Borom Baax, 12min., Senegal
Directed by Georges Diodji Ndour
On a Saturday night, Papis, a lonely 35-year-old gas station attendant, comes home hungry and broke.

JUST BEING NICE, 5min., Argentina
Directed by Jeronimo Geldart
Late at night, a woman stops at an almost empty gas station. What begins as a brief, ordinary interaction slowly turns unsettling as a man’s presence reshapes the space. Through silence, proximity, and small gestures, Just Being Nice ...

CROWDED RIVER, 9min., Australia
Directed by Andrew M Sully
When Jane, a mid-career novelist racing a looming deadline, accepts a last-minute dog-sitting stay in a secluded riverside home — the perfect hideout to finish her book, or so she thinks — ordinary moments begin to feel charged with uneas...

NATURAL MEANS, 14min., USA
Directed by Leo Magnus Mousseau
As they drive into the night, a man attempts to control the dynamic between himself, a younger woman, and a vengeful corpse.

BARRAGE, 43min., Italy
Directed by Emanuele Filiberto D'Andrea
The red thread linking Thailand and 1980s Colombia is formed by the blood spilled by bullets. Between past and present, Kitt will face difficult choices to survive, but perhaps in the smoke of battle he will find a family.

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HIGHER, 20min., Italy
Directed by Michael Carlo Allen
A group of Sicilian teenagers spend an evening discussing life and art.

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I wanted to work in a specific genre that I hadn't worked...

FIVE STARS, 23min., USA
Directed by Demetrius Joyette
A retired veteran finds transitioning into civilian life tough, when a woman with a big problem enters his RideShare begging the question, can you really escape fate?

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Learning to Cuss, 4min., USA
Directed by Corey Foxx
Two young boys decide it is time to learn the ways of speaking like an adult.

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The Offering, 3min., Canada
Directed by Banpreet singh

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The Edge of Silence, 3min., USA
Directed by Maricar Bella
"The Edge of Silence" explores a woman's twenty-year journey to reconcile with her mother's suicide. Haunted by the consuming "silence of the deep," she navigates a bustling city whose overwhelming noise becomes a reflection of her interna...

The Harpies, 4min., Canada
Directed by Rogan Lovse
The Harpies was written, filmed, and edited in 48 hours as part of the 2024 Run N Gun: Vancouver's 48 hour Film Competition. Winner of the Run N Gun's Best Cinematography and Best Art awards, as well as, being nominated for Best Picture, Best Edi...

THE FRUIT, 5min., USA
Directed by Eric C Player
Ted Wilson has a chip on his shoulder about aliens. Space Aliens. What he doesn't know could kill him.

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Soul of a free woman, 1min., Poland
Directed by Magdalena Kołodziej-Olszewska
A personal transgression illustrating the universal oppression of women.

TRAPPED, 4min., USA
Directed by Olivia Minn
Trapped is an award-winning short film by Olivia Minn, recipient of a Gold Key in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her memoir and an Honorable Mention for this film.

https://www.trappedfilm2026.com/

OPPS, 1min., USA
Directed by Wallis Liu
Inside a crowded claw machine, an orange doll is rejected by his purple peers because of his color and an uncontrollable, embarrassing habit. When the giant metal claw drops, the group selfishly shoves the outcast into the center as a sacrifice. However, th...

INTERNAL COLOR, 16min., USA
Directed by Davïd Asambadze, Anastasïa Asambadze
A troubled woman reconnects with her unborn child.

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Biggity Baggity Boo: Enter The Bagaverse, 3min., USA
Directed by Jeremiah Williams
After a devastating storm destroys their family farm in Normieville, USA, Harold, a hardworking farmer and devoted father, meets a mysterious, talking blue bag named Baby Blickey.

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BLACK SPACE DIGGER, 4min., Austria
Directed by Bernhard Riegler, Heinz Sambs
When money is no object, art is the answer. In honor of Rene Benko—Austria's fallen investment star—who blew €2.7 billion.

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GARDEN VALLEY, 28min., USA
Directed by Manuel Navarro
Inspired by the horrific Mann family murders of spring 1988, Garden Valley follows two friends lost in a haze of hard rock, reckless choices, drugs, and volatile romance. Set against the bleak landscape of the Garden Valley trailer park on San...

A DANCE AWAY, 14min., USA
Directed by Maxwell Gilbert
A Dance Away tells the story of Ava, a college dancer who breaks her ankle during a performance a few months prior. Still traumatized and scared to go back on stage, her best friend, Riley, gives her a strange necklace, which mysteriously tran...

Hephaestus and Aphrodite, 8min., USA
Directed by Daniel R. Allen
In the Ancient Greek myths from old antiquity, many songs were sung of Hephaestus and Aphrodite. Their fraught marriage, full of jealousy and wrath, spurred each other Into lies and betrayal. But the muse’s whisper of another tale. ...

RED CLOUD: A NEW DAY, 80min., USA
Directed by Alex Kruz
Based on Red Cloud Comic Book Issues 1-6. Vigilante contractor Jake Red Cloud wages a covert war against the Yakuza sponsored human trafficking in the golden triangle. Retaliation by the criminal organization strips Jake of his family, forci...

THE LAST RECKONING, 102min., Canada
Directed by Garnet Campbell
A prestigious attorney colludes with his impulsive brother to hide a manslaughter, but when an innocent is charged, their plans spiral out of control, leading to moral reckoning and inevitable judgment.

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THE SEA, 10min., Canada
Directed by Son Roberts
This experimental short film is a "Jazz Monologue" presented by an elusive oracle. Through rage and reflection, incendiary prose and inspirational poetry, he reminds us of the legacy of lies that define our human journey. And he insists that we embr...