Atlanta Shortsfest 2026 Program
May 14 - 16, 2026 at 7 Stages Theater
2026 Venue
Tickets & Passes
Tickets & Passes
Join us May 14 - 16, 2026 at 7 Stages Theater in Little Five Points Atlanta
Tickets & Passes
Tickets & Passes
Tickets & Passes
$15 - Single Shorts Block
$20 - Day Pass
$40 - Three Day Pass
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Shorts 1: Love is a Battlefield
Thursday, May 14 at 5:30 PM:
Cottonmouth - Cole Johnson
DERBY - Aisha Amin
HVAC - Director Jackson McKeehan
Janna Watson - “Undercurrent” - Mike Bernard
R.I.P. Chip - Melodie Rosen
Threadbeat Dad - Crystal Jin Kim
Shorts 2: I'll Be Damned
Thursday, May 14 at 7:30 PM:
Bad Insect - Severin Wessel
Bugaboo - Benjamin Morehead
No Returning - Sue Keeton
Ogun Oru - Christopher Rucinski
Pyre - Dylan Miller
The Damned Thing - Christopher Lewis
Tick - Sam Permar
Shorts 3: Close To Home
Thursday, May 14 at 9:30 PM:
END - Brian Alexander, Nikki Durbin
It’s What He Wanted - Logan Allen
MARKED - Caleb Jermale
Penitence - Josiah Paul
Portrait of a Man in a Box - Eric Walters
The Three Pawns - Che Connor Ethridge
Trigger - James Jones
You’re Not Real - Analiese Danielle Rivera
After Party at El Myr
Thursday, May 14 at 11:30 PM - 21+
1091 Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 (down the street from 7 Stages)
Friday, May 15, 2026
Shorts 4: In These Walls
Shorts 5: No One Gets Out Alive
Shorts 5: No One Gets Out Alive
Friday, May 15 at 5:30 PM:
Hide - Brenden Hubbard
I Wanted To Hear Your Voice - James Pellerito
Knotted - Aaron McLaughlin
Lotusland - Gavin Thagard
My Dearest Mother - Michael Bonello Ghio
Potential Side Effects - Bennett Solomon
The Sum of Its Parts - Logan Smith
Shorts 5: No One Gets Out Alive
Shorts 5: No One Gets Out Alive
Shorts 5: No One Gets Out Alive
Friday, May 15 at 7:30 PM:
Between Dog And Man - Fabian Martin
Former 51 - Jude Smith-D'Oliveira, Jacob Kowal
Knifeman - MP Hayes
Korak - Joshua Romeo
Matchmaker - Jack Floyd
Message to Jacob - Thomas Kennedy Pope
OSSOBUCO - Jakob Bjerkesjö
Repercussion(s) - Kelsey Nerrie
Second Shift - Jackie Moore
The Delivery - Chris Frint
To Have and to Hold - Juan Javier "Javo" Aguirre
Shorts 6: Our Friends and Neighbors
Friday, May 15 at 9:30 PM:
Arrow - Daniel Connell
Athens By Kaleidoscope - Christopher Flippo
Candyflip - Harper Suggs
Half Life - Dustin Jacobs
Last Night - Xinran Gu
Paradise Blue - Brian Lucear
Red, White, Blue & Yellow - Jason Kushner
Sweet and Tender - Alexandros Zambrano
The Hotel Concierge - Adam Fallah
The Lights Between - Anett Castro
Time Will Tell - Peyton Cooper
Visualizing Hope - Kashish Prakash Bhandari
After Party at The Vortex
Friday, May 15 at 11:30 PM - 21+
438 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 (up the street from 7 Stages)
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Shorts 7: Bonding Time
Shorts 8: Past. Present. Future
Shorts 8: Past. Present. Future
Saturday, May 16 at 1:30 PM:
113 Words for You Today - Bo Qing Tang, Lan Zeng
Booze Hound - Damian James Standen
Bound - James Jones
Cryptic Clues - Kit Hafer
Mookie, Mo, and Me - Ryan McInerney
Next Level - Emma Leonard
SAVERIO - Ellen Ancui
The Fount - Kenneth Perkins
Shorts 8: Past. Present. Future
Shorts 8: Past. Present. Future
Shorts 8: Past. Present. Future
Saturday, May 16 at 3:30 PM:
Iridescent - A.B. Osborne
Liberation - Jeff Corpening
Living My Best Afterlife - Kate Dailey
The Awakening - August Falcon
The Lord of All Future Space & Time - Chris Paul Russell
The Space Between - Travis Simmons
The Time Travel Immigration Bureau - Lindsey Susor
Waiting for the End of the World - Jeffrey Hoyt
When The Doorbell Is Ringing - Raphaël Charlier
Shorts 9: What Could Go Wrong
Shorts 10: What's a Girl To Do
Shorts 10: What's a Girl To Do
Saturday, May 16 at 5:30 PM:
Ab-Normal - Sydni Michelle Perry
Alienated! - Andrew Erbskorn
Crickets - Cooper Hardin
Devil's Advocate - Ava Watson
Fuzzysurf’s “Don't Go Overboard” - Tommy Simms
Legend Has It - Thomas Lorber
OH, DEER - Dante Russo, Marjorie Lewit
On the Nose - Thomas Davisson
Physical Touch - Kendra Baude
Ride or Die - Liliana Tandon
The Driving Test! - Drew Taylor
Shorts 10: What's a Girl To Do
Shorts 10: What's a Girl To Do
Shorts 10: What's a Girl To Do
Saturday, May 16 at 7:30 PM:
Christmas IRL - Rochan Liu
Double Delivery - Imani Vaughn-Jones
Mom Walkers - Allison Salinger, Luke Baker
Opting In - Susan Dynner
Self-Tape - Allen Parker
Sleeping Princess - Callie Bacon
Stripper Moms - Tricia Horvath
Sugar - Eden Ohayon, Alexandra Nedved
Wake Up ATL - Greer Howard, Heidi Rew
Shorts 11: Locked In
Saturday, May 16 at 9:30 PM:
Anchors Astray - Marley Yambor
Blood and Water - Lingxi Li
Cherry, Please - Samaria Falone Williams
Huzzah! - Claire Simmons
Ice Cream - Diane Dohler
Lockdown - Director Melanie van Betten Jeffcoat
Pexote Jack: Ohio! - Hoyt Dwyer
The Professional - Harper Suggs
Awards Ceremony
Saturday, May 16 at 11:15 PM
Join us for the 17th Annual Atlanta Shortsfest Awards Ceremony, where standout films from the weekend are recognized across key categories.
Nominees Announced Soon!
Closing Party at The Star Bar
Saturday, May 16 at 11:59 PM - 21+
437 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 (up the street from 7 Stages)
Online Films - May 17 - 31
Check out our Official Online Selections screening May 17 - 31