Los Angeles, March 8 - American director Gregg Helvey's 19-minute film 'Kavi', about a young boy who wants to play cricket and go to school, but is forced to work in a brick kiln, lost the best short film, live action Oscar to 'The New Tenants'.

Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson walked away with the award for telling the story of a prying neighbour, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta in 'The New Tenants'.

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