Ron Howard and daughter Bryce among 11 finalists for live action short Oscar

Bryce Dallas Howard's "when you find me"

Credit: Freestyle Picture Company

The Academy has announced that 11 films will advance in the race for Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th annual Academy Awards. A tie in the balloting resulted in 11 films as opposed to the usual 10. The press release notes that 125 films had originally qualified in the category.

Check out the full list of films below.

"A Fábrica (The Factory)"
Aly Muriiba, director (Grafo Audiovisual)

"Asad"
Bryan Buckley, director, and Mino Jarjoura, producer (Hungry Man)

"Buzkashi Boys"
Sam French, director, and Ariel Nasr, producer (Afghan Film Project)

"Curfew"
Shawn Christensen, director (Fuzzy Logic Pictures)

"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"
Tom Van Avermaet, director, and Ellen De Waele, producer (Serendipity Films)

"Henry"
Yan England, director (Yan England)

"Kiruna-Kigali"
Goran Kapetanovic, director (Hepp Film AB)

"The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars"
Silvia Bizio and Paola Porrini Bisson, producers (Oh! Pen LLC)

"9meter"
Anders Waither, director, and Tigi Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions A/S)

"Salar"
Nicholas Greene, director, and Julie Beck, producer (Nicholas Green)

"when you find me"
Ron Howard, executive producer, and Bryce Dallas Howard, director (Freestyle Picture Company)

The five nominees will be revealed on Thursday, January 10 as part of the annual Oscar nominations announcement.

Last year's winner in the category was Terry George's "The Shore."

Kristopher Tapley
Editor-at-Large

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Kristopher Tapley has covered the film awards landscape for over a decade. He founded In Contention in 2005. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Times of London and Variety. He begs you not to take any of this too seriously.