'All the Empty Rooms' wins Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones won Best Documentary Short Film for 'All the Empty Rooms' at the 2026 Oscars. With this, the film beat Indian-American filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir's 'The Devil Is Busy', and other films including 'Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud', 'Children No More: Were and Are Gone', and 'Perfectly a Strangeness'.