2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
View the nominated short films in the Documentary category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 2!
Nominated in the Documentary Category
- Instruments of a Beating Heart (Japan)
- Incident (USA)
- I am Ready, Warden (USA)
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra (USA)
- Death by Numbers (USA)
For more information about each short film, visit ShortsTV.
The screening includes a 15-minute intermission.
Tickets
- $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
Plan Your Visit
- The February 27 screening takes place in the Lynn Wyatt Theater. All other screenings are in Brown Auditorium Theater.
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Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.
2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Directed by Various
(175 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater and Lynn Wyatt Theater