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flag Montreal filmmaker Alison McAlpine earns an Oscar nomination for her short documentary "Perfectly a Strangeness" about Chilean donkeys.

flag Montreal filmmaker Alison McAlpine is nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2026 Oscars for “Perfectly a Strangeness,” a film about donkeys in Chile’s Atacama Desert. flag Korean-Canadian director Maggie Kang is nominated for Best Animated Feature for co-directing Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters,” the platform’s most-watched film. flag The horror film “The Substance,” produced by Canadian J. flag Miles Dale, earned multiple nominations including Best Picture and Best Production Design, with Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Tamara Deverell, and Shane Vieau recognized. flag McAlpine called the nomination a “huge honour,” noting her small crew will cover their own travel costs, while joking the donkeys won’t attend the ceremony.

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