
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated
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Beautiful Men by Nicolas Keppens | In the Shadow of the Cypress by Hossein Molayemi & Shirin Sohani | Magic Candies by Daisuke Nishio | Wander to Wonder by Nina Gantz | Yuck! by Loïc Espuche |

Beautiful Men by Nicolas Keppens | In the Shadow of the Cypress by Hossein Molayemi & Shirin Sohani | Magic Candies by Daisuke Nishio | Wander to Wonder by Nina Gantz | Yuck! by Loïc Espuche |
The 97th Academy Awards celebrated an exceptional lineup of animated short films that captured the attention of viewers around the world. The winner, In the Shadow of the Cypress, brought Iranian animation into the global spotlight, while the other nominees offered an impressive range of styles, cultures, and emotional perspectives.
Mar 2, 2025 1:30pm PT. ‘2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary’ Review: Take Your Pick Between Endemic Violence and Escapist Music.Courtesy of Shorts. Running five minutes longer than “Wicked” — and still nearly an hour below “The Brutalist” — the “2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary” package makes for a heavy evening at the movies. Bodycam evidence of police brutality, raw survivor reactions to school shootings, a deep dive into the death penalty and so on.