Many of you are wondering whether Show Me Shorts will take place this year, and if your short film qualifies for our awards if it is screening as part of an online festival. The answers are yes, and yes.

Our upcoming Short Film Night events are now mini online festivals. Buy a ticket and you will be sent out a special link and password to enjoy the films together-apart. Here are the details about the first two – Iranian and German short films.

Show Me Shorts presents a night of German short films – 28 April in Auckland & 29 April in Wellington. Join us to celebrate the cinema of Germany with this vibrant collection full comedy, cats, Christmas, amusement parks and football!

Join the team helping to select the best short films in the world. We’re now recruiting volunteers to watch short films for the 2020 festival.

We are now calling for entries for our fifteenth edition, set to take place at more than 25 cinemas nationwide during 3-25 October 2020.

Seven screenwriters or writing duos have been selected to participate in the 2020 Show Me Shorts Screenwriting Lab. We’re excited to announce their names!

Show Me Shorts presents a night of short films made by Iranian women – 7 April in Auckland and 8 April in Wellington. Join us to celebrate the cinema of Iran with this vibrant collection full of lush imagery, insight into other worlds, and bold women breaking down stereotypes!

Show Me Shorts, in association with the NZ Estonian Culture Group, presents a night of Estonian short films – 6:30pm Wed 27 November at The Capitol in Auckland. Join us to celebrate the cinema of Estonia with this vibrant collection curated by Peter Murdmaa from the Estonian Short Film Center.