Oscars Short Films 2026: Best Animated Short Film Nominations

The race for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar just got tighter. 🎬⁠ ⁠ Today’s nominations cut the field from 15 contenders to just 5 films ⁠ This is the final hurdle before Oscar night on March 15, revealing whose campaigns broke through and who’s now truly in the running for one of the industry’s highest honors.⁠ ⁠ Congratulations to all the nominated films:⁠ ⁠ Papillon (Butterfly) by Florence Miailhe Forevergreen by Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles (The Girl Who Cried Pearls) by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski Retirement Plan by John Kelly The Three Sisters by Timur Kognov Find out where you can watch the films: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/news/oscars-shorts-films-2026-the-nominees/ Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.