Treats in small packages await the curious as the academy nominates five worthy shorts each in live-action, documentary and animation. Here's a guide to help you win your Oscar pool.

Every year the Academy Awards gives out Oscars to short filmmakers, and every year a lot of people in the audience scratch their heads, because they've never seen or heard of most of the nominees.

As someone who watches and studies the Academy Awards every year, I can tell you that the Best Documentary Short Subject nominees are frequently heavy, and often depressing. This milieu is often ...