Seventeen HollyShorts Alumni Named On 2025 Oscars® Short List

HollyShorts is excited to share that fifteen of this year’s alumni films have been selected for the 2025 Oscars® Short List. Congratulations to every filmmaker that made this year’s prestigious list. This year’s alumni on the short list include:

Documentary Short Film
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World - Julio Palacio

Keeper - Hannah Rafkin

Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men - Nicolas Keppens
In the Shadow of the Cypress - Hossein Molayemi & Shirin Sohani
Magic Candies - Daisuke Nishio
Origami - Kei Kanamori
Wander to Wonder - Nina Gantz
Yuck! - Loïc Espuche

Live Action Short Film
Anuja - Adam J. Graves
Clodagh - Portia A. Buckley

Crust - Jens Kevin Georg
Dovecote - Marco Perego
Edge of Space - Jean de Meuron
I’m Not a Robot - Victoria Warmerdam
The Last Ranger - Cindy Lee
The Masterpiece - Àlex Lora
Room Taken - TJ O’Grady-Peyton