short subject

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Recent Examples of short subject The film was nominated in the best short subject category, but lost to Snow Bear. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026 The festival begins Friday and continues through Saturday with more than a dozen film selections, both full features and short subjects. Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for short subject
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Noun
  • Even after her 1995 novel was turned into a major motion picture starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, Hoffman wasn’t convinced that Practical Magic 2 would ever be possible.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Trish Reilly, President’s Award A lifelong love of cooking and a deep familiarity with the motion picture industry have shaped Trish Reilly’s career as a food stylist.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Factory floor gets smarter One of the main features planned for BIC North is ASML’s new flow factory, a manufacturing model designed for its TWINSCAN lithography systems.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • When the device is closed, a smaller exterior screen on the front cover provides quick access to key apps and features.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • His foray into film began in Philadelphia with a 1-minute experimental short created for an art contest, which eventually secured him an American Film Institute grant to make The Grandmother (1970).
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Some consistency will ultimately be needed, but not being able to escape a certain amount of volatility may not be the worst thing for the group, at least in the short-to-medium term.
    Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo, for example, rolled out Improbable Media in 2024 with a feature-length documentary about his life story.
    Justin Birnbaum, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Dumont worked with a cast of non-professional young actors and adopted a documentary-like approach to the film, which was shot against the red cliffs and blue waters of the Mediterranean.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And as a cartoon, its job is not just to tell you a story, but to give you something fresh to look at, something to set itself apart while offering easy access to its world and people.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The first sixteen pages of last year’s annual report consisted of a cartoon about a globe-trotting Pegasus.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20subject. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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