Oscars: Academy Announces Shortlist for Live-Action Short

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlist of 10 live-action short films that will advance in the Oscar race.

They are:

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me), Esteban Crespo, director (Producciones Africanauan)

Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything), Xavier Legrand, director, and Alexandre Gavras, producer (KG Productions)

Dva (Two), Mickey Nedimovic, director, and Henner Besuch, director of photography (Filoufilm Dani Barsch)

Helium, Anders Walter, director, and Kim Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions)

Kush, Shubhashish Bhutiani, director (Red Carpet Moving Pictures)

Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?), Selma Vilhunen, director, and Kirsikka Saari, screenwriter (Tuffi Films)

Record/Play, Jesse Atlas, director, and Thom Fennessey, executive producer (Collaboration Factory)

Throat Song, Miranda de Pencier, director (Northwood Productions)

Tiger Boy, Gabriele Mainetti, director (Goon Films)

The Voorman Problem, Mark Gill, director, and Baldwin Li, producer (Honlodge Productions)