2026 Oscar Nominee Spotlights

Whether you follow awards season like it’s your favorite sport or you haven’t yet seen any of this year’s buzzworthy films, get ready for the upcoming Academy Awards at—where else?—the Academy Museum, which will be hosting a series of nominee spotlights in its 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater (which Time Out just named as one of the best cinemas in the world). For just $10, you can catch screenings of all the nominated animated short films (Mar 7), documentary shorts (Mar 8) and live action shorts (Mar 9). For a handful of other categories—animated feature film, international feature film, best picture and makeup and hairstyling—the filmmakers themselves will be on hand at panels to share clips and behind-the-scenes stories from their films.