Show Me Shorts Film Festival

Show Me Shorts is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading international short film festival: connecting audiences with quality short films; celebrating excellence in short film making; and fostering the New Zealand short film community. Show Me Shorts is a competitive, Academy Awards® qualifying festival featuring the best new shorts from New Zealand and around the world. Each year, from thousands of entries, the best shorts are selected to play in the festival and contend for awards. The final selection is from a diverse range of themes and subjects, including horror, drama, animation, comedy and everything in between. Launched in 2006, Show Me Shorts screens every Spring in more than 20 cinemas across New Zealand, from Kaitaia to Stewart Island.