We’re proud to once again present The Dragon Con Independent Short Film Festival. Each year we look for films that are thoughtful, skillfully made, and emotional, but above all, entertaining. After a long selection process, we have chosen the best of the best, and we’ll be bringing them to you.
You’ll encounter a steampunk airship, undersea detectives, dictatorial aliens, robot lovers, a maniac killer with mother issues, a satanic chess club, a man made of wood, and the worst starship crew in the Galactic Union. You’ll see a clone become president of the United States, a werewolf bitten by a zombie, a unit of stormtroopers ambushed in the jungle, and a research vessel pulled into a Lovecraftian horror. There are films from Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iran, and the Netherlands, plus most of the English speaking world.
The shorts will screen in blocks built around a theme: fantasy, science fiction, horror, horror comedy, comedy, dark comedy, twisted tales, fan films, and animation.
The films will be shown over the 4 days of Dragon Con. All films will screen in the Hyatt Learning Center. Check the app or your pocket program for screening times.
Awards & Judging
The films are placed into genre categories for judging purposes. An award is given for the best film in each category. For 2018 the genres include: fantasy, science fiction, horror, horror comedy, comedy, dark comedy, fan film, and animation. Our judges will select three finalists from each category, and choose one of those to award 1st prize. We also present two Best of Fest awards, one for live-action short and one for animated short, chosen from the category winners. The wining films will be announced in a ceremony on Monday, September 3rd, at 1:00 pm.
The Dragon Con Independent Film Festival selections for 2018 are:
2018- Yamasong: March of the Hollows
- Agent Bird
- The Amazing Anti-Fart Formula
- Baghead
- Baphomet High
- Bitten
- The Bloody Ballad of Squirt Reynolds
- Blows With The Wind
- Bluehilda
- The Boogeys
- Bucketheads – A Star Wars Story
- Connect
- Crossing
- Cut Bait
- Dandelion
- The Dark Hunger
- El Cuco is Hungry
- Engines of Destiny
- Every Internet User’s Worst Nightmare
- Geek Lounge – Going Solo
- Ghost Image
- Goodbye Old Friend
- Goodnight, Gracie
- Gut Punch
- Hope in a Box
- The Hidden
- The Infamous Guy Christman
- The Itch
- Jason’s Nightmare
- Keep the Gaslight Burning
- Kiss the Devil in the Dark
- Kitchen Sink Classic
- The Legend of Rasputin
- LizardQuest
- Lunch Ladies
- Mermaids and Rhinos
- Midnight Delivery
- The Mistress Of The Forest
- Multikill
- Page-Jumper
- Past and Future Kings
- Pour 585
- Program
- Relivation {aka Weerzienwekkend}
- The Replacement
- Revisit
- Sea-Tectives
- Sexbot
- Sound From the Deep
- Star Wars: Dresca
- The Stay
- Stranger Things: The Story of Henry and Dale
- Suspended
- T is for Tada
- That’s Final
- Thump
- The Trouble with One-Night Stands
- Truth Rises
- Tuesday Crowd
- Voyage Trekkers
- We Summoned A Demon
- Who to Love
- Winston
- The Wish & The Wisp
- WoodMan
- Your Face Global Jam
- Zombie Bites Werewolf
- Yamasong