Omnibus
Poster
Directed by	Sam Karmann
Written by	Sam Karmann Christian Rauth
Produced by	Anne Bennet
Starring	Daniel Rialet Jacques Martial
Cinematography	Daniel Diot
Edited by	Robert Rongier
Production company	Lazennec Tout Court
Distributed by	MK2 Productions
Release date	May 1992 (1992-05)
Running time	8 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Omnibus is a 1992 French short comedy film directed by Sam Karmann. It won an Oscar in 1993 for Best Short Subject^[1] and it won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

Daniel Rialet - The Man
Jacques Martial - The Conductor
Christian Rauth - The Driver
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
Brigitte Auber

References

External links

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Short subject
1931–1935

Comedy	The Music Box (1932) So This Is Harris (1933) La Cucaracha (1934) How to Sleep (1935)
Novelty	Wrestling Swordfish (1932) Krakatoa (1933) City of Wax (1934) Wings Over Everest (1935)

Short subject
1936–1956

Color	Give Me Liberty (1936) Penny Wisdom (1937)
One-reel	Bored of Education (1936) The Private Life of the Gannets (1937) That Mothers Might Live (1938) Busy Little Bears (1939) Quicker'n a Wink (1940) Of Pups and Puzzles (1941) Speaking of Animals and Their Families (1942) Amphibious Fighters (1943) Who's Who in Animal Land (1944) Stairway to Light (1945) Facing Your Danger (1946) Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1947) Symphony of a City (1948) Aquatic House Party (1949) Grandad of Races (1950) World of Kids (1951) Light in the Window (1952) Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1953) This Mechanical Age (1954) Survival City (1955) Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
Two-reel	The Public Pays (1936) Torture Money (1937) Declaration of Independence (1938) Sons of Liberty (1939) Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940) Main Street on the March! (1941) Beyond the Line of Duty (1942) Heavenly Music (1943) I Won't Play (1944) Star in the Night (1945) A Boy and His Dog (1946) Climbing the Matterhorn (1947) Seal Island (1948) Van Gogh (1949) In Beaver Valley (1950) Nature's Half Acre (1951) Water Birds (1952) Bear Country (1953) A Time Out of War (1954) The Face of Lincoln (1955) The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)

Short subject
(live action)
1957–1973

The Wetback Hound (1957)
Grand Canyon (1958)
The Golden Fish (1959)
Day of the Painter (1960)
Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
Heureux Anniversaire (1962)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1963)
Casals Conducts: 1964 (1964)
The Chicken (1965)
Wild Wings (1966)
A Place to Stand (1967)
Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968)
The Magic Machines (1969)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
Sentinels of Silence (1971)
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream (1972)
The Bolero (1973)

Short film
(live action)
1974–present

One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974)
Angel and Big Joe (1975)
In the Region of Ice (1976)
I'll Find a Way (1977)
Teenage Father (1978)
Board and Care (1979)
The Dollar Bottom (1980)
Violet (1981)
A Shocking Accident (1982)
Boys and Girls (1983)
Up (1984)
Molly's Pilgrim (1985)
Precious Images (1986)
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
Work Experience (1989)
The Lunch Date (1990)
Session Man (1991)
Omnibus (1992)
Schwarzfahrer (1993)
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life / Trevor (1994)
Lieberman in Love (1995)
Dear Diary (1996)
Visas and Virtue (1997)
Election Night (1998)
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1999)
Quiero ser (I want to be...) (2000)
The Accountant (2001)
This Charming Man (2002)
Two Soldiers (2003)
Wasp (2004)
Six Shooter (2005)
West Bank Story (2006)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (2007)
Toyland (2008)
The New Tenants (2009)
God of Love (2010)
The Shore (2011)
Curfew (2012)
Helium (2013)
The Phone Call (2014)
Stutterer (2015)
Sing (2016)
The Silent Child (2017)
Skin (2018)
The Neighbors' Window (2019)
Two Distant Strangers (2020)
The Long Goodbye (2021)
An Irish Goodbye (2022)

Short Film Palme d'Or winners

Short Film Palme d'Or winners
1950s	White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953) Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955) The Red Balloon – Albert Lamorisse (1956) Courte Histoire – Ion Popescu-Gopo (1957) N.Y., N.Y. – Francis Thompson (1959) Zmiana warty – Halina Bielinska and Włodzimierz Haupe (1959)
1960s	La Petite cuillère – Carlos Vilardebo (1961) La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961) À fleur d'eau – Alexander J. Seiler and Rob Gnant (1963) Le Haricot – Edmond Séchan (1963) La douceur du village – François Reichenbach (1964) The Price of Victory – Nobuko Shibuya (1964) Nyitany – János Vadász (1965) Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966) Sky Over Holland – John Fernhout (1967) Cîntecele Renasterii – Mirel Iliesiu (1969)
1970s	Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970) Le Fusil à lunette – Jean Chapot (1972) Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973) Ostrov – Fyodor Khitruk, Edouard Nazarov and Vladimir Zouïkov (1974) Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975) Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976) The Struggle – Marcell Jankovics (1977) Rowing Across the Atlantic – Jean-François Laguionie (1978) Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)
1980s	Seaside Woman – Oscar Grillo (1980) Moto perpetuo – Béla Vajda (1981) Merlin ou le cours de l'or – Arthur Joffé (1982) Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose – Pierre Levy (1983) Le Cheval de fer – Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie (1984) Chiri – David Takaichvili (1984) Jenitba – Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov (1985) An Exercise in Discipline - Peel – Jane Campion (1986) Palisade – Laurie McInnes (1987) Vykrutasy – Garry Bardin (1988) 50 ans – Gilles Carle (1989)
1990s	The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990) Z podniesionymi rekami – Mitko Panov (1991) Omnibus – Sam Karmann (1992) Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California – Jim Jarmusch (1993) El héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994) Gagarin– Alexij Kharitidi (1995) Szél– Marcell Iványi (1996) ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? – Tessa Sheridan (1997) L'Interview – Xavier Giannoli (1998) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (1999)
2000s	Anino – Raymond Red (2000) Bean Cake – David Greenspan (2001) Esö után – Péter Mészáros (2002) Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin (2003) Trafic – Cătălin Mitulescu (2004) Podorozhni – Igor Strembitsky (2005) Sniffer – Bobbie Peers (2006) Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007) Megatron – Marian Crisan (2008) Arena – João Salaviza (2009)
2010s	Barking Island – Serge Avédikian (2010) Cross – Maryna Vroda (2011) Sessiz-Be Deng – Rezan Yeşilbaş (2012) Safe – Byoung-gon Moon (2013) Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014) Waves '98 – Ely Dagher (2015) Timecode – Juanjo Giménez (2016) A Gentle Night - Qiu Yang (2017) All These Creatures – Charles Williams (2018) The Distance Between Us and the Sky – Vasilis Kekatos (2019)
2020s	I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face – Sameh Alaa (2020) All the Crows in the World – Tang Yi (2021) The Water Murmurs – Jianying Chen (2022) 27 – Flóra Anna Buda (2023)