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Andrew Buckner’s 10 Favorite Short Films of 2025 (So Far)

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by Andrew Buckner

*Please note that the short films included in this list are done so based on an official release date, which excludes film festival premieres, in 2025 in the U.S.

10. “The Review”

Director: Dean Midas

9. “Mugs”

Director: Samuel DeAngelis

8. “Fireflies in the Dusk”

Director: Jonathan Hammond

7. “Don’t Forget About Me”

Director: Elle Mills

6. “Two The Flowers”

Directors: Aaran McKenzie, Adam Savage

5. “Better the Devil You Know”

Director: Daniel Silverman

4. “The Guest on Topsfield Road”

Director: Luke St. Germaine

3. “Sweeps Week”

Director: Steve Blackwood

2. “Wander to Wonder”

Director: Nina Gantz

1. “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Director: Jeremy Arruda

The 15 Best Short Films of 2024 (So Far)

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By Andrew Buckner 

*Please note that the inclusion of the short films on this list is based on the criteria of an official 2024 release date.

15. “Laundry Man”

Director: Laura A. Garcia

14. “Do You See What I See?”

Director: Vance Malcom Osteen

13. “Late Sleeper”

Director: Peter Morris Hardy

12. “Operation”

Director: Bailey McDonald

11. “She”

Director: Jesse Lowell Anholt 

10. “Eve Valentine” 

Director: Dean Midas

9. “Bonding”

Director: Luke Rex

8: “Strange Creatures”

Director: Nicholas Payne Santos

7. “Dream Skin Mask”

Director: Lindsay Nell Stidham

6. “Daughters of Evil”

Directors: Adam Taylor, Natasha Malone

5. “Static Cling”

Director: Steve Lifshey

4. “Poppy’s Saturn”

Director: Nicole Tegelaar

3. “You’re Dirty Now”

 Director: Christine Celozzi

2. “The House My Mother Left” 

Director: Kaylin Rizer Allshouse

1. “I’m Here Too”

Director: Gino Maria Pennacchio