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Poster for 2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – DOCUMENTARY
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2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – DOCUMENTARY

Opens on March 7

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.

Run Time: 153 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Taika Waititi


ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS

ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS

Dir. Joshua Seftel | United States | 33min

In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.


ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD

ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD

Dir. Craig Renaud and Brent Renaud | United States | 38min

An intimate chronicle about documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed while reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian War.


CHILDREN NO MORE: “WERE AND ARE GONE”

Dir. Hilla Medalia | Israel | 36min

In Tel Aviv, activists gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli attacks.


THE DEVIL IS BUSY

THE DEVIL IS BUSY

Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir | United States | 31min

The film chronicles a day on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights at a women’s healthcare clinic.


PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS

PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS

Alison McAlpine | Canada | 15min

In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.

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