In Victoria Warmerdam’s short film, a series of failed Captcha tests plunges a woman into a strange new reality. Winner of the 2025 Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short.

“I’m Not a Robot” opens on a tranquil workplace scene. Women sit at tables in an open-plan office, tapping away at their laptops. Walls of windows look out onto woodsy surroundings. Lara, a music ...