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Penny, Here
After half a century in Big Sur, a 95-year-old student of Hafiz turns toward the unknown by improvising at the piano.
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Five Questions with Nightmare Short Winner Daler Murzagali
We speak to the director of our inaugural Nightmare Shorts winner about his filmmaking journey so far, the evolving film scene in Kazakhstan and how genre filmmaking can be used to explore sensitive subjects.
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Zar
A schoolgirl becomes the target of a sinister music teacher who uses dark magic to assault his victims from afar.
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Nightmare Shorts 2026: Winner + Finalists
Discover the short film picked by our jury - Caleb Phillips, Nikyatu Jusu and Rob Savage - as our first-ever Nightmare Shorts winner.
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Pen Mari
In the desperate search for a horse’s skull to lead an ancient folk procession, a man is drawn into the black market for animal body parts.
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The Dysphoria
A trans woman performs a Satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice
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The Littles
When 11 year old Juliet stubs her toe on a loose floorboard, she unwittingly sets off a series of mysterious events.
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Don't Be Afraid
A tormented photographer makes a comeback with freshly taken photos at the very location where his son once disappeared. During the exhibition, visitors suddenly realize that there's someone lurking in the background of several photos.
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She Raised Me
When a struggling writer discovers he’s dating the son of his favorite actress, he’ll do anything to make (and keep) a meaningful connection.
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Taga
Vivi, a third-culture Filipina-American, travels to the Philippines to reconnect with her roots, but falls in with a group of Western eco-volunteers. When they scorn the customs of a remote mountain village, an ancient evil comes knocking.
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Alien Culture
West London, 1979: as racial tensions boil over, a British Indian man sets out to protect his little brother from skinheads, only to find the truth is far from what he expected.
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Flock
When the sheep population of a tight-knit farming community mysteriously vanish, an elderly Shepherd becomes the target of suspicion and anger when his meagre flock are miraculously untouched by this freak event.
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The Distance Between Us and the Sky
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50€ he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
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A Collection of Short Films Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day
Quechua and Aymara filmmaker Sisa Quispe curates a playlist of short films to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day
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URPI: Her Last Wish
A young Peruvian-American travels to the Sacred Valley of the Incas to fulfill a promise to her grandmother.
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One of Those
When a barber’s ordinary workday is interrupted by a man from her past, a seemingly simple haircut raises an unsettling question: do he recognise her, and if so, why is he there?
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Shorts Weekly Has Moved to Substack
Our newsletter has a new home and a new (old) name: Short of the Week.
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Le Chevreuil (The Roe Deer)
Overwhelmed by her family life, a woman abandons her husband and children for an afternoon in pursuit of a roe deer.
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Don't Puke
A partygoer must find her way home without puking.
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Jesus 2
In the future no one can die and no one wants to live anymore. Two space pirate brothers must destroy an evil messiah to break the curse of immortality and deliver Humanity to its final resting place.