Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Every winner and nominee of the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film since 1958, newest first.
2026
Jane Austen's Period Drama5 nominees
Nominees (5)
Jane Austen's Period DramaJulia Aks, Steve PinderNominee
A Friend of DorothyLee Knight, James DeanNominee
Butcher's StainMeyer Levinson-Blount, Oron CaspiNominee
The SingersSam A. Davis, Jack PiattNominee
Two People Exchanging SalivaNatalie Musteata, Alexandre SinghNominee2025🏆 Winner
I'm Not a Robot4 nominees
2024🏆 Winner
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Red, White and BlueNazrin Choudhury, Sara McFarlaneNominee
The AfterMisan Harriman, Nicky BenthamNominee
Knight of FortuneLasse Lyskjær Noer, Christian NorlykNominee
InvincibleSamuel Caron, Vincent René LortieNominee2023🏆 Winner
An Irish Goodbye4 nominees
2022🏆 Winner
The Long Goodbye4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Please HoldK.D. DávilaNominee
The DressMaciej ŚlesickiNominee
On My MindKim MagnussonNominee
Take and RunMaria BrendleNominee2021🏆 Winner
Two Distant Strangers3 nominees
2020🏆 Winner
The Neighbors' Window4 nominees
Nominees (4)
2019🏆 Winner
Skin5 nominees
Nominees (5)
MotherRodrigo SorogoyenNominee
MargueriteMarianne FarleyNominee
FauveJérémy ComteNomineeThe Neighbors' WindowNominee
SariaNominee2018🏆 Winner
The Silent Child4 nominees
🏆 WinnerSkin
Nominees (4)
Watu Wote: All of UsKatja Benrath, Tobias RosenNominee
DeKalb ElementaryReed Van DykNominee
2017🏆 Winner
Sing3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Silent NightsAske Bang, Kim MagnussonNominee
TimecodeJuanjo Giménez PeñaNominee
Enemies WithinSelim AzzaziNominee2016🏆 Winner
Stutterer4 nominees
Nominees (4)
2015🏆 Winner
The Phone Call4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Butter LampHu Wei, Julien FéretNominee
ParvanehTalkhon Hamzavi, Stefan EichenbergerNominee
AyaMihal Brezis, Oded BinnunNominee
Boogaloo and GrahamMichael Lennox, Ronan BlaneyNominee2014🏆 Winner
Helium4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?Selma Vilhunen, Kirsikka SaariNominee
The Voorman ProblemMark Gill, Baldwin LiNominee
That Wasn't MeEsteban CrespoNominee2013🏆 Winner
Curfew4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Death of a ShadowTom Van Avermaet, Ellen De WaeleNominee
Buzkashi BoysAriel Nasr, Sam FrenchNominee
AsadBryan Buckley, Mino JarjouraNominee
HenryYan EnglandNominee2012🏆 Winner
The Shore3 nominees
Nominees (3)
PentecostPeter McDonald, Eimear O'KaneNominee
Time FreakAndrew Bowler, Gigi CauseyNominee2011🏆 Winner
God of Love4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Na WeweIvan GoldschmidtNominee
The CrushMichael CreaghNominee
The ConfessionTanel ToomNominee
Wish 143Ian Barnes, Samantha WaiteNominee2010🏆 Winner
The New Tenants4 nominees
Nominees (4)
KaviGregg HelveyNominee
Miracle FishLuke Doolan, Drew BaileyNominee
The DoorJuanita Wilson, James FlynnNominee
Instead of AbracadabraPatrik Eklund, Mathias FjellströmNominee2009🏆 Winner
Toyland4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)Reto CaffiNominee
New BoySteph Green, Tamara AnghieNominee
Manon on the AsphaltElizabeth Marre, Olivier PontNominee2008🏆 Winner
The Mozart of Pickpockets4 nominees
Nominees (4)
The Tonto WomanDaniel Barber, Matthew BrownNominee
Tanghi ArgentiniGuido Thys, Anja DaelemansNominee
The SubstituteAndrea JublinNomineeAt NightChristian E. Christiansen, Louise VesthNominee
2007🏆 Winner
West Bank Story4 nominees
Nominees (4)
The SaviourPeter Templeman, Stuart ParkynNominee
One Too ManyBorja CobeagaNominee
Binta and the Great IdeaJavier Fesser, Luis MansoNominee2006🏆 Winner
Six Shooter4 nominees
Nominees (4)
CashbackSean Ellis, Lene BausagerNominee
The RunawayUlrike GroteNominee
The Last FarmRúnar Rúnarsson, Þórir Snær SigurjónssonNomineeOur Time Is UpRob Pearlstein, Pia ClementeNominee
2005🏆 Winner
Wasp4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Two Cars, One NightTaika Waititi, Ainsley GardinerNominee
Little TerroristAshvin KumarNominee2004🏆 Winner
Two Soldiers4 nominees
Nominees (4)
MostBobby Garabedian, William ZabkaNominee
(A)TorsionStefan ArsenijevićNominee
SquashLionel BailliuNominee2003🏆 WinnerThis Charming Man4 nominees
Nominees (4)
I'll Wait for the Next One...Philippe Orreindy, Thomas GaudinNominee
Johnny FlyntonLexi Alexander, Alexander BuonoNominee
InjaSteve Pasvolsky, Joe WeatherstoneNominee
GridlockDirk Beliën, Anja DaelemansNominee2002🏆 Winner
The Accountant4 nominees
Nominees (4)
A Man ThingSławomir Fabicki, Bogumił GodfrejówNominee
Gregor's Greatest InventionJohannes KieferNominee
Speed for ThespiansKalman Apple, Shameela BakhshNominee
Copy ShopVirgil WidrichNominee2001🏆 WinnerI Want to Be3 nominees
Nominees (3)
By CourierPeter Riegert, Ericka FrederickNominee
SeraglioGail Lerner, Colin CampbellNominee
One Day CrossingJoan Stein, Christina LazaridiNominee2000🏆 Winner
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Small ChangeMarc-Andreas Bochert, Gabriele LinsNominee
Theis and NicoHenrik Ruben Genz, Michael W. HorstenNominee
Killing JoeMehdi Norowzian, Steve WaxNominee1999🏆 Winner
Election Night4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Holiday RomanceJ.J. Keith, Alexander JovyNomineeVictorJoel Bergvall, Simon SandquistNominee
The PostcardVivian GoffetteNominee
CultureWill Speck, Josh GordonNominee1998🏆 Winner
Visas and Virtue4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Dance Lexie DancePearse Moore, Tim LoaneNominee
It's Good to TalkRoger Goldby, Barney ReiszNominee
Sweethearts?Birger Larsen, Thomas LydholmNominee1997🏆 Winner
Dear Diary4 nominees
1996🏆 Winner
Lieberman in Love4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Little SurprisesJeff Goldblum, Tikki GoldbergNominee
Duke of GrooveGriffin Dunne, Thom ColwellNomineeBroomsLuke Cresswell, Steve McNicholasNominee
Tuesday Morning RideDianne Houston, Joy RyanNominee1995🏆 Winner
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life3 nominees
Nominees (3)
SyrupPaul Unwin, Nick VivianNominee
Kangaroo CourtSean Astin, Christine AstinNominee
On HopeJoBeth Williams, Michele McGuireNominee1994🏆 Winner
Black Rider4 nominees
1993🏆 Winner
Omnibus2 nominees
1992🏆 Winner1 nominee
1991🏆 Winner
The Lunch Date3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Dear RosiePeter Cattaneo, Barnaby ThompsonNominee
12:01 PMJonathan Heap, Hillary Anne RippsNomineeBronx CheersRaymond De FelittaNominee
1990Amazon Diary2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Amazon DiaryRobert NixonNominee
Jonathan TammuzNominee
1989🏆 Winner
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings2 nominees
1988🏆 Winner
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Making WavesAnn WingateNominee
ShoeshineRobert KatzNominee1987🏆 Winner
Precious Images1 nominee
1986🏆 Winner
Molly's Pilgrim2 nominees
1985🏆 Winner
Up2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The Painted DoorMichael MacMillan, Janice L. PlattNominee
Tales of Meeting and PartingSharon Oreck, Lesli Linka GlatterNominee1984🏆 Winner
Boys and Girls2 nominees
1983Ballet Robotique3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Ballet RobotiqueBob RogersNominee
Sredni VashtarAndrew BirkinNominee
The SilenceMichael Toshiyuki UnoNominee
1982🏆 WinnerViolet1 nominee
1981
A Jury of Her Peers2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Robert CarmichaelNominee
1980🏆 Winner
Board and Care4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Bravery in the FieldRoman Kroitor, Stefan WodoslawskyNominee
The Solar FilmSaul Bass, Michael BrittonNomineeOh Brother, My BrotherRoss LowellNominee
Solly’s DinerHarry Mathias, Jay Zuckerman+1Nominee1979🏆 WinnerTeenage Father1 nominee
1978🏆 Winner
I'll Find a Way4 nominees
Nominees (4)
The Absent-Minded WaiterWilliam E. McEuenNominee
Floating FreeJerry ButtsNominee
SpacebornePhilip DauberNominee
1977🏆 WinnerIn the Region of Ice3 nominees
🏆 WinnerIn the Region of IceAndre R. Guttfreund, Peter Werner
Nominees (3)
The Morning SpiderClaude Chagrin, Julian ChagrinNominee
NightlifeRobin Lehman, Claire WilburNominee
Number OneVince Cannon, Dyan CannonNominee1976🏆 Winner
Angel and Big Joe3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Dawn FlightLarry LansburghNominee
A Day in the Life of Bonnie ConsoloBarry SpinelloNominee
DoubletalkAlan BeattieNominee
1975🏆 Winner
One-Eyed Men Are Kings4 nominees
Nominees (4)
1974🏆 Winner
The Bolero2 nominees
1973Frog Story1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Frog StoryRaynold Gideon, Ron SatlofNominee
1972🏆 Winner
Sentinels of Silence2 nominees
1971🏆 Winner
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Shut Up... I'm CryingRobert SieglerNominee1970🏆 Winner
The Magic Machines1 nominee
1969🏆 Winner
Robert Kennedy Remembered3 nominees
Nominees (3)
1968🏆 Winner
A Place to Stand3 nominees
1967🏆 Winner
Wild Wings2 nominees
1966🏆 WinnerThe Chicken3 nominees
🏆 WinnerThe ChickenClaude Berri
Nominees (3)
1965🏆 Winner
Casals Conducts: 19642 nominees
Nominees (2)
1964🏆 Winner
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge3 nominees
1963🏆 Winner
Happy Anniversary1 nominee
Nominees (1)
The CadillacRobert ClouseNominee
1962🏆 Winner
Seawards the Great Ships4 nominees
🏆 WinnerSeawards the Great Ships
Nominees (4)
1961🏆 Winner
Day of the Painter3 nominees
1960🏆 Winner
The Golden Fish4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Between the TidesIan FergusonNominee
SkyscraperShirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke+1Nominee1959🏆 WinnerGrand Canyon1 nominee
1958🏆 WinnerThe Wetback Hound2 nominees
🏆 WinnerThe Wetback HoundLarry Lansburgh
Nominees (2)
PortugalBen SharpsteenNominee
A Chairy TaleNorman McLarenNominee
