Comedy and horror award-winning films from 2026 Indy Shorts! Titles include "Uncle Artoo" (Directorial Debut Award), "SUCKS TO SUCK" (Indiana Spotlight Narrative Audience Choice Award), "The Human, Will" (Episodic Award and Episodic Audience Choice Award), "The Taste of Your Scales" (Horror Award), "Daddy's Girl" (Comedy Award) and "Silver Anniversary" (Horror Audience Choice Award).

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Comedy and horror award-winning films from 2026 Indy Shorts!

Comedy Award Winner When her mum leaves for the weekend, a precocious 12-year-old plots to kill her well-meaning stepfather - but between bad dinners and worse conversation, something softer begins to stir. Public Contactlea@cardelentertainment.com

Blood/Gore, Frightening/Disturbing Images

Daddy's Girl

When her mum leaves for the weekend, a precocious 12-year-old plots to kill her well-meaning stepfather - but between bad dinners and worse conversation, something softer begins to stir.

Indiana Spotlight Narrative Audience Choice Award Winner After a workplace incident, a newly promoted boss becomes the target of his office's robotic vacuum. Public ContactSonny DeSantosdesanto96@gmail.com

SUCKS TO SUCK

After a workplace incident, a newly promoted boss becomes the target of his office's robotic vacuum.

Horror Audience Choice Award Winner A housewife's bourgeois existence unravels when faced with her husband's insatiable lycanthropy. Public ContactD.M Harringdm@redharring.com

Blood/Gore, Sexual Content, Violence, Frightening/Disturbing Images, Mature Themes

Silver Anniversary

A housewife's bourgeois existence unravels when faced with her husband's insatiable lycanthropy.

Episodic Award Winner | Episodic Audience Choice Award Winner A depressed insurance claims adjuster vows to exercise free will after his pet goldfish Frodo is shot and killed.

The Human, Will

A depressed insurance claims adjuster vows to exercise free will after his pet goldfish Frodo is shot and killed.

Horror Award Winner A teenager is horrified to discover the true face of his father's fish factory. Public ContactWelcome Aboarddistribution@wlcmaboard.com

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The Taste of Your Scales

A teenager is horrified to discover the true face of his father's fish factory.

Directorial Debut Award Winner In his later years, Nosferatu (Daniel Weyman) has become a foster carer for children. That seems like a good idea. Public ContactZoë Whittakerzoevideogirl@yahoo.co.uk

Uncle Artoo

In his later years, Nosferatu (Daniel Weyman) has become a foster carer for children. That seems like a good idea.

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