January 16, 2026
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Sci-Fi
The best short sci-fi films, selected monthly by Best of Shorts. Big ideas compressed into small runtimes — speculative fiction that doesn't need a blockbuster budget to leave a mark. Submit your short science fiction film or explore the ones that made the selection.
Best of Shorts selects and spotlights the best short science fiction films submitted each month, featuring them on our website and distributing them on YouTube through Promenad Channel. Whether you are looking for indie sci-fi short films, speculative fiction shorts, or short films about technology, the future, artificial intelligence, or the unknown — this is where the ideas that couldn't wait for a feature budget land. Short sci-fi films made by independent filmmakers who understand that the best speculative fiction starts with a single unanswered question.