One category resulted in a rare tie at the 2026 Oscars. Two short films, The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva, both won awards for best live action short film at the 98th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 15. "It's a tie! I'm not joking! It's actually a tie, so everyone calm down, we're gonna get through this," presenter Kumail Nanjiani told the audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, before allowing the winners to come on stage one after another and give separate acceptance speeches. "A tie, wow, we didn't know that could happen," The Singers director Sam A.