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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.
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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
Remember that depth of field is almost non-existent at short subject distances with a wide aperture.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Full Frame is also a qualifying festival for the Academy Award documentary film short subject.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
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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
Remember that depth of field is almost non-existent at short subject distances with a wide aperture.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Full Frame is also a qualifying festival for the Academy Award documentary film short subject.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
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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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Hartman’s contributions came at a time of rapid transformation in photography, motion pictures, and ocean exploration.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2025
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Although the motion picture memory of the war is in newsreel black and white, Technicolor was used to valorize America’s warriors, as if the prestige format should not be reserved exclusively for Hollywood entertainment.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Clips not only conjure these same vivid memories, but also bring them to life in moving pictures.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The story is deceptively simple, but the way the animators create moving pictures to mimic medieval-style stained glass is singular.—
Josh Spiegel,
Vulture,
24 July 2024
Noun
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Mark Anthony Green's feature debut opens on a heady scene with an audience intoxicated by the rhythmic melody of a figure on stage.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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King’s 1981 book was first adapted for the screen in the 1983 feature film of the same name, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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The festival runs April 24-29, and will feature a slate of more than 113 films including narrative features, shorts, documentaries and doc shorts.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Willie linked arms with his fellow-players and faced down the opposing captain, glowering at the antipodeans in headbands and teeny-tiny shorts.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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As a long-standing fan of the Emmy-award winning documentary that has chronicled the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the former England international was already well versed in not only the Welsh club’s rise, but also the local characters.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Currently titled Oasis Live ’25, it will be produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the duo behind LCD Soundsystem’s concert film Shut Up and Play the Hits and the 2000s New York music scene documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2025
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After Uncle Sam got on the motorcycle, as previously seen on every night of both residencies, there was an edit, and then a cut right to the skeletal avatar driving around a neon cartoon rendering of the streets of Las Vegas.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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Aaliyah’s Interlude dropped a banger new song with Rhea Raj and went full cartoon character with a glittering star face decal and golden grillz, and Parker Posey brought Hollywood glam and a statement lip to a glitzy New York opening.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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