Each film is the best of the best of HORROR Short films from around the world in the last year.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Film: Folie Glacée
Best Direction: The Last Christmas
Best Story: Breach
Best Performances: An Anatomy of Grief
Best Cinematography: Praying Mantis
Best Twist Film: Repetition
Best Micro-Short: The Feast (For My Beloved Son)
Best Mystery Film: The Farmhouse
Best Fantasy/Horror Film: The Specter Of Christmas
SEE THE LINEUP OF FILMS:
The Specter Of Christmas, 11min., USA
Directed by Joel Harlow
Official selection of Fantasia 2025 and voted Best Short FIlm at IFS/LA FilmFest 2025 The Specter of Christmas marks the fourth film in the “Old Time Radio” short film series. This time, a holiday adventure loosely based on “T’was the Night Before Christmas” narrated by Paul Giamatti.
REPETITION, 5min., Italy
Directed by Michele Lazzaro
In the middle of the night, over a desolate bridge, a woman is chased by a man. Everything suggests that she is the prey, but in reality she is the hunter: a beautiful vampire who endlessly repeats her trap with the help of her accomplices.
The Feast (For My Beloved Son), 2min., Canada
Directed by Sara Gonzalez Lopez
A loving Mother cooks for her son, who is currently distressed by his father’s disappearance. Once the feast is served, so are answers.
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PRAYING MANTIS, 14min., USA
Directed by Mack Breeden
On the run after abandoning his post, a Confederate soldier takes shelter in the isolated cabin of two women who now find themselves at his mercy.
The Farmhouse, 15min., Australia
Directed by Luke Creely
A young woman, living alone in an isolated rural farmhouse, is haunted one night by a mysterious entity which forces her to confront her inner demons and traumatic past.
AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF, 15min. Canada
Directed by Anthony Joseph Spatafora
A mother grieving the death of her son while being haunted by his corpse.
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BREACH, 3min., Canada
Directed by Ross Langill
A pregnant woman defends her house from two intruders
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Folie Glacée, 11min., Canada
Directed by Louis Rémillard
Eli et Vincent se commandent une collation à la crèmerie locale sans s’attendre aux horreurs qui ruineront leurs rendez-vous en amoureux.
THE LAST CHRISTMAS, 12min., Canada
Directed by Ryan Port
A mischievous 8-year-old girl unleashes a twisted Christmas nightmare, when her plans to capture Santa Claus go horribly wrong.
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