LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Screenings, filmmaker conversations, industry panels, red carpet moments, and award-winning independent cinema came together at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles as the 6th Annual Indie Short Fest brought together standout voices from 23 countries.
Indie Short Fest proudly announces the 2025–2026 Annual Award Winners, celebrating excellence in independent filmmaking.
A woman’s search for her mother’s lost wedding ring along a windswept coastline becomes an intimate exploration of grief and reconnection.
This film focuses on the act of prostration as both a physical and spiritual gesture. Through repetition, rhythm, and minimal variation, the film transforms a simple action into a cinematic language. It is not about narrative progression, but about endurance, presence, and transformation. Directed by Hua Zeng (USA)
Linked is a surreal dark comedy about Jordan, a man slowly losing his identity to the performative chaos of LinkedIn.Comment
Strip music down to its bones — remove the melodies, the harmonies, the drums, the studio gloss — and what
An experimental short film driven by an evocative original score, where sound shapes tension, perception, and visual form. Through minimal
Kate Andrews is in a psychologically brutal relationship but by chance an outer influence could either help pull her out
Longline – A 2017 lab bench time capsule: two medical students script a message of longing to their future selves,
Dan didn’t plan on a first date leading him here, to a horse, a stranger’s quiet desperation, and a night
The new King is poisoned at his birthday dinner by his conniving courtiers as he reveals their secrets and threatens
After a decade of rejection and frustration in the film industry, Pedro, an actor on the verge of collapse, finally
Artist James Magee spent over forty years building installation in the West Texas desert, El Paso. Often working alone or