90th Academy Awards: The Shorts

The nominees are:

Best Animated Short Film

Dear Basketball
Director: Glen Keane
Plot: An animated dramatization of Kobe Bryant's letter announcing his retirement from basketball.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

Garden Party
Director: Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux
Plot: A couple of amphibians explore an abandoned mansion.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film for both

LOU
Director: Dave Mullins
Plot: A monster lives inside a lost and found box

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

Negative Space
Director: Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter
Plot: A father who is often away from home connects with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitecase

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film for both

Revolting Rhymes Part One
Director: Jan Lachauer, Jakob Schuh, Bin-Han To
Plot: Classic fairy tales are mixed together with a twist

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film for Bin-Han To, second nominated film for Jan Lachauer and Jakob Schuh


Best Live Action Short

DeKalb Elementary
Director: Reed Van Dyk
Plot: Dramatization of a 911 call made during a school shooting

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

The Eleven O'Clock
Director: Derin Seale
Plot: A psychiatric patient believes that he is the psychiatrist.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

My Nephew Emmett
Director: Kevin Wilson, Jr.
Plot: The murder of Emmett Till from the perspective of his uncle, Mose Wright

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

The Silent Child
Director: Chris Overton
Plot: A social worker teaches a deaf 4 year old how to communicate.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

Watu Wote: All of Us
Director: Katja Benrath
Plot: Tensions between Muslims and Christians in the border regions between Kenya and Somalia.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film


Best Documentary Short Subject

Edith + Eddie
Director: Laura Checkoway
Subject: American's oldest interracial newlyweds.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Director: Frank Stiefel
Subject: Artist Mindy Alper explores the mental health struggles that have informed her work.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

Heroine
Director: Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Subject: The effects of the opioid crisis on the town of Huntington, West Virginia

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film

Knife Skills
Director: Thomas Lennon
Subject: Ex-convicts learn the culinary arts at a French restaurant.

Director's Oscar History: 2 previous nominations for Documentary Short Subject, 1 nomination for Documentary Feature

Traffic Stop
Director: Kate Davis
Subject: A black woman's violent encounter with the police during a traffic stop

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film


Predicted Winners: LOU, My Nephew Emmett, Traffic Stop