The Show Me Shorts 2026 programme has arrived with 65 short films screening at cinemas and community venues across Aotearoa from 7 to 31 October - and among them a swathe of WIFT filmmakers!
Selected from almost 2,500 submissions, this year’s programme brings together ten collections spanning comedy, drama, animation, documentary, horror, science fiction, music videos and films for tamariki. Discover acclaimed shorts from Cannes, Sundance, Venice, Tribeca, Clermont-Ferrand, SXSW and Annecy, alongside 14 world premieres of homegrown films.
Congrats to all these Wifties selected for the fest - 15 films total!:
Kurī
Writer & Director: Ana Chaya Scotney
Producer: Julie Zhu
Lucky Luke
Producer: Rachel Jean
The Owl and the Rainbow
Director: Jo Luping
Writer: Lynda Chanwai-Earle
The Return
Writer & Director: Marina Alofagia McCartney
Six Minute Supplement
Writer, Director & Producer: Sinead Lau
Our Glass
Writer, Director & Producer: Samantha Jukes
Lemonade
Producer: Jennifer Onyeiwu
Seedlings
Writer: Emelie Hope
Producer: Kelsey O’Hagan
Breakfast for Dinner
Writer & Director: Tū Māia Curtis
埋單 (Let's Settle This!)
Producers: Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Scared Old Men – Dick Move
Director: Stella Reid
Producer: Ashleigh Roworth
Kuia: For Those Who Come After
Director: Kelsey Shanae Chapman
My Journey with FASD
Producer: Grace Stapleton
Silver Lining
Writer, Director & Producer: Harriett Maire
Mutually Assured Destruction
Writer & Director: Connor Amor-Bendall
Producer: Meg Robinson
Tickets are now on sale HERE, so explore the programme HERE and start planning your festival!