short subject

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Recent Examples of short subject Full Frame is a qualifying festival for the Academy Award documentary film short subject. 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 See All Example Sentences for short subject
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • No combination of stilettos and old-fashioned shoe-leather can temper the fact that integrity, talent, hard work, and a dedication to treating everything from fashion to the moving pictures with seriousness is in perpetual danger of extinction.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • The documentary short is produced by Ryan Biegel, Vicky Liu, and Holly Siegel.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Wood also consulted on Burns' PBS documentary about Jefferson and chaired an advisory panel for the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • Recovery Resource Council decided to develop the documentary to raise awareness about the fentanyl crisis in North Texas, said June Deibel, Recovery Resource Council’s director of community engagement.
    Ciara McCarthy June 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The official logline describes the show as modern reimagining of the beloved cartoon.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • 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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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20subject. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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