Premiering at HollyShorts, "Voices from the Abyss" is a black-and-white portrait of Acapulco’s La Quebrada Cliff Divers, highlighting their ritual and resilience through voice-over and shared tradition.
Alexander Thompson’s latest short, "Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting", brings a gothic, 1930s-set fable to life at HollyShorts 2025. Starring Milly Shapiro and Pollyanna McIntosh, the film explores generational tension and societal pressure through dark, mythic storytelling.
Premiering at HollyShorts, Erin Brown Thomas’s 30-minute “oner” Chasers tackles exploitation, agency, and the fine line between performance and authenticity.
Filmmaker Urvashi Pathania confronts colorism and toxic beauty standards through surreal horror in her short film "Skin," premiering at HollyShorts.
"Mr. Robot" writer Kor Adana premieres "One Last Round", a moving sci-fi short on grief, AI, and legacy, starring Jake McDorman and Ana Cruz Kayne.
Selected for HollyShorts, "Window Cleaners" by Sylvie Weber captures the quiet moral dilemmas of undocumented workers through emotionally precise, restrained storytelling.
Premiering at HollyShorts, Isaac Kasende’s "Belinda" blends magic and realism to explore greed, inequality, and class through the eyes of hotel workers who discover a mysterious cash-spewing machine.
Letitia Wright’s "Highway To The Moon" premieres at HollyShorts as a tender, dreamlike debut celebrating the inner lives of young Black boys.
A rational mind can’t always make sense of an emotional loss, as Etzu Shaw reveals through the quiet devastation of "Killing Jar".
An intimate portrait of family resilience in the Venezuelan crisis.
Ryan Farhoudi’s "Road Kill" debuts at HollyShorts 2025, transforming a simple act of goodwill into a harrowing highway thriller that showcases the grit and collaboration of independent filmmaking.
Guy Trevellyan’s debut short "Plastic Surgery" premieres at HollyShorts, using Anna Popplewell’s performance to deliver a visually striking warning about the human impact of plastic pollution.
Ali Cook’s “The Pearl Comb,” a HollyShorts selection, weaves Victorian folklore and feminist themes into the story of a female doctor posing as a witch to defy societal suppression.
Sharon Chetrit’s "Soup", premiering at HollyShorts, transforms postpartum silence into a surreal kitchen nightmare through practical effects and haunting sound design.
Jennifer van Gessel’s "Ver. Fine Day" brings a gothic, risk-taking twist to Anne Lister’s story, premiering at HollyShorts.
Actor-turned-director Kim Blanck debuts "Gloria" at HollyShorts, a tender, film-shot portrait of her mother’s later-life journey that celebrates memory, identity, and the joy of aging.
