortFest Best Live Action Short (15 min and under)

🎭 Live Action

Marga en el DF

dir. Gabriela Ortega Mexico/USA/Dominican Republic

Palm Springs International ShortFest Best Live Action Short (over 15 min)

🎭 Live Action

Pankaja

dir. Anooya Swamy India

Raindance Film Festival Best Live Action Short

🎭 Live Action

Acid City

dir. Jack Wedge and Will Freudenheim

Krakow Film Festival Golden Dragon for Best Short Film

🎭 Live Action

Faux Bijoux

dir. Jessy Moussallem

Krakow Film Festival Silver Dragon — Fiction

🎭 Live Action

Para los Contrincantes

dir. Federico Luis Argentina/Mexico/Chile/France

Festival de Cannes Palme d'Or — Best Short Film

🎭 Live Action

SINGLE RESIDENCE OCCUPANCY

dir. Omer Ben Shachar

Atlanta Film Festival Best Narrative Short

🎭 Live Action

Soleil Pâle (Pale Sun)

dir. Adrian Moyse Dullin, Jawahine Zentar France

Aspen Shortsfest Best Drama

🎭 Live Action

Still Standing

dir. Victor Tadashi Suarez, Livia Albeck-Ripka

Aspen Shortsfest Best Short Short

🎭 Live Action

Souvenir

dir. Renée Marie Petropoulos USA

SXSW Film & TV Festival Narrative Short Competition Jury Award

🎭 Live Action

Beaks

dir. Xavier Demoulin France

Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Award — Narrative Short

🎭 Live Action

Someday a Child (Yawman ma walad)

dir. Marie-Rose Osta Lebanon

Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear for Best Short Film

🎭 Live Action

Blue Heart (Cours Bleu)

dir. Samuel Suffren Haiti/France

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Grand Prix — International Competition

🎭 Live Action

Intersecting Memory

dir. Shayma’ Awawdeh France, Palestine

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Grand Prix — National (French) Competition

🎭 Live Action

Crisis Actor

dir. Lily Platt USA

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction

🎭 Live Action

Jazz Infernal

dir. Will Niava

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction

🎭 Live Action

Them That’s Not

dir. Mekhai Lee U.S.

Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo — Live Action Short

🎭 Live Action

Majonezë

dir. Giulia Grandinetti

AFI Fest Grand Jury Prize — Live Action Short

🎬 Documentary Short — 20 Contenders

2× qualifying wins 🎬 Documentary

In the Morning Sun

dir. Serville Poblete Canada, Philippines

San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award — Documentary Short
SXSW Film & TV Festival Documentary Short Competition Jury Award

🎬 Documentary

Memories of a Window

dir. Mehraneh Salimian, Amin Pakparvar

Nashville Film Festival Best Documentary Short

🎬 Documentary

The Last People of Petra

dir. Lara Dihmis United States

Student Academy Awards 2026 Documentary — Gold Medal

🎬 Documentary

I Want to Live

dir. Jason Elliott United Kingdom

Student Academy Awards 2026 Documentary — Silver Medal

🎬 Documentary

Artificial Love

dir. Arjun Fischer United States

Student Academy Awards 2026 Documentary — Bronze Medal

🎬 Documentary

Free Joan Little

dir. Yoruba Richen USA

LA Shorts International Film Festival Best Documentary Short

🎬 Documentary

Water Cooler

dir. Emma V.F. USA

Palm Springs International ShortFest Best Documentary Short

🎬 Documentary

The Oath

dir. Liane Aviram & Louis Hollis

Raindance Film Festival Best Documentary Short

🎬 Documentary

The Tuners

dir. Paweł Chorzępa

Krakow Film Festival Silver Dragon — Documentary

🎬 Documentary

THE LONG VALLEY

dir. Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck & Robert Machoian

Atlanta Film Festival Best Documentary Short

🎬 Documentary

Replikka

dir. Piratá Waurá, Heloisa Passos Brazil

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Best International Short Documentary

🎬 Documentary

My Body Goes to Work

dir. Fernanda Molina Canada

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Best Canadian Short Documentary

🎬 Documentary

One Last Order

dir. Sam Soko, Lauren DeFilippo

Aspen Shortsfest Best Documentary

🎬 Documentary

Panther Pat

dir. Ashley Brandon United States

Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Award — Documentary Short

🎬 Documentary

The Baddest Speechwriter of All

dir. Ben Proudfoot, Stephen Curry USA

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize

🎬 Documentary

The Boys and the Bees

dir. Arielle C. Knight USA

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction

🎬 Documentary

A View from Home

dir. Mingzhe Zhou

DOC NYC Shorts Grand Jury Prize

🎬 Documentary

An Open Field

dir. Teboho Edkins

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary

🎬 Documentary

Lanawaru

dir. Angello Faccini Rueda Colombia, Mexico, U.S.

Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo — Documentary Short

🎬 Documentary

Shanti Rides Shotgun

dir. Charles Frank

AFI Fest Grand Jury Prize — Documentary Short

✨ Animated Short — 18 Contenders

2× qualifying wins ✨ Animated

Paper Trail

dir. Don Hertzfeldt United States

San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award — Animated Short
SXSW Film & TV Festival Animated Short Competition Jury Award

✨ Animated

Praying Mantis

dir. Joe Hsieh

Ottawa International Animation Festival Grand Prize for Best Short Animated Film

✨ Animated

With Tapes and Toast in the Car

dir. Kiana Naghshineh

Nashville Film Festival Best Animated Short

✨ Animated

COWS

dir. Jonathan Lally, Elio Molinaro & Nicolás Acevedo Ferraté France

Student Academy Awards 2026 Animation — Gold Medal

✨ Animated

The Panic Inside

dir. Matthias Strasser Germany

Student Academy Awards 2026 Animation — Silver Medal

✨ Animated

Gauze

dir. Noran Fikri Alezabi, Xinyue Ma & Yulin Yue France

Student Academy Awards 2026 Animation — Bronze Medal

✨ Animated

The Flesh Dress

dir. Joachim Hérissé France

LA Shorts International Film Festival Best Animated Short

✨ Animated

Fačuk

dir. Maida Srabović Croatia/Slovenia

Palm Springs International ShortFest Best Animation Short

✨ Animated

God is Shy

dir. Jocelyn Charles France

Raindance Film Festival Best Animated Short

✨ Animated

Trace écrite

Annecy International Animation Film Festival Cristal for a Short Film

✨ Animated

Dieu est timide

Annecy International Animation Film Festival Jury Award — Short Films Competition

✨ Animated

Winter in March ( Lumi saadab meid )

dir. Natalia Mirzoyan Armenian-Estonian

World Festival of Animated Film — Animafest Zagreb Grand Prix — Short Film

✨ Animated

Corpus Christi

dir. Bea Lema

Krakow Film Festival Silver Dragon — Animated

✨ Animated

With Tapes and Toasts in the Car

dir. Kiana Naghshineh Germany, France

Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) Grand Prix — International Competition

✨ Animated

MOTHER’S CHILD

dir. Naomi Noir

Atlanta Film Festival Best Animated Short

✨ Animated

Sulaimani

dir. Vinnie Ann Bose

Aspen Shortsfest Best Animation

✨ Animated

Busy Bodies

dir. Kate Renshaw-Lewis United States

Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Award — Animated Short

✨ Animated

Living with a Visionary

dir. Stephen P. Neary USA

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: Animation

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