2026 FILMS ANNOUNCED!

In 2026, the KINO Short Film Festival saw its biggest growth yet, adding two more screenings to fit all the wonderful films! In total, 45 films were selected and will play across two days at four different screenings and three different venues. Check out a quick peek at a thumbnail for each film and come out to support the filmmakers and local filmmaking!

opening shorts - Friday 6 pM @ Borah Theater

  • Family Ties - Directed by Brooklyn Browne

  • Tacky Cat Cafe - Directed by Conner Jackson

  • Morning - Directed by Tanner Menti

  • Through It All - Directed by Gavin Johnson

  • Two Minds - Directed by Hunter Haubert

  • Yeouch, My Retina! - Directed by Shaun Hallahan

  • Treasure Hill Artist Village - Directed by Sean Hsu

  • Romero - Directed by Ayden Puckett, Joie Snelson, and Leonardo Forcina

  • Pretty - Directed by Richard Pathomsiri and Brooklyn Browne

late night at kino - Friday 9 pM @ Mikeys

  • Silent Theory x Crispin Earl - Pardon Me [Official Music Video] - Directed by Gus Simpson

  • SPICE WORLD: Shaken Secrets - Directed by Gracen Bayer and Jordie Simpson

  • Cambio - Directed by Alberto A. Torres

  • The Admirer - Directed by Reese Washington

  • Claire - Directed by Tanner Menti

  • Room Zero - Directed by Damien Valbuena

  • The Garden - Pale Jay (Music Video) - Directed by Billy Croston

  • The Devil Eats Pork - Directed by Gavin Johnson

  • The Real Housewives of Moscow - Directed by Brooklyn Browne

  • The Seven Sins of Whiteness - Directed by Andrew Goodwin

  • Scum - Directed by Marcellyn Fisher

afternoon shorts - Saturday 3:30 pM @ Kenworthy

  • Be Nice Partna' - Directed by Caleb Wright

  • Inheritance - Directed by Ashley Kramer

  • The Little Train - Directed by Angel Wang

  • Post Relation - Directed by Dallan Leo Messerly

  • Fragments - Directed by Jacob Nunez

  • Cirque du Birthday - Directed by Robin Brooks

  • The Tree - Directed by EOU

  • The Duel Within - Directed by Jacob Pham

  • Sheltered - By Bill Baber

  • Marshall - Directed by John Keegan, Alex Bloom, Jacob Pham

Featured shorts - Saturday 7 pM @ Kenworthy

  • K.O. King - Directed by Mason Dodson

  • Tip of my Tongue - Directed by Winslow Burnett

  • MagiMart - Directed by Abe Enoch

  • Nuclear Family - Directed by Carson Ezra Scallen

  • Czechia - Directed by Marcellyn Fisher

  • Raider - Directed by Greg Jenkins

  • Order 61 - Directed by Marcellyn Fisher

  • Flo Scene from "The Eve of May" - Directed by Ray Nomoto Robison

  • 10th Life - Directed by Ellie Kraemer

  • Pealed - Directed by Tanner Menti

  • A Nice Walk on a Great Day - Directed by Luke Gresback

  • My Friend Karl - Directed by John Keegan

  • The Climate Change Volumes: Fall - Directed by Hugo Sindelar

  • A Kind of Hollow - Directed by Jacob Pham

  • Trivial Pursuit - Directed by Richard Pathomsiri, Eve + Martin