Oscar-Winning Short Films Directed By Women
by BonaFideBOSS | created - 13 Jan 2022 | updated - 20 Apr 2022 | PublicWhat is your favorite Oscar-winning short film directed by a female?
• Note: Only shorts with 100 votes and an average rating of 6.0 or above are included.
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2. Peter and The Wolf (2006)
G | 32 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.
Director: Suzie Templeton
Votes: 4,322
3. Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, Short
Indian women fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads.
Director: Rayka Zehtabchi | Stars: Ajeya, Anita, Gouri Choudari, Healthy Emmie
Votes: 6,556
4. Saving Face (2012)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad returns to his native Pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks.
Directors: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Stars: Sarkar Abbas, Mohammad Jawad
Votes: 1,511
5. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.
Director: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Stars: Asad Jamal, Saba
Votes: 1,866
6. Smile Pinki (2008)
39 min | Documentary, Short
A real-world fairy-tale about the journey of Pinki and Ghutaru, two children in rural India whose lives are forever changed by a simple surgery they never imagined possible.
Director: Megan Mylan | Stars: Anti Chauhan, Ghutaru Chauhan, Virendra Kumar Das, Ravi Anand Manya
Votes: 456
7. King Gimp (1999)
39 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary that focus on artist Dan Keplinger, a man born with cerebral palsy who manages to compose great works of art. Baltimore filmmakers Susan Hadary and William Whiteford ... See full summary »
Directors: Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford | Stars: Paul Hungerford, Dan Keplinger
Votes: 257
8. Chernobyl Heart (2003)
39 min | Documentary, Short
This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.
Director: Maryann DeLeo | Stars: William Novick, Adi Roche
Votes: 798
9. Trevor (1994)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Upon hitting puberty, a high-school boy realizes he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his parents and friends.
Director: Peggy Rajski | Stars: Brett Barsky, Judy Kain, John Lizzi, Jonah Rooney
Votes: 1,628
10. Freeheld (2007)
Not Rated | 39 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In the last weeks of her life, Lieutenant Laurel Hester has one goal - to leave her hard-earned pension to her life partner Stacie. Without it, Stacie will lose their house. For once the law is not on Laurel's side. Time is running out.
Director: Cynthia Wade | Stars: Laurel Hester, Stacie Andree, Dane B. Wells, Steven Goldstein
Votes: 363
11. Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996)
Not Rated | 35 min | Documentary, Short
Portrait of writer Mark O'Brien, who contracted polio as a child and spent much of his life in an iron lung.
Director: Jessica Yu | Stars: Mark O'Brien, Elizabeth Duvall, Ian Berzon
Votes: 163
12. Wasp (2003)
26 min | Short, Drama
A struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Natalie Press, Danny Dyer, Jodie Mitchell, Molly Griffiths
Votes: 5,551
13. The Danish Poet (2006)
15 min | Animation, Short, Romance
A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
Director: Torill Kove | Star: Liv Ullmann
Votes: 2,558
14. Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) (2019)
TV-MA | 39 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (If You're A Girl) is the story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write-and skateboard-in Kabul.
Director: Carol Dysinger | Stars: Fatima, Kashida
Votes: 1,091
15. Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (2013)
TV-14 | 40 min | Documentary, Short
Counselors provide support, guidance and hope to despondent servicemen dealing with emotional, physical and financial troubles.
Director: Ellen Goosenberg Kent
Votes: 665
16. Educating Peter (1992)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Peter Gwazdauskas, a child with Down Syndrome, attends a normal school with regular students. The documentary follows Peter and how much he has improved throughout the school year.
Director: Gerardine Wurzburg | Stars: Judy Gwazdauskas, Peter Gwazdauskas
Votes: 212
17. If You Love This Planet (1982)
26 min | Documentary, Short
An Australian pediatrician gives a speech on the consequences of a nuclear war.
Director: Terre Nash | Stars: Helen Caldicott, Vannevar Bush, Winston Churchill, Leslie Groves
Votes: 177
18. Inocente (2012)
40 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A personal and vibrant coming of age story about a young artist's determination never to surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming... See full summary »
Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
Votes: 373 | Gross: $2.14M
19. Strangers No More (2010)
40 min | Documentary, Short
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at ... See full summary »
Directors: Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Votes: 220
20. Special Delivery (1979)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body.
Directors: Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon | Stars: Sandy Sanderson, Jean Marchand
Votes: 1,129
21. The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006)
Not Rated | 38 min | Documentary, Short
A year in the life of children in the Province of Anhui in China, who have lost their parents to AIDS. Traditional obligations to family and village collide with terror of the disease.
Director: Ruby Yang | Stars: Huang Children, Gao Jun, Nan Nan
Votes: 306
22. Bob's Birthday (1993)
12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A devoted and happily-married housewife organises a surprise party on the occasion of her husband's birthday, unbeknownst to her that her dentist spouse is experiencing a sudden mid-life crisis at his office.
Directors: David Fine, Alison Snowden | Stars: Andy Hamilton, Alison Snowden, Harry Enfield, Andrew MacLachlan
Votes: 1,021
23. Flamenco at 5:15 (1983)
29 min | Documentary, Short
For a few weeks each year, in the depths of winter, senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada are treated to a style of dance that is unlike any other - flamenco.
Director: Cynthia Scott | Stars: Susana Robledo, Antonio Robledo, Rita Bozi, Catherine Hader
Votes: 212
24. Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short
Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.
Director: Joan C. Gratz | Star: Jean G. Poulot
Votes: 867
25. My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1998)
30 min | Short
A widowed Midwestern housewife travels to Manhattan for the first time to visit her daughter. Once there, she becomes obsessed with the Hell's Angels-ish bikers' club across the street from her daughter's East Village apartment.
Director: Barbara Schock | Stars: Helen Stenborg, Patricia Dunnock, Scott Sowers, Mickey Jones
Votes: 171
26. Thoth (2002)
40 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Thoth is a street performer currently in New York. Thoth is an individual with a complicated life and background. Thoth plays on opera with a violin in a loincloth in Central Park. Thoth is.
Director: Sarah Kernochan | Stars: S.K. Thoth, Robert Janoff, Elayne Jones, George Kaufman
Votes: 243
27. Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963)
41 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Acclaimed poet Robert Frost reminisces on his career. He is also seen giving lectures at Amherst and Sarah Lawrence Colleges, in daily life at his rural Vermont home, and receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from President Kennedy.
Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Votes: 263
28. Lieberman in Love (1995)
39 min | Short
Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman named Kate, who is married.
Director: Christine Lahti | Stars: Danny Aiello, Christine Lahti, Nancy Travis, Allan Arbus
Votes: 147
29. Big Mama (2000)
35 min | Short, Documentary
The story of Viola Dees, an elderly woman who is trying to care for her troubled grandson.
Director: Tracy Seretean | Stars: Walter Dee, Viola Dees
Votes: 127
30. Violet (1981)
31 min | Short
Badly 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 their way to Fort Smith.
Director: Shelley Levinson | Stars: Didi Conn, Patrick Dollaghan, Rodney Saulsberry, Thomas McGowan
Votes: 148
31. Frank Film (1973)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Biography
One soundtrack features the animator narrating an autobiography; the other features him reading a list of words beginning with the letter 'F'. The images on screen tie these two soundtracks together.
Directors: Caroline Mouris, Frank Mouris | Star: Frank Mouris
Votes: 783
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