2025 Short-listed Shorts

A compilation program of three short films short-listed by AMPAS and under consideration for the 2025 Academy Awards

A SWIM LESSON - An ode to an everyday hero: Bill Marsh, a swim teacher who helps children manage their fears and discover their own power when submerged in an overwhelming unknown. (21 minutes; directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack)

A LIEN - A young couple face up to and deal with a dangerous immigration process. (15 minutes; directed by David Cutler-Kreutz and Sam Cutler-Kreutz)

UNTIL HE'S BACK - After learning that his son, Yahya, has died at sea trying to get to Spain, Ahmed Tchiche must find a way to bring his remains back to Morocco so he and his family can have a proper goodbye. A Spanish mortician, an NGO worker and an established Moroccan immigrant living in Spain all struggle to help Ahmed get his son's body home. (39 minutes; in Spanish, Arabic and French with English subtitles; directed by Jacqueline Baylon)