The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films in the "Live-Action" category. Titles: THE SINGERS Dir. Sam A. Davis | United States | 18min A FRIEND OF DOROTHY Dir. Lee Knight | United Kingdom | 21min BUTCHER’S STAIN Dir. Meyer Levinson-Blount | Israel | 26min TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA Dir. Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata | France, United States | 36min JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA Dir. Julia Aks and Steve Pinder | United States | 12min

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.

A 19-year-old animal lover uses technology that places her consciousness into a robotic beaver to uncover mysteries within the animal world beyond her imagination.

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Original title : Gosti iz galaksije. A science fiction writer is gifted with the ability to materialize his thoughts and inadvertently brings a group of aliens to Earth.

Vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs see their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.

DEATH & TAXES is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax and the very personal story of a father and son at odds over what kind of inheritance we want to leave our kids and our country. Filmmaker Justin Schein’s father, Harvey Schein, liked to say he lived the so-called “American Dream:" rising from poverty in Depression-era Brooklyn to great financial success as one of America’s top CEOs of the 1970s. But Harvey Schein also spent the last 20 years of his life fixated on trying to keep his hard-earned wealth from the taxman—an obsession that almost broke the Schein family apart. More broadly, inherited wealth and the tax system that shields it have badly distorted American democracy, perpetuating racial and economic inequity in the country. Presented in partnership with the Columbus Policy Institute and Policy Matters Ohio.

Original title: Profundo Rosso. A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.

Join us for the Red Carpet Premiere of GENERATION: CURE, a powerful short film inspired by a community that came together to run 65 miles in 65 hours in pursuit of a cure for cystic fibrosis. What began as a shared challenge became a symbol of determination, hope, and the belief that collective action can move science forward. This special evening brings together the Bexley community, filmmakers, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for the first public screening of the film, followed by a live conversation and the launch of the next chapter of the movement.

Join the Drexel Theatre and Gramercy Books for a screening of Alexander Payne's hit 1999 satirical comedy Election! The screening will celebrate author Tom Perrotta, whose book the film adapted, as he launches his new novel Ghost Town. Ghost Town will be available for purchase courtesy of Gramercy Books, as well as tickets for the main event on May 7th, where Perrotta will be conversing with WOSU's Kassie Rose about his new and exciting novel.