Edmonton 
Events Description
EIFF’s annual tradition continues with our 2025 screenings of the OSCAR® Nominated Short Films! As we all ‘catch up’ on this year’s nominated feature-films, this is your opportunity to see every nominated short film AND support EIFF! Your ticket purchase helps EIFF bring the year’s most exciting shorts and features to our fall festival.
These screenings, and the funds they raise, are vital to EIFF and its commitment to sharing the best cinema from here and around the world at the Edmonton International Film Festival – returning for its 40th edition September 24 – October 3, 2026.
OSCAR® Nominated Shorts: Live-Action (Runtime: 120-mins)
Butcher’s Stain (Dir. Meyer Levinson-Blount)
A Friend of Dorothy (Dir. Lee Knight)
Jane Austen’s Period Drama (Dir. Steve Pinder & Julia Aks)
The Singers (Dir. Sam Davis)
Two People Exchanging Saliva (Dir. Alexandre Singh & Natalie Musteata)
OSCAR® Nominated Shorts: Animation (Runtime: 85-mins)
Papillon (Butterfly) (Dir. Florence Miailhe)
Forevergreen (Dir. Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears)
La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles (The Girl Who Cried Pearls) (Dir. Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski)
Retirement Plan (Dir. John Kelly)
The Three Sisters (Dir. Timur Kognov)
Éiru (Dir. Giovanna Ferrari) [Bonus short film, shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards]
OSCAR® Nominated Shorts: Documentary (Runtime: 153-mins)
Shorts in this program:
All the Empty Rooms (Dir. Joshua Seftel)
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (Dir. Craig Renaud & Brent Renaud)
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Dir. Hilla Medalia)
The Devil Is Busy (Dir. Geeta Gandbhir & Christalyn Hampton)
Perfectly a Strangeness (Dir. Alison McAlpine)
HOW MUCH
Tickets:
$15
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Animation Shorts
March 8, 2026 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Documentary Shorts
March 11, 2026 from 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Live-Action Shorts
March 13, 2026 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Venue:
Metro Cinema – Garneau Theatre
8712 109 ST NW
Edmonton, AB
T6G 1E9
780-425-9212
