2026 Oscar Shorts: Animated

Time again for one of my favorite events every year: Oscar-nominated shorts are now screening!

Join us at the Carolina Theater in Durham to watch the animated short films that have been nominated for an Oscar this year. Here’s this year’s list

• BUTTERFLY | Florence Miailhe | France | 15min
• ÉIRU (Shortlisted) | Giovanna Ferrari | Ireland | 13min
• FOREVERGREEN | Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears | United States | 13min
• THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS | Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski | Canada | 17min
• RETIREMENT PLAN | John Kelly | Ireland | 7min
• THE THREE SISTERS | Konstantin Bronzit | Israel, Cyprus | 14min

The list of films is available on the website here: https://carolinatheatre.org/events/film/2026-animated-oscar-shorts/

Alrhough seating for this one is general admission, as always, I recommend buying tickets in advance. Let’s meet up around 6:40 for the 7:00 showtime; happy to grab drinks or dinner afterwards if folks want to stick around for discussion, debate, and hot ticket off-book gambling!