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The winners who defined Live Action Short.

68 ceremonies, 1958–2025. 69 different winners.

Who won most recently?
I'm Not a Robot in 2025.
  1. I'm Not a RobotThe New Yorker
  2. The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarNetflix
  3. An Irish GoodbyeFloodlight Pictures
  4. The Long GoodbyeNo distributor credited
  5. Two Distant StrangersNetflix
  6. The Neighbors' WindowMarshall Curry Productions
Years explored
1958–2025
Different winners
69
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Live Action Short Film was first awarded in 1958, so it does not run the full 1929–2025 window.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19582025

01 / The reigns

26 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited distributor.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York'00
Quiero Ser (I want to be...)'01
The Accountant'02
This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand)'03
Two Soldiers'04
Wasp'05
Six Shooter'06
West Bank Story'07
Le Mozart des pickpockets'08
Toyland'09
The New Tenants'10
God of Love'11
The Shore'12
Curfew'13
Helium'14
The Phone Call'15
Stutterer'16
Sing'17
The Silent Child'18
Skin'19
The Neighbors' Window'20
Two Distant Strangers'21
The Long Goodbye'22
An Irish Goodbye'23
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'24
I'm Not a Robot'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Netflix leads the recorded distributor credits with 2 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Netflix2 wins
Amazon1 win
AtomFilms1 win
CineCam GmbH1 win
Floodlight Pictures1 win
Fuzzy Logic Pictures1 win
Wins by distributor
  1. Netflix210%
  2. Amazon15%
  3. AtomFilms15%
  4. CineCam GmbH15%
  5. Floodlight Pictures15%
  6. Fuzzy Logic Pictures15%
  7. Other1365%

6 further wins have no distributor on record and are not counted in the 20 above.

6 of these 26 wins have no distributor on record, so the chart covers the other 20.

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerDistributor
2025I'm Not a Robot
beat 4 others
  • A Lien
  • Anuja
  • The Last Ranger
  • The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
The New Yorker
2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
beat 4 others
  • The After
  • Invincible
  • Knight of Fortune
  • Red, White and Blue
Netflix
2023An Irish Goodbye
beat 4 others
  • Ivalu
  • Le pupille
  • Night Ride
  • The Red Suitcase
Floodlight Pictures
2022The Long Goodbye
beat 4 others
  • Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
  • The Dress
  • On My Mind
  • Please Hold
No distributor credited
2021Two Distant Strangers
beat 4 others
  • Feeling Through
  • The Letter Room
  • The Present
  • White Eye
Netflix
2020The Neighbors' Window
beat 4 others
  • Brotherhood
  • Nefta Football Club
  • Saria
  • A Sister
Marshall Curry Productions
2019Skin
beat 4 others
  • Detainment
  • Fauve
  • Marguerite
  • Mother
Fox Searchlight Pictures
2018The Silent Child
beat 4 others
  • DeKalb Elementary
  • The Eleven O'Clock
  • My Nephew Emmett
  • Watu Wote: All of Us
Slick Films
2017Sing
beat 4 others
  • Ennemis Intérieurs
  • La femme et le TGV
  • Silent Nights
  • Timecode
Meteor Filmstúdió
2016Stutterer
beat 4 others
  • Ave Maria
  • Day One
  • Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
  • Shok
Amazon Instant Video
2015The Phone Call
beat 4 others
  • Aya
  • Boogaloo and Graham
  • Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
  • Parvaneh
No distributor credited
2014Helium
beat 4 others
  • Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
  • Avant Que De Tout Perde (Just Before Losing Everything)
  • Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
  • The Voorman Problem
Magnet Film
2013Curfew
beat 4 others
  • Asad
  • Buzkashi Boys
  • Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
  • Henry
Fuzzy Logic Pictures
2012The Shore
beat 4 others
  • Pentecost
  • Raju
  • Time Freak
  • Tuba Atlantic
No distributor credited
2011God of Love
beat 4 others
  • The Confession
  • The Crush
  • Na Wewe
  • Wish 143
Topic
2010The New Tenants
beat 4 others
  • The Door
  • Instead of Abracadabra
  • Kavi
  • Miracle Fish
Shorts International
2009Toyland
beat 4 others
  • Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
  • Manon on the Asphalt
  • New Boy
  • The Pig
Mephistofilm
2008Le Mozart des pickpockets
beat 4 others
  • At Night
  • Il Supplente (The Substitute)
  • Tanghi Argentini
  • The Tonto Woman
No distributor credited
2007West Bank Story
beat 4 others
  • Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la Gran Idea)
  • Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
  • Helmer & Son
  • The Saviour
No distributor credited
2006Six Shooter
beat 4 others
  • Ausreisser (The Runaway)
  • Cashback
  • The Last Farm
  • Our Time Is Up
The Works
2005Wasp
beat 4 others
  • 7:35 de la Mañana (7:35 in the Morning)
  • Everything in This Country Must
  • Little Terrorist
  • Two Cars, One Night
The Criterion Collection
2004Two Soldiers
beat 4 others
  • Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
  • Most (The Bridge)
  • Squash
  • (A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]
Westlake Entertainment Group
2003This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand)
beat 4 others
  • Fait d'hiver (Gridlock)
  • J'attendrai le suivant... (I'll Wait for the Next One...)
  • Inja (Dog)
  • Johnny Flynton
No distributor credited
2002The Accountant
beat 4 others
  • Copy Shop
  • Gregor's Greatest Invention
  • Meska Sprawa (A Man Thing)
  • Speed for Thespians
Lightyear Entertainment
2001Quiero Ser (I want to be...)
beat 4 others
  • By Courier
  • One Day Crossing
  • Seraglio
  • A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol)
CineCam GmbH
2000My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
beat 4 others
  • Bror, Min Bror (Teis and Nico)
  • Killing Joe
  • Kleingeld (Small Change)
  • Major and Minor Miracles
AtomFilms