short subject

noun

, Movies.

1. a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.

short subject

noun

1. a short film, esp one presented between screenings of a feature film

Word History and Origins

Origin of short subject¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best animated short subject.

From New York Times

Documentary short subject “The ABCs of Book Banning”

From Los Angeles Times

He spent nine years as a rabbi but moonlighted as a film salesman and wound up producing nearly 60, most of them short subjects but two of them Hitchcocks.

From Los Angeles Times

Though it didn’t win the Oscar it was nominated for — best documentary short subject — it’s well worth the half-hour it takes to watch the film “When We Were Bullies” on HBO or HBO Max.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, the winners of eight Oscars categories — film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, sound, documentary short subject, animated short and live-action short — were presented before the start of the live broadcast.

From Los Angeles Times