get shorty

The Short Film Award is presented and sponsored by Filmstarts.de and comes with a prize money of 2.000 euro which goes to the director.

get shorty

The Short Film Award is presented and sponsored by Filmstarts.de and comes with a prize money of 2.000 euro which goes to the director.

Freut euch auf eine neue spannende Ausgabe von GET SHORTY mit freundlichen Monstern, aufgebrachten Geistern, einer beeindruckend großen Vagina und einem 237-jährigen chinesischen Vampir. Diese zehn Kurzfilme kämpfen dieses Jahr um eure Stimme für den begehrten Preis.

2026 – filme

book u can ask ???s

A furious ghost appears in the kitchen of a woman, who spontaneously decides to help him find his murderer. A whodunit adventure begins.

director Casimir Nozkowski
production country & year USA 2025
running time 5:50 min
language english original version

charlie is not a boy

Between his rather plump butcher father and his absent mother, Charlie prefers the company of his eccentric grandmother. He feels expectations and pressure from all sides. What shall he do, where does he belong?

director Pol Kurucz
production country & year USA, Frankreich, Ungarn 2026
running time 13:10 min
language english original version

flock

The sheep in a small farming community mysteriously disappear. Only the flock belonging to an old, reclusive shepherd remains untouched. When the others hear about it, he soon finds himself facing a brutal mob.

director Mac Nixon
production country & year UK 2025
running time 20 min
language english original version

goodbye, monster

For Wilson it’s time to grow up. The monster under his bed comes out to say goodbye. They spend a last night together sharing memories and realising that everything must change at some point.

director Luke Barnett
production country & year USA 2026
running time 7:24 min
language english original version

in the weeds

A perfect yard is the symbol for a perfect life. Rosie and Danny couldn’t be happier, until a bold blue flower messes up their flawless reign. Unfortunately, nothing seems to get rid of this particular weed.

director Tyson Edwards
production country & year USA 2026
running time 9:39 min
language english original version

jealous people are ugly people

His best friend got the job, he wanted himself and Vasilly is furious about it. He absolutely can’t control his feelings and a spiral of ruin starts.

director Theo James Krekis
production country & year UK 2025
running time 10:15 min
language english original version

the last jiangshi

A film student delivers the Taiwanese answer to WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, when he follows with his camera a 237-year-old “Jiangshi”.

director Chih-Chieh Yu
production country & year China, Hongkong, Taiwan 2026
running time 20 min
language mandarin and cantonese original version with english subtitles

man eating pussy

A terminally ill man finds solace in a mysterious prostitute named Kitty, whose transformed body can give carnal pleasure as well as final salvation.

director Emily Lawson
production country & year Kanada, USA 2026
running time 12:34 min
language english original version

the old lady and the eternity

In this futuristic mockumentary a 86-year-old Spanish granny fights against a world of robots. She will not go easy on AI.

director Marc Martínez Jordán
production country & year Spanien 2026
running time 12:23 min
language spanish and english original version with english subitles

square peg in a black hole

After some bad theater rehearsals, assistant Alma hides in the bathroom, where she finds a black hole. She loses herself in it, a place where in several episodes the meaning of life is discussed.

director Ansgar Beck, Leonard Dick
production country & year Deutschland 2025
running time 20 min
language german original version with english subtitles