Shorts International, the world’s leading short film entertainment company, has announced the release of this year’s Academy Award Best Short Film nominees, in both the live action and animation categories, on iTunes in the United States and the United Kingdom. A collected program of the short films continues to enjoy a successful run in U.S. theaters, where its opening weekend broke the record at New York’s IFC Center for the highest weekend gross ever on a single screen, at $24,006. “Even the New York Times has noted that this year’s hottest Oscar nominees are the live action and animated short films,” said Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of Shorts International. “We’re thrilled to be iTunes’ partner in this endeavor.”