as in animated cartoon
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Recent Examples of short subject
Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers.
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Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
The last person to accomplish this feat was Charles Guggenheim in 1994, for feature length D-Day Remembered and short subject A Time for Justice, winning for the latter.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Documentary feature Documentary short subject International feature film Makeup & hairstyling
Music (original score)
Music (original song)
Animated short film
Live-action short film
Sound
Visual effects
When are the 2025 Oscars?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
At the Oscars in February 1954, Walt Disney won four Oscars (all for different films): best documentary feature (The Living Desert), best documentary short subject (The Alaskan Eskimo), best cartoon short subject (Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom) and best two-reel short subject (Bear Country).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
The last person to accomplish this feat was Charles Guggenheim in 1994, for feature length D-Day Remembered and short subject A Time for Justice, winning for the latter.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Documentary feature Documentary short subject International feature film Makeup & hairstyling
Music (original score)
Music (original song)
Animated short film
Live-action short film
Sound
Visual effects
When are the 2025 Oscars?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
At the Oscars in February 1954, Walt Disney won four Oscars (all for different films): best documentary feature (The Living Desert), best documentary short subject (The Alaskan Eskimo), best cartoon short subject (Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom) and best two-reel short subject (Bear Country).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for short subject
Noun
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
Noun
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The siblings shot some of the first motion pictures ever made, beginning in 1895, on equipment of their own design.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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While the Oscars have been located on Hollywood Boulevard since settling into the then-Kodak Theatre, which later changed its name to the Dolby Theatre, over almost a century of celebrating the best in motion pictures the ceremony has bounced between Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Each of them started in the early days of live-TV drama, eventually finding their way into the moving pictures.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2026
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Depending on your location, remaining cozy indoors with a book may be in order or watch a moving picture show on the telly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
9 Jan. 2026
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Trying to reach for that classic creature feature, Cinemascope, old Hollywood vibe.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Trump’s image will be a feature of the exterior of the building, with jumbo video screens showing his face in the footage.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Through a dozen feature films and one local short, the festival’s films invite audiences to reflect on resilience, identity and powerful storytelling in the face of adversity, according to Giovanna Torres, founder of Cine Casual.—
Adam Bell
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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The 6-minute short is produced by Canadian–British producer-director and widow of Williams, Imogen Sutton.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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Director Frank Marshall has spent the past couple of years creating an official documentary about the band that will quite possibly come out around the time of the Rumours anniversary.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
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Austin Furst, who founded Vestron Video, the pioneering home video company behind the Michael Jackson Thriller documentary and the film Dirty Dancing, died Wednesday, March 25, at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, of complications from heart failure.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Vivian feels like a cartoon character with hearts spilling out of her head.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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North Park — about 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the South Park valley that inspired the cartoon TV show — is a headwaters of the eastward-flowing Platte River system.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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