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January 22nd – 25th, 2026

BE OUR GUEST AT HOLLYWOOD SHORTSFEST VIRTUAL EVENT

We are thrilled to welcome you to a new edition of our exciting  Virtual Event. 

A celebration of creativity, storytelling, and the power of cinema.

 

Join us to celebrate the magic of Cinema.

Todd & The Toad

By Julia Mücke

Bolbol

By Lucianna Kyriacou

The Trade

By David Kalinauskas

The Promise

By Sushil Bharti

Sirà

By Jason Quinn

Ease of Blue

By Wing Sum Kit

Babyshower

By Anahi de Cárdenas, Karla Bacigalupo

Mom

By Ji Yeon Kim

The Last Musician

By Matt Crick

WAITING

By Aleksandra Bucevac

The Bridge Less Traveled

By Dana Dunton

Ride On

By Aaron Wilhite

Intro To Photography

By Ethan Land

Our Last Summer

By Alannah Wilson

Long Away

By Tilly Bridges, Susan Bridges

Exit Interview

By Yasir Raza

Frisco

By Emilee Bae

The Superintendent

By Evan David Dominguez

In Due Time

By Graeme Wolverton

The End of The World

By Xiaohan Francis Zhang

HORSE

By Akkhiel Nambbiar

Hero’s Journey

By Stan Alger

The Second Woman

By Ian Heng-Yu Hsu

ELEA

By Dylan Flores

Creep

By Grant Walker Simmons

Kumquat!

By Alexandra Morales

Alone on New Year’s Eve

By Le Uyen Thu Nguyen

Windmills

By Otto Lotz Lundberg

I, Elsewhere

By Cheng Jin

Creature Emerging from the Fish Pond

By Meng-Tse Tu

The Return of the Lifeblood

By Arnold Sotomayor

Ghosts of Things to Come

By Germano Sardinha

Father

By Gabriel Constantinescu

“Teslam Idek”- Bless Your Hand

By Joumana Baalbaki

MADE IN X

By Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova

Where Wildflowers Dare Not Pray

By Caroll-Ann Michell Casseres

PINK ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM

By Wakako Sakae

Things I Remember from Summer 2004

By Bat Sa’ar Raviv

Southern Beach

By Laura Baalmann

Cosmicat

By Hyeonji Oh

The Trees Have Eyes

By Charlie Johnson

XyZ

By Eva Baziv

Lazybones

By Douglas Williams

LITTLE BUNNY POOP

By Roméo Nicolas, Stephan Abolin

A Boy Speaks

By Charles Sharman-Cox

Breve Mascarada

By Julio Bracho

Como Se Dice

By GB Shannon

The Geisha and The Gunfighter

By Clint Lilley

Half Life

By Kaare Iverson

The Axe Forgets

By John Christopher

Dog Days

By Leo Stuart Allan

Tears are Part of the Ocean

By Ryner Viray

Get In, Get Out

By Vincent Rosas

Monday

By Babajide Kolawole

Omen

By Thảo Hồ Thanh

The Conversation

By Carlo Caiazzo

Karayr (Cave)

By Neo Apelian

Fireside

By Xiaopei Wang

Soyoko

By Akihiro Toda

Guns in Paradise

By James Boss

When The Doorbell Is Ringing

By Raphaël Charlier

Vessel of Rain

By Yasushi Fuluichi

LUDYAS

By Akis Polizos

Lev Berger

By Jan Fabris

Nostaljia

By Pierre Audouin

Clinical Case

By Ksenia Ishoot

Romas Ruiner

By Jenny Palén

The Wailing Trees

By Gianpiero Mendini

Orwin Award

By Maksym Marchenko

As they pass

By Patrice Masini

Thesis

By Michael Potter

Noah & Nicole

By Margarita Teresa Brodie

A Punch For A Buck

By Jamie Pan

Mothers

By Choukri Rouha

Life Begins

By Oleksii Taranenko

The Boy in Blue

By Lily McGee af Geijerstam-Lindberg

CHIMERA

By Anne Lower

Color of Threads

By Richard L. Ramsey

Where Dead Things Grow

By Emilie Lowe

Testament of a Murdered Woman

By Zacharie Pain

Reditus

By Stephen Bouldin, Michael Kelley

THE HOUSE GIRL

By Siraje Serunjogi

From Her

By Candace West, Nick Sagar

Who will take care of you when you’re old?

By Sašo Dudić

The Abuser

By Sienna Sirkka Wolke

Trucco and Parrucco

By Martín De León

The Oldest

By Cathlin McCullough

Hello Stranger

By Amélie Hardy

DISORDER (2025)

By Joshua Meszaros

Toxic Fumes: Gaza Under Siege

By Mohammed Mustafa Sawwaf

Alice

By Gabriel Novis

San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales

By Francisco Herrera

Faithful Defenders

By Barbara Jean Hall

Forgotten Flavors

By Kimberly Calvert

Embers – Ten Years Of Looking Back At Cameroon Cigar Lounge

By Matt Helderman

Dying for Water

By Omoregie Osakpolor

NINETY ONE

By Marc Levy, Marc Salomon

The Rebel Reef: Seeds of Hope

By Brynne Eliza Rardin, Patrick Joseph Krum

A Special Russian Truth

By Jonathan Gruber

Chinese Take-Out

By Hoang Larsen

C.Y.A

By Guy Lifshitz

ATTACK OF THE COAT

By Lola-Rose Maxwell

Dry January

By C.J. Arellano

Pining

By David Jaffe

Battle Of Mole Hill

By Joey Brooks

Heat Me

By Kelly Sarri

The Chili Score

By Vinny & Ron

The Moneyshot

By Phillip Darlington

F Minor

By Josh Litman

A Fence Is A Fence Of Course

By Jeff Alper

Buckets

By Drew van Steenbergen

Night Shift at Ned’s

By Hagen Mattingly

The Big Fight

By Bobby Tucker

Nice To Meet You

By Kim Acquarelli

What’s Happening

By Omar Hashem

KAYAK

By Shel Yan

LA JET

By Chris Merrill

Euclidean Man

By Sebastian Pappalardo

Christine Shine On

By Shana Nielsen

SHINING YELLOW

By Shana Nielsen

Sarah Shafey – Messin Around

By Maarten Colenbrander

N/A

By Jessie Chuang

Pest Kontrol

By Brendan Miles

Quench

By Ande Case

Sound of the Doldrums

By Richard Lukacs

Nondecomposable

By Tobin Carter

Fender

By Jy Prishkulnik, Sophie Anne Miller

Send

By Matthew Quaid

Dry Stone

By Vitaly Flipgraf

THE MORTICIAN’S DAUGHTER

By Elwood Quincy Walker

Lochia

By Adon Rackson

PAST EVENTS

SESSION 1 – THE WEIGHT OF ECHOES

  • ROUGE by Jason Boussioux | France
  • MINE by Kaja Sajdak | Poland
  • UNSTOPPABLE BEAT by Luke Dye-Montefiore, Rufus Dye-Montefiore | United Kingdom
  • TAYAL FOREST CLUB by Laha Mebow | Taiwan
  • CLAY by Max Baker | United States
  • TERESA, STATION B by Katharina Sporrer | Germany

 

SESSION 2 – SONIC RHYTHMS

  • THE HARVESTER by Gavin Bradley, Andrew Allen | United States
  • HAND JOB by Davis Cameron Chu, Meezahn Senbetta | United States
  • STAY OUT OF THE SUN by Zola Franchi, Vivienne Ayres, Nidhi Kumar | United States
  • A PLACE AT THE OPERATING TABLE by Melissa Huerga Malillos, Alicia Dyke, Brandon O’Larey | United States
  • ONGOSF: DERIVATIVE BULLSHIT by Ryan Nels Pontillo | United States
  • LAMENTO by Diego Contreras | United States
  • BOTTLE GEORGE by Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi | Japan
  • MOVING PARTS by Hugo Docking | United Kingdom

 

SESSION 3 – FRAGMENTS OF REALITY

  • AMARELA by André Hayato Saito | Brazil
  • INTERNAL EMBERS by Alec Tufenkjian | United States
  • HANSEL & GRETEL by Yiru Deng | United States
  • THE LAST WILD BIRD IN HEAVEN by Jenny Nirgends | United States
  • CHILDREN OF LIGHT by Minkyu Kang | United States
  • CURA SANA by Lucía G. Romero | Spain
  • BROTHER AND BASSIST by Rebecka Store | Finland
  • CHAMPIONS by Asher and Aaron Goldenberg | United States
  • STUDENT ACCOMPLICE by Spencer Baird | United States
  • KID NATURE by James Moutsos | United States

 

SESSION 4 – SHORT AND SWEET

  • TO THE MOON by Paul Pierantozzi | United States
  • BIBI’S DOG IS DEAD by Shervin Kermani | Canada
  • COLD SODA by Huayi Yu | United States
  • JUST BE AWESOME by Ed Kear, Cringo Williamson | United Kingdom
  • PRISM by Gina Hara | Canada
  • BARDO by Mishki Vaccaro | Canada
  • UNMASKING by Aubree Bernier-Clarke | United States
  • THE SURGICAL TREATMENT by David Gray | United States
  • OW. by Laura Delhauer, Jack Merline | United States
  • LOVE’S LAST STAND by Sam Stewart | United States
  • ROCK by Shania Zhou, Julia Edwards | United States

 

SESSION 5 – FALLING IN

  • CRUST by Jens Kevin Georg | Germany
  • PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle| United States
  • THE BABY PROJECT by Proof Schubert Reed | United States
  • THE SERENA VARIATIONS by Warren Fischer | United States
  • MEET ME IN CHINATOWN by Jerry Hsiao, Anna Sophie Loewenberg | United States
  • OLLI by Jeroen Mourmans | Netherlands
  • THE STOLEN RIDE by Masha Mollenhauer | Germany
  • BAHAMAS by Maxime Bultot | Belgium

 

SESSION 6 – FRAMES OF THEM

  • ROOM TAKEN by TJ O’Grady-Peyton | Ireland
  • PUNCTURE by Evan Elbeaini-Dixon | Australia
  • WORKS GREAT ON GIRLS by David Vassiliev | Canada
  • THE FUSE by Kevin Haefelin | United States
  • DARCINE’S DAY by Aaron Goffman | United States
  • THE SUMMER AFTER by Marisa Andrea Hardwicke | United States
  • EIGHT by Cole Maslansky | United States
  • AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES by Parker Croft | United States
  • FUEL by Marc Cleary | United States
  • FARMERS!? by Freddie Leyden | Ireland

 

SESSION 7 – ON THE EDGE

  • A LONG NIGHT AHEAD by Julien Bernard-Simmonds | Belgium
  • LEMON TREE by Rachel Walden | United States
  • OPEN DOOR by Kevin Cate | United States
  • CRAZY THESE DAYS by Tara Karsian | United States
  • THE MEETING SPOT by Lauren Sick | United States
  • PORTRAIT OF A GRIEVING HOUSEWIFE by Yana Alliata | United States
  • EDGE OF SPACE by Jean de Meuron | United States
  • RAINDOG by Euan Munro | United Kingdom
  • WHAT YOU DON’T SEE by Thad Nurski | United States
  • CHICKEN BONES by Abby Waters | United States
  • PIECES OF CENTRAL PARK by Peter Sluszka | United States

SESSION 1 – THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES

  • THE NIGHT DOCTRINE by Almudena Toral, Mauricio Rodriguez Pons | United States
  • THE RECORD by Jonathan Laskar | Switzerland
  • VEILS AROUND US by Timm Gillner | Germany
  • BALANCE by Tim Kellner | United States
  • MUNCH by Michael Byrne | Australia
  • ALFRED by Nikolas Meyberg | Germany
  • DIARY OF AN ILLNESS BY Mika Ruskin | Israel
  • APPETITE by Peiying Wang | United Kingdom
  • BODYLANDS by Sarah McColgan | United States
  • ENTROPY by Matan Portnoy | Israel
  • FITTING IN by Apoorva Gaitonde | United States
  • BAIT by Nancy-Bleu Hwang | United States
  • THE LAST EMBRACE by Diego Contreras | United States
  • SHATTERING STARS by Peter Galison | United States
  • 4801 NIGHTS by Laurence Michel | France

 

SESSION 2 – AS GOOD AS IT GETS

  • ENGELSTAN by Manu Coeman | Belgium
  • THE WINTER JOURNEY by Yifan Sun | Poland
  • ADIEU GASTON BY Victor Guilbaud | France
  • CALL ME MATTHEW by Remy Cayuela | France
  • GOOD BOY by Tom Stuart | United Kingdom
  • THINGS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN by Joshua Kaufman | United States
  • ALWAYS by Thomas V DeGrezia | United States

 

SESSION 3 – BRAVEHEART

  • THE STEAK by Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi | Iran
  • ISTINA (Truth) by Tamara Denić | Germany
  • BOGOTÁ STORY by Esteban Pedraza | Colombia
  • EL CAMPO by Octavio Pisano | Mexico
  • MOTHER by Salomon Ligthelm | Ukraine
  • A SHORT TRIP by Erenik Beqiri | Albania
  • HANGMAN by Sam Upton | United States
  • MARIUPOL. A HUNDRED NIGHTS by Sofiia Melnyk | Ukraine

 

SESSION 4 – AMERICAN BEAUTY

  • THE NECTAR INSTEAD by Yoo Lee | United States
  • STILL SCATTERED by Dominic Burgess, Jeff Lorch | United States
  • SHARED SPACES by Collin Black | United States
  • NICE CAR by kiyan ahmadi | United States
  • MIRACLE WOOD by Johnny Rey Diaz | United States
  • GROUP C by Imran J Khan | United States
  • ASKING FOR IT by Christy Lee Hughes | United States
  • THE HEART OF TEXAS by Gregory JM Kasunich | United States
  • YOU’RE DOING GREAT by Sam Kellman | United States

 

SESSION 5 – SCREAM

  • STAINS by Joseph Burch | United States
  • COME HOME by Mike Pecci | United States
  • CATACOMBS by Chad Cunningham | United States
  • WAKE by Sean Carter | United States
  • MARBLES by Kyle Hatley | United States
  • STOLEN BIKE – SAM ISLAND by Ryan Pham, Shauna Presto | United States
  • UPSIDE by Sean Cartwright | United States

 

SESSION 6 – TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

  • A FRAGILE HEAVEN by Patrick Skehill | United States
  • VOTUM by Kornelia Takacs | Hungary
  • MONDAY MOURNING by Dustin Kahia | United States
  • CHIPPER by Shaun MacLean | United States
  • THE NOT SO FLIGHTLESS, FLIGHTLESS BIRD by Abey Lin | United States
  • LE REPAS DES ANIMAUX by Olivier Barthelemy | France
  • THE DISPLACED by Deluxion Mohan | United States

 

SESSION 7 – GOOD WILL HUNTING

  • THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING by Sheila Nevins | United States
  • THAT’S HOW THE SUMMER ENDED by Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia
  • DADDY by Ella Knorz | Germany
  • MEMORIES OF A MOBSTER by Gaston Cohen Guindi | Mexico
  • KITES by Liezl Bitas | United States
  • SEOUL SWITCH by Liann Kaye | United States
  • DISCONNECT by Riley Wadden | Canada
  • COUNT MY LOV3 by Ewa Japola | Poland

 

SESSION 8 – STAND BY ME

  • HOW TO CRY ON COMMAND by Wylie Anderson | United States
  • STATIONHEADS by Stu Gamble | Hungary
  • FATE VS. ELENA by Laura Sedlak | United States
  • SLIPPERS by Mark Ryan Walberg | United States
  • THE FOOL by Jonathan Primo Ruiz | United States
  • THE LAST DISSMISAL by Jowaher Alamri | Saudi Arabia
  • I’M ON FIRE by Michael Spiccia | United States

BLOCK 1 – LOVE

  • BYE BYE by Amélie Bonnin | France
  • PANDAS IN LOVE by Elena Pilar Nyffeler | Germany
  • I NEED TO SEE YOU by Danny Sangra | France
  • COCOON LOVE by Xiaowen Wang | United States
  • HATING BECKETT by Matthew Gossin | United States
  • IF I FALL FOR YOU by Olivia Mitchell, Kerry Furrh | United States
  • CAROLINE ROSE – THE ART OF FORGETTING by Samuel Aaron Bennett | United States
  • JUST BEFORE by Sylvain Bressollette | France
  • ON MY MIND by Martin Strange-Hansen | Denmark

 

BLOCK 2 – FREEDOM

  • STARFUCKERS by Antonio Marziale | United States
  • S1NGULAR by Ramon J. Goni | United States
  • KING MAX by Adèle Vincenti-Crasson | France
  • WHEN WE WERE KIDS by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu | New Zealand
  • TOUGH by Taylor Ferguson | Australia
  • TARNEIT by John Sheedy | Australia
  • MARBLE WORMS by Juliana Betancourth | United States
  • JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE AT RIKERS by Elena Francesca Engel | United States
  • RICK’S POTENTIAL (AND OTHER THEORIES ABOUT DEATH) by Armando D. Hernández | Spain

 

BLOCK 3 – BEAUTY

  • WOMEN OF BURDEN by Kevin Casey, Sean Casey | United States
  • THE SANDS BETWEEN by Aidan Tanner | Canada
  • BIG TIME by Kimberly Stuckwisch | United States
  • IMPETO by Juan Ruy Castaño | Colombia
  • THE CLOCKWORK OF SUNFLOWERS by Albane Bisleau, Sarah El Karkouri, Valentine Gaffinel, Rokiatou Konate, Marie Schnakenbourg | France
  • DU BOUT DES DOIGTS by Léo Poignard | France
  • FOUND by Shuhao Tse | United States

 

BLOCK 4 – TRUTH

  • A GUERRA FINITA by Simone Massi | Italy
  • THE FORBIDDEN ZONE by Zach Tolchinsky | United States
  • FRONTIER by Xiaopeng Zhu | China
  • MIDDLE WATCH by John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden | United Kingdom
  • YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING by Hannah Jacobs | United Kingdom
  • SHIFTING POINT by Nori Shirasu | United States
  • THE BIRD & THE WHALE by Carol Freeman | Ireland
  • DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS by Antonin Niclass | United Kingdom
  • PERIOD DRAMA by Anushka Tina Nair, Lauryn Anthony | United States
  • CART WRANGLER by Rose Marcello, Max Smith, Gabriel Sgandurra | United States
  • SELECTION PROCESS by Carla Pereira | Spain
  • AKANKSHA ON THE PLANET by Apoorva Rege | India
  • LITTLE BABY (PEARL DERRINGER FEATURING MARGO PRICE) by Kimberly Stuckwisch | United States
  • RIDE OR DIE (BOYS NOIZE & KELSEY LU FEAT. CHILLY GONZALES) by Art Camp, Danae Gosset, Danica Tan | United States
  • LIONESS by Arrad Rahgoshay | United States
  • YOUR KID by Sergi Castella | United States
  • GET READY. OFF TO THE FEAST by Lamara Sogomonian | Russia

 

BLOCK 5 – FEAR

  • BOYHOARDER by Gabrielle Carrubba | United States
  • THE LAKE by Joey Greene | United States
  • CRIMSON TIES by Francesca Kingsland Scorsese | United States
  • DARKER by Frank Van Den Bogaart | Belgium
  • THE MAID by Kristin Goodman | United States
  • DYSMORPHIA by Amy Geist | United States
  • HAMMER by Orlando Cicilia III | United States
  • WORST CASE SCENARIO by Raffaele Vesco | United States
  • FOG OF WAR by Steven Lundgren | United States

 

BLOCK 6 – TRUST

  • A DARK MOMENT OF FAITH by Zornitsa Dimitrova | Germany
  • DECENT PEOPLE by Maxime Roy | France
  • MITOTE by Érika Gagné | Canada
  • TECATA by Mario Theodosio Gallegos | United States
  • PRECIOUS HAIR AND BEAUTY by John Ogunmuyiwa | United Kingdom
  • HOLD THE LIGHTHOUSE by Thomas Soto | Canada
  • ONCE UPON A TIME by Athena Russell | Canada
  • SWALLOW FLYING TO THE SOUTH by Mochi Lin | United States

 

BLOCK 7 – ADRENALINE

  • HARDBOILED by Peter Sluszka | United States
  • BATHROOM TIME by Sara June | United States
  • SAVE THE WATERMELON by Christopher W. Smith | United States
  • BORDER by Khalifa Al Thani | Qatar
  • IKARUS by Shaun Escayg | United States
  • HOW TO MAKE A GHOST by Jared Hogan | United States
  • WALTZ OF THE ANGELS by Braden Barton | United States
  • A WOLF IN THE DARK by Naomi Grand | France

BLOCK 1 – LOUDER & LOUDER

  • SAVE RALPH by Spencer Susser | United States
  • BARKING ORDERS by Alex Tullo | United States
  • BRAKE by Aja M Weary, Amanda Richardson | United States
  • BOY SCIENTIST by Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia | United States
  • NEVER LAND by Jee Suk Kim | United States
  • DRAINING by Weichi Chen | United States
  • ESCALATION by Jake Yun | United States
  • ARTMINUTE1 – THE PERFECT SELFIE by Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen | Denmark
  • EXISTENCE by Wenjia Shou | China
  • PORT by Andrew Lehman | United States
  • A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR PEOPLE LONELIEST IN THEIR OWN HOMES by Daniel Lobb | United States
  • JULIET by Angie Su | United States
  • SIMULACRA by Curry Sicong Tian | United States
  • NOT JUST A NAME by De’Onna “Tree” Young-Stephens | United States
  • 26 SECONDS by Kelly Galindo | United States
  • SPACESHIP by Jorge G. Camarena | United States
  • SWEET POTATOES by Rommel Villa Barriga | United States

 

BLOCK 2 – RITES OF PASSAGE

  • FEELING THROUGH by Doug Roland | United States
  • THE WIND PHONE by Kristen Gerweck | United States
  • ENDING. by James Lees | United States
  • SHEEP HILLS by Sam Gostnell | United States
  • LAST SEEN by Nathan Ginter | United States
  • APART, TOGETHER by Olivia Hang Zhou | United States
  • NO LAW, NO HEAVEN by Kristi Hoi | United States

 

BLOCK 3 – LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH

  • SHORT CALF MUSCLE by Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands
  • LOVE & OTHER MENTAL DISORDERS by Ben Ulm | Australia
  • A KILLER SECRET by Bettina Bresnan | United States
  • LUCKY UNDIES by Sam Silverstein | United States
  • SNORRIE by Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands
  • I AM THE NEW ADJANI by Khady N’Diaye | France
  • DANIEL by Jordan Allen-Dutton | United States
  • SECOND HAND by Omar Juarez | United States
  • DOLLAR 2 THE RICH by Lewis T Powell | United States
  • RECRUTE-MOI by Gael Leforestier | France