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Recent Examples of short subject
Full Frame is a qualifying festival for the Academy Award documentary film short subject.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers.
—Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
The last person to accomplish this feat was Charles Guggenheim in 1994, for feature length D-Day Remembered and short subject A Time for Justice, winning for the latter.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
At the Oscars in February 1954, Walt Disney won four Oscars (all for different films): best documentary feature (The Living Desert), best documentary short subject (The Alaskan Eskimo), best cartoon short subject (Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom) and best two-reel short subject (Bear Country).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers.
—Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
The last person to accomplish this feat was Charles Guggenheim in 1994, for feature length D-Day Remembered and short subject A Time for Justice, winning for the latter.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
At the Oscars in February 1954, Walt Disney won four Oscars (all for different films): best documentary feature (The Living Desert), best documentary short subject (The Alaskan Eskimo), best cartoon short subject (Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom) and best two-reel short subject (Bear Country).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for short subject
Noun
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
Noun
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The Thalberg Award honors producers whose bodies of work reflect consistently high-quality motion picture production.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The Thalberg, named for the pioneering MGM executive, goes to a creative producer whose body of work consistently reflects a high standard of motion picture production.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Musique concrète is often referred to as a moving picture for the ear, a description that feels especially pertinent given Rossetto’s longstanding interest in theater and performance.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
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Or take in a moving picture show at whatever cinema may still exist in your part of the world.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
15 May 2026
Noun
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For families While this is not a property that leads as family friendly, there are some key features of Equinox Hotel that make the property a nice option for families.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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In 1919, the Scotts Bluff National Monument was established by presidential proclamation, preserving more than 3,000 acres of land deemed important for both its geological features and human history.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The 24-minute short premiered at the Mystic Film Festival in 2025 and has since been seen at festivals in Italy, Slovakia, Canada and elsewhere.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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The documentary short is produced by Ryan Biegel, Vicky Liu, and Holly Siegel.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The next installment of Amazon Prime Video’s sports documentary franchise, All or Nothing, will follow Manchester United throughout the 2026/27 Premier League season and debut next summer.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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His wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who calls herself the first partner of California, is a documentary filmmaker.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The official logline describes the show as modern reimagining of the beloved cartoon.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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