Short Film (Live Action) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Short Film (Live Action) category in CineRoll's records: 219 films across 49 years, 50 of them winners.

The most recent winner is An Irish Goodbye (2023); the earliest on record is One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1975).

The last three winners were An Irish Goodbye (2023), The Long Goodbye (2022) and Two Distant Strangers (2021).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2023

An Irish Goodbye(2022)
Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Winner
Ivalu(2023)
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
Le Pupille(2022)
Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
Night Ride(2022)
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
The Red Suitcase(2022)
Cyrus Neshvad

2022

The Long Goodbye(2021)
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
Winner
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run(2020)
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
On My Mind(2021)
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
Please Hold(2020)
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
The Dress(2021)

2021

Two Distant Strangers(2020)
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Winner
Feeling Through(2019)
Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
The Letter Room(2020)
Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
The Present(2020)
Farah Nabulsi and Ossama Bawardi
White Eye(2019)
Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

2020

The Neighbors' Window(2019)
Marshall Curry
Winner
A Sister(2018)
Delphine Girard
Brotherhood(2020)
Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Nefta Football Club(2018)
Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
Saria(2019)
Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre

2019

Skin(2019)
Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman
Winner
Detainment(2018)
Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
Fauve(2018)
Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Marguerite(2017)
Marianne Farley and Marie-Hélène Panisset

2018

The Silent Child(2017)
Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
Winner
DeKalb Elementary(2017)
Reed Van Dyk
My Nephew Emmett(2018)
Kevin Wilson, Jr.
The Eleven O'Clock(2016)
Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
Watu Wote: All of Us(2017)
Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

2017

Sing (Mindenki)(2016)
Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
Winner
Enemies Within (Ennemis Intérieurs)(2016)
Sélim Azzazi
Enemies Within (Ennemis Intérieurs)(2016)
Ennemis Intérieurs
Silent Nights(2016)
The Railroad Lady (La Femme et le TGV)(2016)
Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
The Railroad Lady (La Femme et le TGV)(2016)
La Femme et le TGV
Timecode(2016)
Juanjo Giménez

2016

Stutterer(2015)
Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Winner
Ave Maria(2015)
Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
Day One(2015)
Everything Will Be Okay(2015)
Patrick Vollrath
Shok(2015)
Jamie Donoughue

2015

The Phone Call(2013)
Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Winner
Aya(2012)
Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham(2014)
Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp(2013)
Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Parvaneh(2012)
Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger

2014

Helium(2014)
Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Winner
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?(2012)
Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
Just Before Losing Everything(2013)
Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
That Wasn't Me(2012)
Esteban Crespo
The Voorman Problem(2013)
Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

2013

Curfew(2012)
Shawn Christensen
Winner
Asad(2012)
Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys(2012)
Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow(2012)
Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry(2011)
Yan England

2012

The Shore(2011)
Terry George and Oorlagh George
Winner
Pentecost(2010)
Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
Raju(2011)
Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
Time Freak(2011)
Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey

2011

God of Love(2010)
Luke Matheny
Winner
Na Wewe(2010)
Ivan Goldschmidt
The Confession(2010)
Tanel Toom
The Crush(2010)
Michael Creagh
Wish 143(2009)
Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

2010

The New Tenants(2009)
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Winner
Instead of Abracadabra(2008)
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi(2009)
Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish(2010)
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The Door(2009)

2009

Toyland(2007)
Jochen Alexander Freydank
Winner
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)(2007)
Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt(2007)
Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
New Boy(2007)
Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
The Pig(2008)

2008

The Mozart of Pickpockets(2006)
Philippe Pollet-Villard
Winner
At Night(2007)
Tanghi Argentini(2006)
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
The Substitute(2007)
Andrea Jublin
The Tonto Woman(2008)
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

2007

West Bank Story(2005)
Ari Sandel
Winner
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea))(2004)
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
Helmer & Son(2006)
The Saviour(2005)
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn

2006

Six Shooter(2004)
Martin McDonagh
Winner
Cashback(2004)
Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
Our Time Is Up(2004)
Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
The Last Farm(2004)
The Runaway(2004)
Ulrike Grote

2005

Wasp(2003)
Andrea Arnold
Winner
Everything in This Country Must(2004)
Gary McKendry
Little Terrorist(2004)
Ashvin Kumar
Two Cars, One Night(2003)
Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner

2004

Two Soldiers(2003)
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
Winner
(A)Torsion(2003)
Stefan Arsenijevic
(A)Torsion(2003)
(A) Torzija
Most (Most (The Bridge))(2003)
Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
Most (Most (The Bridge))(2003)
Most
Squash(2002)
Lionel Bailliu
The Red Jacket(2002)
Florian Baxmeyer

2003

This Charming Man(2002)
Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen
Winner
Gridlock (Fait D'Hiver)(2001)
Fait D'Hiver
Gridlock (Fait D'Hiver)(2001)
Fait d'Hiver
I'll Wait for the Next One... (I'll Wait for the Next One... (J'Attendrai Le Suivant...))(2002)
Philippe Orreindy, Thomas Gaudin
Inja(2002)
Steven Pasvolsky, Joe Weatherstone
Johnny Flynton(2002)
Lexi Alexander, Alexander Buono

2002

The Accountant(2001)
Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
Winner
A Man Thing(2001)
Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
Copy Shop(2001)
Virgil Widrich
Gregor's Greatest Invention(2001)
Johannes Kiefer
Speed for Thespians(2000)
Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh

2001

I Want to Be(2000)
Florian Gallenberger
Winner
A Soccer Story (A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol))(1998)
Paulo Machline
By Courier(2000)
One Day Crossing(2001)
Joan Stein, Christina Lazaridi
Seraglio(2000)
Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell

2000

My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York(1998)
Barbara Schock, Tammy Tiehel
Winner
Killing Joe(1999)
Mehdi Norowzian, Steve Wax
Major and Minor Miracles(1999)
Marcus Olsson
Small Change(1999)
Marc-Andreas Bochert, Gabriele Lins
Theis and Nico(1999)
Henrik Ruben Genz, Michael W. Horsten

1999

Election Night(1998)
Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Winner
Culture(1997)
Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Holiday Romance(1998)
Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
The Postcard(1998)
Vivian Goffette
Victor(1997)
Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall

1998

Visas and Virtue(1997)
Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue
Winner
Dance Lexie Dance(1996)
Pearse Moore, Tim Loane
It's Good to Talk(1997)
Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
Sweethearts?(1997)
Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
Wolfgang(1997)
Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen

1997

Dear Diary(1996)
David Frankel, Barry Jossen
Winner
De Tripas, Corazón(1996)
Antonio Urrutia
Ernst & the Light(1996)
Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Linked(1996)
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Wordless(1996)
Bernadette Carranza, Antonello De Leo

1996

Lieberman in Love(1995)
Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel
Winner
Brooms(1995)
Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas
Duke of Groove(1996)
Griffin Dunne, Thom Colwell
Little Surprises(1996)
Jeff Goldblum, Tikki Goldberg
Tuesday Morning Ride(1995)
Dianne Houston, Joy Ryan

1995

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life(1995)
Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts
Winner
Trevor(1994)
Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone
Winner
Kangaroo Court(1994)
Sean Astin, Christine Astin
On Hope(1994)
JoBeth Williams, Michele McGuire
Syrup(1994)
Paul Unwin, Nick Vivian

1994

Black Rider(1993)
Pepe Danquart
Winner
Down on the Waterfront(1994)
Stacy Title, Jonathan Penner
Partners(1993)
The Dutch Master(1993)
Susan Seidelman, Jonathan Brett
The Screw(1993)
Didier Flamand

1993

Omnibus(1992)
Sam Karmann
Winner
Contact(1992)
Cruise Control(1992)
Matt Palmieri
Swan Song(1992)
Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt
The Lady in Waiting(1992)
Christian M. Taylor

1992

Session Man(1991)
Seth Winston, Rob Fried
Winner
Birch Street Gym(1991)
Stephen Kessler, Thomas R. Conroy
Last Breeze of Summer(1991)
David M. Massey

1991

The Lunch Date(1989)
Adam Davidson
Winner
12:01 PM(1990)
Hillary Ripps, Jonathan Heap
Bronx Cheers(1990)
Raymond De Felitta, Matthew Gross
Dear Rosie(1991)
Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson
What Have We Done?(1990)
Bernard Joffa, Anthony E. Nicholas

1990

Work Experience(1989)
James Hendrie
Winner
Amazon Diary(1989)
Robert Nixon
The Childeater(1989)
Jonathan Tammuz

1989

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings(1988)
Dean Parisot, Steven Wright
Winner
Cadillac Dreams(1988)
Matia Karrell, Abbee Goldstein
Gullah Tales(1988)
George deGolian, Gary Moss

1988

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall(1987)
Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel, Producers
Winner
Making Waves(1987)
Ann Wingate, Producer
Shoeshine(1987)
Robert A. Katz, Producer

1987

Precious Images(1986)
Chuck Workman, Producer
Winner
Love Struck(1986)
Fredda Weiss, Producer

1986

Molly's Pilgrim(1985)
Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer, Producers
Winner
Graffiti(1985)
Dianna Costello, Producer
Rainbow War(1986)
Bob Rogers, Producer

1985

Up(1984)
Winner
Tales of Meeting and Parting(1985)
Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter, Producers
The Painted Door(1984)
Michael MacMillan and Janice L. Platt, Producers