The Lorehounds9 Des 2025

2026 Oscar-Qualified Shorts – Top 20 for Lorehounds

Today, voting for the 2026 Oscar shortlists began, lasting all week – these 20 (or, er, 26) Oscar-qualified live-action and animated shorts are all eligible. Whether or not they make the shortlist (some of them will), here's why you might want to watch – from mermaid folk horror or brutal griffin hunts to gentle tales of the lists we make in life, or coming of age as an immigrant.

Letterboxd lists

Eligible live-action shorts – category analysis

Eligible animated shorts – category analysis

Eligible documentary shorts

The Rankings

TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA – trailer – info – full film*
MERCY – interview – info
JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA – interview – info
JUST THE USUAL – trailer – info
THE PEARL COMB – trailer – info
PORELESS – trailer – info – full film*
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS – trailer – info
DALY CITY – trailer – info – full film*
HURIKÁN – trailer – info
RETIREMENT PLAN– trailer – info – full film*
TRAPPED – review – info
GIGI – trailer – info – full film* (French or German subtitles only)
ONE LAST ROUND – trailer – info
KOVARTY – trailer – info – full film*
SCARS WE LOVE – trailer – info – full film* (French subtitles only)
EM & SELMA GO GRIFFIN HUNTING – VFX panel – info
THE SECOND TIME AROUND – trailer – info – full film* (UK only)
MARCIA AND THE SHARK – trailer – info – full film*
THE SINGERS – trailer – info
LES BÊTES – trailer – info – full film*
BEYOND SILENCE – trailer – info – full film* (Dutch subtitles only)
HOLY CURSE – trailer – info – full film*
MERCENAIRE – trailer – info
ONE DAY, THIS KID – trailer – info – on Kanopy & Criterion
PLAYING GOD – trailer – info
MUSHROOM DAD – review – info

*May disappear when shortlists / nominations are announced (or sooner).

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