Cyber Shorts Film Festival

06/08/2022

Thanks to everyone for another great year! To our filmmakers, audience, and jurors, we love and appreciate you all!

Congratulations to Amén (d. Mio Hu) for winning the 2022 Cyber Shorts Film Festival Best Screenplay Award and to Kaiju Decode (d. S/N) for winning the 2022 Cyber Shorts Film Festival Best Director and Best Film Awards!

03/08/2022

The program for the 3rd annual Cyber Shorts Film Festival is now available! Click the link to view and RSVP.

The Cyber Shorts VR Film Festival is a short film festival open to the public and has no entry fee. The festival programming will include approximately two hours of short films, followed by a filmmaker Q&A. The 3rd Annual Cyber Shorts Film Festival will be held Saturday, August 6 at 11:30 AM PST. SC...

03/08/2022

Co-Founder and Co-Director Darryl A. Armstrong pictured troubleshooting in our virtual theater for the free virtual film festival this Saturday!

28/07/2022

The 3rd annual Cyber Shorts Film Festival will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2022 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM Pacific. We hope you can join us to celebrate and watch this year's batch of short films in VR!

The Cyber Shorts VR Film Festival is a short film festival open to the public and has no entry fee. The festival programming will include approximately two hours of short films, followed by a filmmaker Q&A. The 3rd Annual Cyber Shorts Film Festival will be held Saturday, August 6 at 11:30 AM PST. SC...

02/07/2021

The Cyber Shorts Film Festival is growing and will be back for year three! Early submissions for short films opens Monday, July 5 through FilmFreeway.

04/06/2021

The 2021 Cyber Shorts Film Festival Winners page has been updated!

Keep your eyes on this space for information about the 2022 festival!

2021 Cyber Shorts Festival Winners Happy Birthday The Devil Needs a Fix Terminal Love

12/05/2021

Sara's birthday party is not an usual one. It seems perfect, but something doesn't make her comfortable. Happy Birthday is the 2021 Cyber Shorts Film Festival Best Film winner from Italian director Lorenzo Giovenga.

07/05/2021

An ambivalent reporter will get a big break if his interview with the Devil goes as planned. Blending the genres of dark comedy, drama, and fantasy, The Devil Needs a Fix is the 2021 Cyber Shorts Film Festival Best Director winner from director Ian Ebright.

05/05/2021

500 Days of Summer meets Tarantino in Terminal Love, a romantic dark comedy fuelled by surreal aesthetics and a musical story-world — the 2021 Cyber Shorts Film Festival Best Screenplay winner, by director Sina Dolati.

01/05/2021

That's a wrap for the 2nd annual Cyber Shorts Film Festival! Thanks to everyone who came out to view the films. And thanks to all the artists, writers, directors, actors, producers, and crew members who created and submitted their films! Our winners are:

BEST FILM: Happy Birthday, Director Lorenzo Giovenga

BEST DIRECTOR: The Devil Needs a Fix, Director Ian Ebright

BEST SCREENPLAY: Terminal Love, Director Sina Dolati

28/04/2021

The official selections and program have been announced for this year's Cyber Shorts Film Festival!

This Saturday, May 1, 11:30 AM PST. Hope to see you there!

For Filmmakers Click on the link to submit your film via Film Freeway. Submit Welcome to the Cyber Shorts Film Festival Cyber Shorts came into being in 2020 during the early months of the

21/04/2021

Our jury has finalized their results. What films have won? Come join us on AltspaceVR May 1 to find out! Attendance is free!

For Filmmakers Click on the link to submit your film via Film Freeway. Submit Welcome to the Cyber Shorts Film Festival Cyber Shorts came into being in 2020 during the early months of the

20/04/2021

We're less than two weeks away from the 2nd annual Cyber Shorts film festival! Join us, Saturday May 1, on AltspaceVR to enjoy a handpicked selection of short films and filmmaker Q&A! Registration is free!

For Filmmakers Click on the link to submit your film via Film Freeway. Submit Welcome to the Cyber Shorts Film Festival Cyber Shorts came into being in 2020 during the early months of the

12/04/2021

You can now register at AltspaceVR to attend the 2nd annual Cyber Shorts Film Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM (PST). See you there!

The 2021 Cyber Shorts Film Festival will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM (PST) on the AltspaceVR platform.

22/02/2021

We're working on some custom swag for this year's fest courtesy of Mothership Vintage Co! Color tests are looking sweeeeet.

20/02/2021

The winners from last year's inaugural Cyber Shorts Film Festival were interviewed by Feelin' Film Podcast!

Interviews with Darryl Armstrong, Festival Co-Director, and the filmmakers behind the winning shorts of the

08/02/2021

The 2020 Cyber Short Best Film award went to Sonia Barcelona’s: Violent Water, a silent-film-inspired music video that uses handcrafted props and costumes, to tell the story of a French Navy captain who discovers a wondrous underwater city, and the mermaid who must rescue him from the danger that awaits. Director: Danny Chandia.

03/02/2021

The 2020 Cyber Shorts Best Director award went to independent filmmaker and portrait photographer Georgia Harter for "Not Your Bible", the official music video for the song of the same name by Jesse Pino.

01/02/2021

The 2020 Cyber Shorts Film Fest Best Screenplay winner, Dreams Aren't Made by the Wind, from director Elvert Bañares, is the story of Jarden who narrates his memories of the past when he and his playmates were still children, enjoying the enchantments of the seas, and sharing their dreams with another. Until one windy afternoon changed their lives forever and he remembered what his grandmother told him about the secrets of the sea.

The film is Bañares's "offering to the world. A way to heal our souls through a children's fantasy. To comfort. To give hope. To spread kindness and tolerance. For all of us."

29/01/2021

Thanks to No Proscenium for the mention!

The event returns for a second year in Altspace

28/01/2021

Attention filmmakers! There is still time to register your short film for the 2021 Cyber Shorts Film Festival. February 1 is the regular deadline. But you have until March 1 as the late deadline. Submit your films through FilmFreeway at the link.

The Cyber Shorts: A VR Film Festival, came into being during the COVID-19 pandemic, days after the festival directors facilitated a successful AltspaceVR eve...

25/01/2021

The website for the 2021 Cyber Shorts Film Festival is now live! Please visit https://cybershorts.online to check out last year's winners, shop our store for some cool merch, and read more about the story behind how the festival came into being!

This year's festival will be held on Saturday, May 1. Times and program TBA. A link for filmmakers to submit their films for consideration via Film Freeway is available at the site.

For Filmmakers Click on the link to submit your film via Film Freeway. Submit Welcome to the Cyber Shorts Film Festival Cyber Shorts came into being in 2020 during the early months of the

24/01/2021