INDIANAPOLIS — Tickets are now available for Indy Shorts, which runs from July 21 through 26, with indoor, outdoor and virtual screening options. The festival theme, “Shorts & Sweets,” encourages attendees to unwrap the 260+ fun-sized films over the six-day festival.
This year’s lineup features 266 short films, including 36 World Premieres and 32 U.S. Premieres, starring many notable names, such as Andy Serkis, Cameron Monaghan, Djimon Hounsou and Janeane Garofalo. Indy Shorts is also honoring the recent Oscar winner, Sam Davis, with the Pioneering Spirit Award. His short, “The Singers,” won the Academy Award-qualifying Narrative Grand Prize at Indy Shorts in 2026, and Davis is returning to accept his honor at the Awards Brunch on July 25.
Venues for films will be at the Living Room Theater, 745 E. 9th St., and Indy Art Center,820 E. 67th St. in Broad Ripple. Newfields will be the site for the Summer Nights Award Winner event.
Genres include horror, romance, comedy, animated, Indiana-focused, and many more. About four short films are viewed at each showing.
The Indy Shorts Film Festival is an Academy Award-qualifying festival in all three short film categories. It offers $35,000 in cash prizes and is a BAFTA and GOYA-qualifying festival.