Oscar Short Films from Canada
14 Oscar winners · 108 nominees · since 1941
- 2026 🏆 Winner The Girl Who Cried Pearls Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski Animated Short Film
- 2026 Nominee Perfectly a Strangeness Alison McAlpine Documentary Short Film
- 2024 Nominee Invincible Vincent Rene-Lortie Short Film, Live Action Watch →
- 2023 Nominee The Flying Sailor Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby Short Film, Animated Watch →
- 2019 Nominee Animal Behaviour Alison Snowden, David Fine Short Film, Animated
- 2019 Nominee Mother Short Film, Live Action
- 2019 Nominee Marguerite Short Film, Live Action
- 2019 Nominee Fauve Short Film, Live Action Watch →
- 2017 Nominee Blind Vaysha Theodore Ushev Short Film, Animated
- 2013 Nominee Henry Short Film, Live Action
- 2012 Nominee Wild Life Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby Short Film, Animated
- 2012 Nominee Dimanche Patrick Doyon Short Film, Animated
- 2011 Nominee Dimanche (Sunday) Patrick Doyon Short Film, Animated
- 2008 Nominee Madame Tutli-Putli Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski Short Film, Animated
- 2008 Nominee I Met the Walrus Josh Raskin Short Film, Animated
- 2007 Nominee Madame Tutli-Putli Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski Short Film, Animated
- 2007 Nominee I Met the Walrus Josh Raskin Short Film, Animated
- 2005 🏆 Winner Ryan Chris Landreth Short Film, Animated
- 2005 Nominee Hardwood Documentary Short Subject
- 2004 Nominee Nibbles Christopher Hinton Short Film, Animated
- 2003 Nominee Nibbles Christopher Hinton Short Film, Animated
- 2002 Nominee Strange Invaders Cordell Barker Short Film, Animated
- 2001 Nominee Strange Invaders Cordell Barker Short Film, Animated
- 2000 Nominee When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis Short Film, Animated
- 1999 Nominee When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis Short Film, Animated
- 1997 Nominee La Salla Richard Condie Short Film, Animated
- 1996 Nominee La Salla Richard Condie Short Film, Animated
- 1996 Nominee The End Chris Landreth Short Film, Animated
- 1995 Nominee The End Chris Landreth Short Film, Animated
- 1995 Nominee Syrup Short Film, Live Action
- 1994 Nominee The Mighty River Frederic Back Short Film, Animated
- 1993 Nominee The Mighty River (La Fleuve aux grandes eaux) Frédéric Back Short Film, Animated
- 1993 Nominee The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein Documentary Short Subject
- 1993 Nominee Contact Short Film, Live Action
- 1992 Nominee Strings Wendy Tilby Short Film, Animated
- 1992 Nominee Blackfly Christopher Fry Short Film, Animated
- 1991 Nominee Strings Wendy Tilby Short Film, Animated
- 1991 Nominee Blackfly Christopher Hinton Short Film, Animated
- 1989 Nominee The Cat Came Back Cordell Barker Short Film, Animated
- 1988 🏆 Winner The Man Who Planted Trees Frederic Back Short Film, Animated Watch →
- 1988 Nominee The Cat Came Back Cordell Barker Short Film, Animated
- 1988 Nominee George and Rosemary Alison Snowden, David Fine Short Film, Animated
- 1987 Nominee George and Rosemary Eunice Macaulay Short Film, Animated
- 1986 Nominee The Big Snit Richard Condie Short Film, Animated
- 1986 Nominee Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra Barbara Willis Sweete Documentary Short Subject
- 1985 Nominee The Big Snit Richard Condie Short Film, Animated
- 1985 Nominee Paradise Ishu Patel Short Film, Animated
- 1985 Nominee The Painted Door Bruce Pittman Short Film, Live Action
- 1984 🏆 Winner Flamenco at 5:15 Cynthia Scott Documentary Short Subject Watch →
- 1984 🏆 Winner Boys and Girls Don McBrearty Short Film, Live Action
- 1984 Nominee Paradise Ishu Patel Short Film, Animated
- 1984 Nominee Dogpound Shuffle Short Film, Live Action
- 1983 🏆 Winner If You Love This Planet Terri Nash Documentary Short Subject
- 1983 Nominee Gods of Metal Documentary Short Subject
- 1982 🏆 Winner Crac Frederic Back Short Film, Animated Watch →
- 1982 Nominee The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin Janet Perlman Short Film, Animated
- 1981 Nominee The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin Janet Perlman Short Film, Animated
- 1981 Nominee History of the World in Three Minutes Flat Michael Mills Short Film, Animated
- 1981 Nominee All Nothing Frederic Back Short Film, Animated
- 1980 🏆 Winner Every Child Derek Lamb Short Film, Animated Watch →
- 1980 Nominee History of the World in Three Minutes Flat Michael Mills Short Film, Animated
- 1980 Nominee All Nothing Frédéric Back Short Film, Animated
- 1980 Nominee Nails Documentary Short Subject
- 1979 🏆 Winner Special Delivery Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon Short Film, Animated Watch →
- 1978 🏆 Winner Sand Castle Co Hoedeman Short Film, Animated Watch →
- 1978 🏆 Winner I'll Find a Way Beverly Shaffer Short Film, Live Action
- 1978 Nominee The Bead Game Ishu Patel Short Film, Animated
- 1977 Nominee The Bead Game Ishu Patel Short Film, Animated
- 1977 Nominee The Street Caroline Leaf Short Film, Animated
- 1977 Nominee Universe Documentary Short Subject
- 1977 Nominee Blackwood Documentary Short Subject
- 1976 Nominee The Street Caroline Leaf, Guy Glover Short Film, Animated
- 1976 Nominee Whistling Smith Documentary Short Subject
- 1975 Nominee Monsieur Pointu René Jodoin, Bernard Longpré, André Leduc Short Film, Animated
- 1975 Nominee Hunger Peter Foldes Short Film, Animated
- 1975 Nominee The Family That Dwelt Apart Yvon Mallette Short Film, Animated
- 1975 Nominee Explorer Jasper National Park Documentary Short Subject
- 1975 Nominee The Violin Short Film, Live Action
- 1974 Nominee The Family That Dwelt Apart Yvon Mallette, Robert Verrall Short Film, Animated
- 1974 Nominee Life Times Nine Pen Densham, John Watson Short Subject, Live Action
- 1972 Nominee The Selfish Giant Peter Sander Short Film, Animated
- 1972 Nominee Evolution Michael Mills Short Film, Animated
- 1971 Nominee The Selfish Giant Peter Sander, Gerald Potterton Short Subject, Animated Films
- 1971 Nominee Evolution Michael Mills Short Subject, Animated Films
- 1970 Nominee Walking Ryan Larkin Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1970 Nominee Blake Short Subject, Live Action
- 1969 Nominee Walking Ryan Larkin Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1969 Nominee The House That Jack Built Ron Tunis Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1969 Nominee Walking Ryan Larkin Short Subject, Live Action
- 1968 🏆 Winner A Place to Stand Christopher Chapman Short Subject, Live Action
- 1968 Nominee The House That Jack Built Ron Tunis Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1968 Nominee What on Earth! Les Drew, Kaj Pindal Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1968 Nominee A Place to Stand Documentary Short Subject
- 1968 Nominee Paddle to the Sea Bill Mason Short Subject, Live Action
- 1967 Nominee What on Earth! Les Drew, Kaj Pindal Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1967 Nominee The Drag Carlos Marchiori Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1967 Nominee The Drag Short Subject, Live Action
- 1966 Nominee The Drag Wolf Koenig, Robert Verrall Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1965 Nominee Christmas Cracker Norman McLaren Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1965 Nominee Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak Kathleen Shannon, John Spotton Documentary Short Subject
- 1965 Nominee Kenojuak Documentary Short Subject
- 1964 Nominee Christmas Cracker Norman McLaren Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1964 Nominee My Financial Career Grant Munro, Gerald Potterton Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1963 Nominee My Financial Career Gerald Potterton Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1963 Nominee Pan Short Subject, Live Action
- 1962 Nominee Very Nice, Very Nice Arthur Lipsett Short Subject, Live Action
- 1961 Nominee Universe Roman Kroitor, Colin Low Documentary Short Subject
- 1959 Nominee The Living Stone Tom Daly Documentary Short Subject
- 1958 Nominee A Chairy Tale Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra Short Subject, Live Action
- 1958 Nominee Universe Roman Kroitor, Colin Low Short Subject, Live Action
- 1958 Nominee City of Gold Colin Low, Wolf Koenig Short Subject, Live Action
- 1957 Nominee A Chairy Tale Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra Short Subject, Live Action
- 1953 Nominee Romance of Transportation in Canada Colin Low Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1953 Nominee Neighbours Norman McLaren Short Subject, One-Reel Watch →
- 1952 🏆 Winner Neighbours Norman McLaren Documentary Short Subject Watch →
- 1952 Nominee The Romance of Transportation in Canada Colin Low Short Subject, Cartoon
- 1951 Nominee The Fight: Science against Cancer Guy Glover Documentary Short Subject
- 1950 Nominee The Rising Tide St. Francis-Xavier University Documentary Short Subject
- 1949 Nominee Calgary Stampede Short Subject, Two-Reel
- 1942 🏆 Winner Churchill's Island Stuart Legg Documentary Short Subject Watch →
- 1942 Nominee War Clouds in the Pacific National Film Board of Canada Documentary Short Subject
- 1941 Nominee War Clouds in the Pacific Documentary Short Subject