Official Selection 2026 | Los Angeles Fantasy Fest

Official Selection
Los Angeles FANTASY Fest 2026 - Nov 20-21

Welcome to the Official Selection of Los Angeles Fantasy Fest 2026.
We have already begun announcing selected films, with titles being revealed in batches as the process continues. This page will gradually showcase the lineup representing the best in animation, horror, sci-fi, thriller, and suspense — leading up to the festival this November in Los Angeles. Check back regularly for updates.

Our festival is divided into two sections:

LIVE - For filmmakers who have confirmed their attendance at the festival in Los Angeles - Nov 20-21, 2026.
Enjoy in-person screenings, filmmaker Q&As, networking opportunities, and the official Award Ceremony at Skiptown Playhouse.

ONLINE: Your film will screen in our secure digital platform, accessible worldwide, giving international audiences the opportunity to experience your work and vote for the Online Audience Award.
ONLINE – For filmmakers who cannot attend the festival in Los Angeles - Nov 19-21, 2026. Online Screening End Time: All online screenings will conclude on November 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time (PT). After this time, the Online Edition will close and access will no longer be available.

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Horror - Thriller / Sci-Fi Feature Film

Amnesia - It's Time to Forget - Dir. Dario Boldrini - 01:53:00 min - Italy

View From The Edge - Dir. Michael Lippert - 02:00:00 min - Canada

The First Shapeshifter - Dir. Raúl Coria Martínez - 01:16:00 min - Spain

Tongues of Fire - Dir. Zé Kielwagen - 01:10:00 min - Brazil

ReLive - Dir. Steve Lee Taylor - 01:20:00 min - USA

DEBONE - Dir. LEE DAEHAN - 02:01:38 min - South Korea

Mommy I don't want to - Dir. Asif Pervez - 01:33:40 min - United Kingdom, United States

Unsavory Elements... - Dir. Tom Carter - 01:40:00 min - USA

She Lives at School - Dir. SAMUEL CRISTOBAL MONTES DE OCA LEON - 01:00:00 min - Mexico

The Yellow Balloon - Dir. Jason D. Morris - 01:27:00 min - USA

The Attack Of The Astroharvesters - Dir. Xander Phillips - 01:21:04 min - United Kingdom

Horror/THRILLER Short Film

Happy Birthday - Dir. Vania Vasquez, Cynthia Bergen -2:24 min - USA

The Return of the Lifeblood - Dir. Arnold Sotomayor - 29:58 min - Peru

Garden Valley - Dir. Manuel Navarro - 27:36 min - USA

Rise of the Succubus (Part 2) - Dir. Jason Hough - 18:35 min - USA

The Magic Trick - Dir. Leyla Chykulina - 14:13 min - Switzerland

The Last Sunset - Dir. Jamila Jackson - 5:08 min - USA

The Devil Wears Pants - Dir. Daffa Mangussara - 21:51 min - Indonesia

The Year You Looked at Me - Dir. Karlos Alastruey - 29:00 min - Spain

"Bugaboo" - Dir. Benjamin Morehead - 5:24 min - USA

Sunday Bloom - Dir. Joy Ludwig - 14:28 min - USA

Continued Existence - Dir. Thiago Avilez - 14:55 min - USA

Into the Fold - Dir. Andrea Manners - 8:32 min - USA

Superhost - Dir. A.P. P. Bergeron, Sophie Edell - 12:17 min - Canada

Bullet and Lace - Dir. Nick Noyes - 15:57 min - USA

Bad Apples - Dir. Craig Montalbano, Sean Hall - 17:05 min - USA

Four Itchy Boys - Dir. Andrew Hebert - 12:48 min - USA

DEAD EXPOSURE - Dir. Billy Caldwell - 8:15 min - USA

Garden of an Angry God - Dir. Matthew David Roe - 12:25 min - USA

Thysia - Dir. Raphaël Hérault - 13:48 min - France

OUTWIT THE DEVIL - Dir. Anthony Nicholas Moore - 12:24 min - USA

The Seven Philosophies - Dir. Jackson Shemwell - 22:38 min - USA

The Living Note - Dir. juwon Bae - 9:02 min - South Korea

Comparable - Dir. Max Radbill - 9:58 min - USA

Luiz Miguel against the Swamp Monster - Dir. Thiago Henrique Ferreira - 14:29 min - Brazil

La Hora Azul - Dir. Lucía Giner González - 6:11 min - Spain

The Cure - Dir. Trix StarT - 13:00 min - United Kingdom

Transfert - Dir. Emeric Gallego - 8:00 min - France

D3STRO - Dir. Joshua Torresvalle - 7:12 min - Mexico

Uzeta - Dir. Robert Meza - 19:58 min - USA

Autonomous - Dir. Jennifer Mosier - 10:47 min - Canada

Case 076 - Dir. Moises Suarez, Javier Carreon - 15:40 min - Mexico

Blood In The Pines: Clown Lunacy - Dir. Luke Robert - 4:00 min - USA

OUR MOTHER - Dir. Daniele Paglia - 27:41 min - Italy

Luna - Dir. Marty Agabob - 8:02 min - Canada

THE SNEAKERS - Dir. Jonathan Rodríguez - 30:00 min - Argentina

The Storyteller - Dir. Patrick McGinley - 9:40 min - Ireland

Dogs reign - Dir. Axel Zeltser - 13:24 min - France

The Pact Under the Full Moon - Dir. Vitor Meloni - 19:38 min - Brazil

EGG - Dir. Max Larsson - 3:24 min - Sweden

Blood In The Pines: The Conjuring - Dir. Luke Robert - 4:12 min - USA

FINAL CHAPTER - Dir. Chloe Selvey - 18:22 min - USA

Meat Locker - Dir. Mark G. Lakatos - 7:25 min - Hungary

The Quiet Beside Me - Dir. Sau - 6:02 miin - Indonesia

Black Marrow - Dir. Sergio Pazos Conde - 8:46 min - Spain

Loop Hole - Dir. Hannah Riggs - 9:00 min - USA

Imprecation - Dir. Ari Moretz - 3:00 min - Canada

Rise of the Succubus (Part 1) - Dir. Jason Hough - 16:06 min - USA

At the foot of the bed - Dir. Nicola Pignatale - 6:14 min - Italy

Jakob - Dir. Jason Robert Kidder - 5:06 min - USA

20% - Dir. Jonathan Ruggiero - 10:00 min - USA

Knitting Club - Diogo Abrantes, João Rito - 4:36 min - Portugal

Amber - Dir. Elisha Christopher Cecil, Jaren Hemphill - 7:21 min - USA

The Liar - Dir. Sank Roshan - 17:08 min - Poland

Home Sweet Home - Dir. Dylan Russ - 13:44 min - USA

Persephone - Dir. Jean-Sebastien BERNARD - 4:57 min - France

MEDICINE FOR GHOSTS - Dir. Daniel Canales Serrano - 29:00 min - Mexico

FATHER! - Dir. Abe Smyth, Sophia Adli - 18:51 min - Ireland

Never Trust A Charming Man - Dir. Reanna Cameron, Amanda Spinosa 11:24 min - Canada

To Nora - Dir. Brandon Maxwell - 4:00 min - USA

Follow Me Home - Dir. Stanislav Puzdriak - 10:00 min - USA

Dance the Light Away - Dir. Annabelle Snelling - 19:51 min - New Zealand

INTO NOWHERE - Dir. Iurii Karasev - 22:35 min - USA

The Dream Keeper - Dir. Rain Nikolla - 11:47 min - Greece

Level One - Dir. Roxy Shih - 7:11 min - USA

Emerald Triangle - Dir. Mena Elizabeth Santos - 13:35 min - USA

PARARTSITE - Dir. Alejandro Massó 13:00 min - USA

Secret Admirer - Dir. Stephen Chen -11:02 min - USA

I'M GOING TO BE LATE - Dir. Sophea Bethel - 18:05 min - USA

Acacio's Arm - Dir. Alonso Valdez I. - 5:00 min - Mexico

Skins: A Devil's Dancers Story - Dir. Jason Hough - 15:31 min - USA

The Ringing - Dir. Brandon Scullion - 8:44 min - USA

HOWLIN FIELDS - Dir. Billy Caldwell - 15:40 min - USA

The Ghost of the Seine - Dir. Martin Pizarro Veglia - 4:00 min - France

If you were light - Dir. Maurilio Rodríguez - 22:21 min - Mexico

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

The Final Exam - Dir. Surapong Wetsuwanmanee - 5:00 min - Thailand

Night Crawling - Dir. Austin Peay State University Animation + VFX - 3:55 min - USA

Burning Rope - Dir. Juan Belardi - 11:07 min - USA

The Decline and Fall of Holly Dew and Walter Melon - Dir. Lorin Morgan-Richards - 4:02 min - USA

Bloodline - Dir. Mia Lang, Nia Chantana - 5:38 min - USA

Paty - Dir. Maria Luiza Staut - 5:15 min - Brazil

The Scavenger - Dir. Seth Savage - 14:30 min - USA

Whisper of the well - Dir. Elif DOKUR - 6:20 min - Türkiye

The necklace of blood - Dir. German L Ramos-Briñez - 25:19 min - Venezuela

A Woodcutter's Promise - Dir. Salina Tjhan - 6:13 min - USA

The Planet That Doesn't Exist - Dir. Nadav Embon - 8:00 min - Israel

Nice Spare! - Dir. Katie Steuernagel - 7:00 min - USA

Commander Fame - Dir. Austin Peay State University Animation + VFX - 2:57 min - USA

Final Act - Dir. Babi Astolfi, Lisa Soares - 13:00 min - Brazil

Soar Buddies - Dir. Soar Buddies - 5:41 min - Malaysia

Flower Bot - Dir. Director - Celio Dubus, Margaux Hallot, Tiphaine Houdeau, Loïs Pastor, Marie Piazza, Clémence Thomire, Ludovic Vasse, Aurélia Zerhouni - 6:50 min - France

The Great Adventure of Bati, the Bat Knight - Dir. Jesús Pertíñez, Maria Carmen Hidalgo - 7:25 min - Spain

The Saccharine Fabulist - Dir. Wayne Howe - 5:23 min - United Kingdom

Entities - Dir. Marcin Pospiech - 2:50 min - United Kingdom, USA

The Bounty - Dir. Austin Peay State University Animation + VFX - 2:18 min - USA

Kopavi4 - Dir. Satoshi Inukai - 17:56 min - Japan

Zhong Kui Slaying Demons - Dir. 小东王 - 8:33 min - China

Dreadful Delivery - Dir. Austin Peay State University Animation + VFX - 3:17 min - USA

Dream Defenders - Dir. Nicole Nowel - 4:18 min - USA

Outer Space Maniacs From Another World - Dir. Brandon Serneck - 3:28 min - USA

Journey To Something Somewhere... - Dir. Isabelle Yu - 2:43 min - Canada

Look At Me - Dir. Xuefan Cao - 2:24 min - Australia

DOA - Dir. Basile Vallet-Petit - 2:30 min - France

AutoPilot - Dir. Micah Buzan - 4:13 min - USA

Bo The Horror - Dir. Austin Peay State University Animation + VFX - 2:30 min - USA

Phantominon: Community Service - Dir. Nathan Cadelina - 9:01 min - USA

creAtIon - Dir. Sav Vivanco, Angela Grace Aguas - 6:07 min - USA

DEMO DAY - Dir. Ar Ducao - 25:11 min - Canada

Comb Story - Dir. Ernesto Rodriguez Cruz - 3:00 min - USA

Angel & Meow - Dir. Clemhyn Escosora - 15:00 min - Japan, Slovakia

SCI-FI SHORT FILM

Cosmic Horror of Dating - Dir. Kilián Bognár - 22:34 min - Hungary

CHAIKA - Dir. Ingrid Paola Bonilla Rodriguez - 14:35 min - Colombia

The Hunt - Dir. Stephen Bigot - 5:00 min - France

RUH - Dir. Prashant Singh - 25:00 min - India

Special Report - Dir. Bruno Koerner - 2:02 min - France

Beyond the Void with Captain Dalton Mattix - Dir. Ben Kurstin - 14:50 min - USA

Pleroma - Dir. Chris Browne - 6:00 min - Canada

Blood In The Pines: The Conjuring - Dir. Luke Robert - 4:12 min - USA

Before Us. The Silicon Bible - Dir. Iskra Pinchuk - 10:00 min - USA

One Night in Reinhold City - Dir. Matt J Bond - 19:48 min - USA

Love & Lazarite - Dir. Krí Schafer - 6:35 min - USA

The Lake - Dir. Brandon White, Zack White - 5:44 min - USA

NIXIE - Dir. Mary Rachel Gardner - 7:22 min - USA

Knights & Relationships - Dir. Sam Tung - 11:08 min - USA

Love Machine - Dir. Nicholas Gearin - 9:15 min - USA

The 7th Kind - Dir. Ericka Page - 13:23 min - USA

2050 REBEL VOICES - Dir. WEL Theater and Movie - 16:34 min - Italy

DRONES - Dir. Steve Acevedo - 22:30 min - USA

MINE - Dir. Brandon Flyte - 8:08 min - USA

ISH - Dir. Lyne COURTOIS - 12:44 min - France

Rammr - Dir. Kyle Grogan - 13:40 min - USA

All Your Sisters - Dir. David A. Daniels - 9:07 min - USA

ARTIFICIAL PUNISHMENT - Dir. ONUR ONAY - 18:32 min - Türkiye

Children at the rooftop cinema - Dir. 侑紀刷場 - 9:54 min - Japan

Too Cheap - Dir. David Alejandro D'Urso - 10:50 min - Venezuela

STARPOST - Dir. Nick Trivundza, Lexie Trivundza - 6:27 min - USA

She Fell From Space - Dir. Seriina Covarrubias - 15:00 min - USA

The Astronaut - Dir. Adam Wells - 11:19 min - USA

Triggered 3.0: The Final Cut - Dir. Mario Ricardo Rodriguez, Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm - 36:22 min - USA

Lovebug - Dir. Jalaludin Trautmann, David Mahmoudieh - 11:00 min - Germany

Apocalyptic Amulet - Dir. Stephen Paul Stelmach Jr - 8:30 min - USA

ALONE - Dir. Jamie Twyman - 6:20 min - United Kingdom

AI SHORT FILM

Alien AI Armageddon - Dir. Trix StarT - 4:59 - USA

ILMIØ - Dir. Tuomas Järvenpää - 29:00 min - Finland

Memory of Paris - Dir. Alesander Lune Sokolov - 14:10 min - France

Legend - Dir. Ryan Patterson - 19:00 min - Canada

Prehistoric Players - Dir. Narwhal Zhou, Jing Peng - 9:18 min - China

Kirikko vs Kitsune - Dir. Pai Chen - 2:09 min - Taiwan

血債 BLOOD DEBT - Dir. Arthur Liew - - 8:08 min Malaysia

Vending Machine - Dir. Hanting Wang - 8:22 min - China

The Weaker Brother Will Drown - Dir. Miroslav Trifonov - 4:53 min - Bulgaria

Sous la lune - Dir. Pai Chen - 3:24 min - Taiwan

SCRIPT FEATURE

Children of the Eternal Summer - Wri. Jerzy P. Suchocki - USA

Battle of Planets: The 4th Circle of Hell - Wri. Rain Story - USA

Saturday Night Slaughter - Wri. Michael Hansen - USA

Drums of Freedom - Dir. Gabriel Mora Rodriguez - Costa Rica

The Evil Order - Wri. Salvador Ochoa Lemus - Mexico

Rattlesnake Ridge - Wri. Steven Lee Taylor - USA

The Last Days of the Phillipian - Wri. Chris Bennetts - Australia

Grad Nite - Wri. Sion-Raize - USA

She Got Out - Wri. Nikki Durbin - XXXXXX

Zombies In The Wood - Wri. Felicia Ann Mead - USA

Our Land - Dir. Laughlin McKee - Spain

Bleed Over - Wri. Daniel Phillips - USA

Karma - Wri. Marco Antonio - Brazil

TOWNSHIP: LIANA - Dir. Darby Ellis Lewis Wilson, Chris Obershaw - USA

Lazarus Code - Wri. Carlos Garcia Moreno - Spain

Compression - Wri. Nikki Durbin - XXXXX

Leather Bound - Wri. Kelsey Nie - XXXXX

Cold West - Wri. Jason Myers - USA

Bishop's Day - Wri. Christopher Kelly - USA

SCRIPT Short

The Seal Below: A Key of Melusine Prequel - Wri. TK - USA

Patibulum - Wri. Mark A. C. Brown - United Kingdom

Dead Hearts - Wri. Jerzy P. Suchocki - USA

Undying - Wri. David Creighton - Canada

This Email Could Have Been a Knife Fight - Wri. Elijah Jamil Broughton - USA

The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth - Wri. Hayes Davis - USA

Mala Gente - Wri. Nilson Bernardi Ferreira - Brazil

Sadie + Sam Forever - Dir. Scott Bastedo - USA

Feeding the Foxes - Wri. Ross Dean Lovell - XXXXX

It's a Curse - Wri. Cécile Duclos - United Kingdom

Coriaria - Wri. Kylos August Brannon - USA

CROSSROADS WAITING ROOM - Wri. Michael J Volpe - USA

Serious Applicants Only - Wri. Cara McWilliam-Richardson - United Kingdom

Winston Can't Let Go - Wri. Ben G. Bronson - USA

Sundowning - Wri. Nicola Stuart-Hill - United Kingdom

Write Your Heart Out - Dir. Amanda L. Andrei - XXXXXX