2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Opens on February 16

Run Time: 134 min.

Celebrate Awards Season at Gateway Film Center

As part of Awards Season at the Film Center each year, we are thrilled to present the Academy Award-nominated shorts program featuring the year’s most spectacular Animation, Documentary, and Live Action short films.

Presented by ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures for the 19th consecutive year, this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts.

Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on Jan. 23, at the Film Center’s 2024 Nominations Breakfast. Come join us March 10th as we raise our glasses to toast the winners at The 2024 Awards Gala at Gateway Film Center.

Images courtesy of ShortsTV

From one hundred eighty-seven qualifying films, these are the five nominees in the Live Action Short Film category:

The After – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham, 18 min., United Kingdom (in English)

Red, White and Blue – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane, 23 min., United States (in English)

Knight of Fortune– Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk, 25 min., Denmark (in Swedish/Danish)

Invincible – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron, 29 min., Canada (in French)

Winner | The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales, 37 min., United States/United Kingdom (in English)

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