Body Song ★★★★★ Hollyshorts 2026

Magnetic and gorgeous, Georgia Hudson’s short film Body Song takes us on a drifting exploration of finding yourself when at a crossroads. Violet Savage is exquisite here in this affecting film. Violet (Violet Savage) discovers that she is pregnant. Living in a caravan, she is at a crossroads in her

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Benny’s Second Birthday ★★★★ Hollyshorts 2026

R.J. Glass gives his audience a parental nightmare with his short film Benny’s Second Birthday. Full of rightful paranoia, this is a psychological horror that ticks the right boxes. Little Benny is turning two years old, but when his pregnant mother Claire (Allegra Edwards) starts encountering strangers who seem to

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Fawn ★★★★★ HollyShorts 2026

Molly Mayhew has made an utterly heartbreaking look at childhood trauma with her short stop-motion animation, Fawn. A terrifically sad story backs up gorgeous designs. Exceptional. Following the sudden passing of her parents, Fawn is forced to return to a house she hasn’t called home in a very long time.

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Hide ★★★★★ Hollyshorts 2026

Brenden Hubbard’s short horror film Hide exceptionally uses suspense and world-building to leave audiences terrified for the fates of a father and daughter. Perfectly utilising the themes of grief and routine, this is a must-watch. Still reeling from a tragic loss, a father (Alejandro Rose-Garcia and daughter (Ionie Olivia Nieves)

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The Inheritance ★★★ 1/2 Hollyshorts 2026

The Inheritance is a strong, unsettling short that explores the challenges mixed-race couples face as they delve into their ancestors’ past. Destinee Stewart keeps her audience uncomfortable throughout the fifteen-minute runtime. When Venus (Arie Thompson) joins her wife Harley (Hetty Abbott) on a remote family estate, unsettling visions collapse past

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Aurora ★★★ 1/2 HollyShorts Film Festival 2026

Writer/director Angad Aulakh swings for the fences with his fantastic sci-fi short film Aurora. For the most part, he succeeds, especially visually. It’s a short film that deserves your time. Stranded in the farthest reaches of space. When on a mission, the sole survivor, Freddie (Guy Kent), of a catastrophic

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Bagman ★★★★★ (Short) Fantasia 2026

Connor and Vaughn Gaston’s horror short Bagman brilliantly twists the consequences of wanting a character to check something they really shouldn’t. As the mystery turns to horror, we soon learn that maybe some things are left untouched. A fantastic horror mystery that fills you with dread. Graduate researcher Nat (Sam

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Borbulha (Pimple) ★★★★ (Short) Fantasia 2026

Gloriously absurd, Borbulha (Pimple) throws everything it can to shock and surprise its audience. Director Fernando Alle has made a terrific four-minute short that revels in its body horror. A young boy is having a difficult time in life; getting through school as a young adolescent is hard, but having

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The Intimacy Coordinator (Short) ★★★★★

Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s The Intimacy Coordinator is an intense, gut-wrenching short film. A clever film that grips you with a horrible sense of dread. From beginning to end, this is a sensational short film from a filmmaker whose work becomes essential viewing. Kate (Louisa Connolly-Burnham) is an intimacy coordinator working on

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