The five Oscar-nominated doc shorts pack a lot of punch into their brief time on screen. The filmmakers talked to Variety about their documentaries. Joshua Seftel's "All the Empty Rooms" explores the ...

As someone who watches and studies the Academy Awards every year, I can tell you that the Best Documentary Short Subject nominees are frequently heavy, and often depressing. This milieu is often ...

Oscar contender 'The Boys and the Bees,' directed by Arielle Knight, has been acquired by POV Shorts, with RaMell Ross & ...

Oscars Best Documentary Short Film Commentary (Updated March 9, 2026): It’s been a banner year for the documentary short contenders, with each nominee presenting a compelling case for why it could ...

If you want to get better at something, learn from the masters. And getting insights from the world's greatest photographers has never been easier, thanks to a treasure trove of free documentary ...

EXCLUSIVE: Welcome news for makers of documentary shorts, who often struggle to reach a wide array of viewers with their work. Yahoo Media Group and The Nonfiction Hotlist have announced a partnership ...

On August 17, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is launching three new animated documentary shorts for free online. Hospital, with Love by Carine Khalifé, Matrescence by Elizabeth Laferrière and ...

“All right people, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal’s a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune!

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...

Seattle Art Museum’s director-based film series is screening at MOHAI while SAM is closed. Up first: Alfred Hitchchock’s mid-thirties film about counterespionage. Museum of History and Industry, Thurs ...