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Recent Examples of short subject
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.
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Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Documentary feature Documentary short subject International feature film Makeup & hairstyling
Music (original score)
Music (original song)
Animated short film
Live-action short film
Sound
Visual effects
When are the 2025 Oscars?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Remember that depth of field is almost non-existent at short subject distances with a wide aperture.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
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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Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Documentary feature Documentary short subject International feature film Makeup & hairstyling
Music (original score)
Music (original song)
Animated short film
Live-action short film
Sound
Visual effects
When are the 2025 Oscars?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Remember that depth of field is almost non-existent at short subject distances with a wide aperture.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
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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Back in 2023, the studio marketing boss was named as Disney’s first Chief Brand Officer, adding to his oversee of the motion picture studio and Disney+ marketing.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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The program encourages the film and entertainment industry to choose locations in the commonwealth for the filming and production of motion picture or entertainment productions.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Polk Theatre, an ornate 1928 Italianate venue, has been screening films in Lakeland’s downtown square since before moving pictures had sound.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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From the very birth of the moving picture in the late 19th century, the revolutionary medium has had an inherent fascination with its own creation.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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This is not always the case, however, as rates, service quality, and coverage features often vary widely.—
Ethan M. Stone,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Of the 14 teams that qualified for the playoffs, eight feature a player with Idaho ties on their roster.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Inspired by a true story, the short follows Sasha Skochilenko, a Russian artist who was arrested and sentenced to seven years for replacing four price tags in a grocery store with anti-war messages about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
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The team self-funded an initial short, which later won a Webby, then used a drop of 10,000 high-fidelity digital collectibles as a crowdfunding mechanism.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Fear of 13 is based on the documentary directed by David Sington, which tells the true story of a man who was wrongly convicted in 1982 of the murder, rape and abduction of a Delaware shop assistant.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Welcome news for makers of documentary shorts, who often struggle to reach a wide array of viewers with their work.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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For a long time your political cartoons published in the editorial pages have irritated me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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He was widely discouraged from a career in cartoons, and after a series of rejections, majored in economics.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20subject. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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