14 short films · 102 minutes · one afternoon in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Filmmakers, friends, and the Montreal short-film community packed the venue. Q&A, panel, and reception ran end-to-end. Below — a glimpse of what the day actually looked like.
Opening title card — venue ready before doors opened.
Audience settling in during the opening block.Film #11 on screen — full-bleed projection.Mid-program — focus in the room.Venue lighting during the screening block.Reception — the room kept its energy until the lights came up.The team after wrap. Onto the next season.
About
We believe in the power of short stories.
Unlike feature films, short films give creators a limited amount of time to engage the audience and fully develop characters and their stories. That constraint is where the craft lives.
Our final goal: build an anthology in the style of Love, Death & Robots and Black Mirror — each episode a unique, non-repeatable plot — for further collaboration with streaming platforms like Netflix.
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Genre Categories
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Awards & Prizes
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Stories Welcome
Submission Categories
We are looking for these types of short films.
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Experimental Short
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Animation Short
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Drama Short
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Thriller Short
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Horror Short
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Comedy Short
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Documentary Short
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Sci-Fi Short
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Non-Dialogue Short
Official Selection — 2025 / 2026
14 films. One night. Montreal voices on screen.
From 135 submissions, our jury selected 14 short films for the May 28 afternoon showcase in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Each carries the Official Selection mark of the 2025 — 2026 edition.
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you & me: together towards the passing of time
Dylan · 2 min · Montréal
Best Short Screenplay
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Footprints in Time
Julia · 2 min · Montréal
Best First-Time Director · Best Cinematography
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Stone Age
Timothée · 4 min · Montréal
Best Comedy
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Dérailler
Marielle · 4 min · Montréal
Best Experimental
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Be-Living in The Ocean
Craig · 4 min · Montréal
Best Experimental
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Soldier(s)
David · 6 min · Montréal
Best Comedy
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My Roommate
Dylan · 6 min · Montréal
Best First-Time Director
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Mia's Secret
Nico · 8 min · Montréal
Best Comedy
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Orange Skies: Canada's Wildfire Crisis
Chichi · 9 min · Montréal
Best Documentary · Best First-Time Director
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You On The Right
Lakshen · 9 min · Montréal
Best First-Time Director
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Vox Femina
Léa · 10 min · Montréal
Best Documentary
Poster coming soon
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Through your eyes
Mariane · 12 min · Montréal
Best First-Time Director
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Comme Dans Les Fous de Bassan
Léa-Maude · 12 min · Montréal
Best Documentary
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Mpamosavy
Arielle · 14 min · Montréal
Best Film
Short Films under 20 minutes will be given preferences.
Live Showcase
May 28, 2026 — Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
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May 2026
14:00 — 17:00 (afternoon showcase)
4264 Rue Sainte-Catherine E Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, QC, H1V 3R6
The celebration of our 2025 — 2026 edition takes place across an afternoon of cinema, conversation, and craft.
Q&A with selected filmmakers
Discussion panel on short-form storytelling
Showcase of the season's best works
Networking with industry guests
Filmmakers included in the screening are notified 4 weeks prior to the event.
There are no restrictions on theme, genre or techniques.
Films must have been produced after 1 / 1 / 2018.
Submissions in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.
Submitters must own the rights of the submitted projects.
The festival has the rights to utilize excerpts (trailer / teaser / poster / stills) for promotional purposes only. We will not in any circumstances make your movie available online.
Distributor may ask for special discounts.
Short films under 20 minutes will be given preference.
Festival reserves the right to change date and place of the event.
Entry fees are non-refundable.
Ready to submit?
Tell your short story.
Submissions are open on FilmFreeway for the 2025 — 2026 edition.
Opening title card — venue ready before doors opened.
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