Short Film (Live Action)

1976 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerAngel and Big JoeBert SalzmanBig Joe is a lineman for the telephone company. Angel is a teenage migrant worker. They form an unlikely alliance and start a rose-growing business. At first wary of each other, they grow ...Amazon1976 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesA Day in the Life of Bonnie ConsoloBarry J. SpinelloAmazonConquest of LightLouis MarcusAmazonDawn FlightLarry LansburghAmazonDoubletalkAlan BeattieAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerIn the Region of IceAndre R. GuttfreundIn this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. ...Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesKudzuMarjie ShortAmazonNightlifeClaire WilburAmazonNumber OneDyan CannonAmazonThe Morning SpiderJulian ChagrinAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerI'll Find a WayBeverly ShafferNadia DeFranco lives in Toronto and she has spina bifida. This film follows her through some of her daily activities as she goes to school, works with her therapists, visits her relatives and lives life with her family.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesFloating FreeJerry ButtsAmazonNotes on the Popular ArtsSaul BassAmazonSpacebornePhilip DauberAmazonThe Absent-Minded WaiterWilliam E. McEuenAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerTeenage FatherTaylor HackfordAmazon1979 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesA Different ApproachJim BelcherAmazonMandy's GrandmotherAndrew SugermanAmazonStrange FruitSeth PinskerAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerBoard and CareSarah PillsburyTwo young people with Down syndrome desire to have a relationship.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesBravery in the FieldRoman KroitorAmazonOh Brother, My BrotherCarol LowellAmazonSolly's DinerHarry MathiasAmazonThe Solar FilmSaul BassAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerThe Dollar BottomLloyd PhillipsLight-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance scheme for fellow pupils in 1953 against getting caned, which quickly earns him a small fortuneAmazon1981 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesA Jury of Her PeersSally HeckelAmazonFall LineRobert CarmichaelAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerVioletPaul KempBadly scarred in a childhood accident, Violet boards a bus in North Carolina on a pilgrimage to Oklahoma to visit a TV preacher, the one that heals. On the bus, she meets two soldiers on ...Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesCouples and RobbersChristine OestreicherAmazonFirst WinterJohn N. SmithAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerA Shocking AccidentChristine OestreicherWhen he was a child, Jerome was told that his father died on a bizarre accident involving a pig that fell from a balcony. He refuses to accept this fact and keeps creating another scenario ...Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesBallet RobotiqueBob RogersAmazonSplit Cherry TreeJan SaundersAmazonSredni VashtarAndrew BirkinAmazonThe SilenceMichael Toshiyuki UnoAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerBoys and GirlsJanice L. PlattA girl growing up on a fox farm in rural Canada must deal with the gender roles she is expected to conform to by her loving - yet unobservant parents.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesGoodie-Two-ShoesIan EmesAmazonOvernight SensationJon BloomAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) WinnerUpMike HooverMan (Ed Casaer) sets his pet hawk free and goes on a fantastic hang gliding adventure in search of his old friend. On the way, he encounters a boy (Erick McWayne) on a hillside who he offers to take on a flight.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Short Film (Live Action) NomineesTales of Meeting and PartingSharon OreckAmazonThe Painted DoorMichael MacMillanAmazon