The Movie Academy has named 15 animated and live-action short films complied from 180 submissions to its Oscar shortlists.

Andrés Waissbluth’s Un caballo llamado Elefante (“Elephant, the Horse”), playing at the Museum of Modern Art, is a charming reversal of the trend toward animation. Much like in Tarantino’s work, ...

If you want to ace your Oscar pool, you musn’t ignore the three short film categories — animation, live-action and documentary. But what cinephile would, anyway? The 15 nominees here have already won ...