InSession Film Awards Editor Shadan Larki is joined by The Contending’s Joey Moser joins to make final Oscar predictions for Best Animated Short, Best Live-Action Short, and Best Documentary Short. Joey also shares more tips and tricks for predicting Oscar’s toughest categories and discusses his favorite short films of the year.
For more insight into all 45 short film’s shortlisted at the 2026 Academy Awards, watch Joey Moser (The Contending), Abe Friedtanzer (Awards Buzz), and Daniel Howat (Next Best Picture)’s epic shorts breakdown here.
You can also see Shadan’s final Oscar predictions in all 24 categories, check out our Oscar Predictions page.
Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards are finally announced on Thursday, January 22nd. Check back in with InSession Film for more coverage.
