Shorts Attack in August 2026
SUNDANCE Film Festival Short Film Tour 2026
6 films in 100 minutes – with German subtitles
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a curated collection of six standout short films from this year’s Festival, including three Festival Award–winning titles. This 96-minute program offers a mix of stories that highlight bold perspectives and next-gen storytellers.
The program offers a mix of stories that highlight bold perspectives and next-gen storytellers, highlighting the depth of narrative possibilities explored in the short film format. This tour invites audiences across the world to experience a collection of resonant, provocative, tender, and human-centered fiction, nonfiction, and animated shorts that showcase truly dynamic independent storytelling.
The Program:
CRISIS ACTOR
Lily Platt
USA 2026 – 13 min
Live Action
Drama Queen
Fired from her day job, an impulsive actress crashes a support group and spirals into a chaotic night that forces her to face her addiction to drama. – Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction
THE BOYS AND THE BEES
Arielle Knight
USA 2025 – 19 min
Live Action
Education with bees
On an idyllic farm in rural Georgia, Black beekeeping parents tenderly share their knowledge of life, love, and nature with their young sons. – Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction
PANKAJA
Anooya Swamy
USA, India 2025
14 min
Live Action
Familienvatersuche
Pankaja, along with her daughter, Lalli, searches for her missing husband through the city slums of Bangalore to bring him back home.
SAUNA SICKNESS
Malin Barr
Sweden 2026
15 min
Live Action
Love test
Struggling to maintain the peace she mistakes for love, Cleo’s steamy New Year’s Eve plans fissure into a chilling nightmare.
LIVING WITH A VISIONARY
Stephen P. Neary
USA 2026 – 15 min
Animation
Sickness visions
After 50 years of marriage, John must care for his wife while learning to live alongside
her vivid hallucinations. – Short Film Jury Award: Animation.
MARGA EN EL DF
Gabriela Ortega
Dominikanische Republik, Mexico, USA 2025
21 min
Live Action
Surprise!
In the wake of Selena Quintanilla’s murder, Marga’s life takes an unexpected turn at 21 weeks pregnant during a surprise visit to Mexico City.
About Sundance film festival:
“ Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their run time, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is no longer just for the novice. Shorts have and will continue to be an important part of cinema, storytelling, and culture. The Sundance Film Festival has always been proud to treat short films with the highest regard and to give a home to new (and old) projects for audiences to discover and celebrate“.
Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 284 of Shorts Attack!
