Welcome to a showcase of some of our favorite animated shorts from the Nitehawk Shorts Festival from 2022 – 2025. These shorts range from silly to sexy to surreal, and everywhere in between, and beautifully showcase the work of up and coming animators from all over the world. The screening will be followed by a panel with some of the animators of these shorts.

Pussy Love Linda Krauss
Germany 2023 4 min. English
Hey Puss! Still playing hard to get? Let me be your pussycat.

Are You Still Watching? Tali Polichtuk, Kitty Chrystal
Australia 2021 6 min. English
During one of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdowns, Jamie keeps themselves entertained bingeing on queer film and TV. What begins as mere escapism turns sensual when they start having delusions involving their favourite queer characters.

Buzzkill Peter Ahern
U.S. 2022 5 min. English
Tune in to the blind date woes of Rick and Becky.

Sierra Sander Joon
Estonia 2022 16 min.
A boy accidentally turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood.

TRICHOTILLOMANIA! Kelly Schiesswohl
U.S. 2020 – 2021 4 min. English
The story of one girl’s Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can’t stop pulling out her hair.

Unbearable Stephen Sues
U.S. 2024 7 min. English
A bear struggling with insomnia during hibernation season seeks help from a rabbit hypnotist, who uses unorthodox methods to get to the root of the problem.

Ninety-five Senses Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess
U.S. 2022 13 min. English
An ode to the five senses delivered by a death-row inmate (Tim Blake Nelson) with little time left to enjoy them.

PAWN SHOP Amouri Edwards
U.S. 2024 4 min. English
A magical pawn shop owner trades enchanted objects that alter the state of three unsuspecting customers – an old wise lady, a little boy and a vain man.

Nuevo Rico Kristian Mercado
Puerto Rico, U.S. 2020 16 min. English, Spanish
A brother and sister stumble upon a celestial secret that changes their lives forever and propels them into Reggaetón stardom, but they soon discover that their newfound fame comes at a deep price.

Launch Leah Shore
U.S. 2021 3 min. English
“Thirty-five years after astronauts placed reflectors on the lunar surface, scientists have used these devices to test Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. The findings may help to explain physical laws of the universe.” – Nasa

Night Ahmad Saleh
Germany, Qatar, Palestine, Jordan 2021 16 min. Arabic
Night has to trick the mother of a missing child into sleeping in order to save her soul.

Flutz Ryan McCown
U.S. 2022 8 min. English
A rivalry between two figure skaters. And a witch.

For more animated Nitehawk Shorts alumni, check out screenings of FANTASTIC PLANET and THE TIME MASTERS.