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Oscar® Shorts 2024: Live Action

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This year’s nominees for Best Live Action Short Films include a mini-masterpiece from Wes Anderson and French Canadian entry, Invincible.

The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham, 18 min, UK)

Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane, 23 min, USA)

Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk, 25 min, Denmark)

Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron, 29 min, Canada)

The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales, 37 min, USA/UK)

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2023

Language

Various

19+
134 min

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