Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
Learn more about the 6 nominees for Best Short of March 2026, contenders for the special jury awards of this season. Winners across all competition categories will be officially announced soon.
It’s an end of the world… and Sean wants to write a book. He doesn’t know why or how, but
After midnight, a boy discovers an icy creature in his freezer that scavenges and reshapes discarded scraps into fragile forms.
Written by Sara Reshamwala
Two hype-beast “Park Boys” explore the joys of the park and all that the park has to offer, as they
Malik, a former NFL free safety whose career ended in injury, has quietly rebuilt his life, teaching middle school literature
After an STI diagnosis derails her confidence, a young woman spirals through a series of increasingly chaotic and humiliating events:
Too often relegated to the background of an imaginary world historically shaped and dominated by men, the Rodeo Cowgirl here
A poetic AI-created film about love and hope quietly buried beneath the ruins of war — yet still alive, still
A cinematic AI-generated emotional music video exploring resilience, compassion, and the invisible bonds that unite people in times of struggle.The
A grieving bus driver’s day goes from mundane to miraculous. Directed by Maureen Griffin (USA)
Children on a remote beach learn to read the weather—when the wind shifts, the sea returns technological debris to the
Red and Blue move through the rooms of a secluded house beyond the Swiss mountains, following the quiet rhythms of
Arriving on an empty shore while holding a bouquet of dying flowers, lovelorn Julian Hurr enters a neighborhood searching for