2026 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Documentary
- Fri, Feb 27
- Sun, Mar 1
Run Time: 157 min. Rating: R Language: Various
Roadside Attractions presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary. A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 15th.
This special release features the year’s most spectacular short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time shortly after nominations are announced. Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation, or Documentary. The theatrical release of the nominated short films is the world’s largest commercial release of short films, delighting audiences and giving filmmakers an unprecedented opportunity to entertain short film fans.
*Some films in this program contain graphic war imagery, adult themes and language. Recommended for persons 17 and up.
Documentary Short Film Category
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
Dir. Joshua Seftel | United States | 33min
Synopsis: In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD
Dir. Craig Renaud and Brent Renaud | United States | 38min
Synopsis: An intimate chronicle about documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed while reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian War.
CHILDREN NO MORE: “WERE AND ARE GONE”
Dir. Hilla Medalia | Israel | 36min
Synopsis: In Tel Aviv, activists gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli attacks.
THE DEVIL IS BUSY
Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir | United States | 31min
Synopsis: The film chronicles a day on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights at a women’s healthcare clinic.
PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS
Alison McAlpine | Canada | 15min
Synopsis: In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.
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Friday, February 27, 2026:
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Ticket Prices: $13 Regular / $11 Students & Seniors / $9 Members