LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Aleem Bukhari’s “Karmash,” a Pakistani experimental horror blending ancestral memory, cultural identity, and magic realism, is named Best Short of October 2026 at Indie Short Fest.
Festival alumnus Dale Fabrigar’s “Boatlift 9/11,” Disney+-acquired “Brown Bread,” and Oscar-qualified “Drowning” receive October 2026 Awards of Excellence at Indie Short Fest.
Three distinctive screenplays explore emotional neglect, enduring affection, grief, and the ties between memory and identity across the October 2026 competition.
We are pleased to unveil the award winners of October 2026 edition. The full list is presented below in two
Act Write Here joins FilmVault and Dehancer among Indie Short Fest’s partners, providing monthly Best Short Script winners with a complimentary one-year subscription to its virtual table-read platform.
A young boy named A Ran is trapped in the paradox between reality and dreams. Obsessed with images, he longs
Since I was very young, I have been contemplating the destination of life. I dissolve into the unfamiliar ten thousand
Directed by Neegan Sioui Trudel (Canada)
Where the Yellow Bird Lives is a short film about memory, displacement, and the longing for a home that survives
A breakup sends a young woman back to the New York City house party where it all began, with only
In the cold autumn of 2018, four years before the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement in Iran, the government unexpectedly raised