Roswell Shorts Indie Film Fest

Roswell Shorts Indie Film Fest ROSWELL SHORTS is an international short indie film festival that takes place in the town of Roswell, New Mexico.

The festival is dedicated exclusively to short films (from one minute up to thirty minutes in length), across all genres.

09/04/2026

Running order now available on the website

09/03/2026

From the Academy Award winning team behind "Curfew." Still reeling from an incredible loss, a father (Shakey Graves) and daughter cling to a bedtime routine keeping them safe in a town where an unfathomable horror visits its inhabitants night after night.

09/02/2026

Guided by a hand-animated conceptual map inspired by UFO classification theory, The Strangeness Index retraces documented Manitoba UFO encounters through animation, practical effects, cinematic reenactments, original music, and firsthand witness testimony. Moving between investigation and imagination, the film explores how people experience, interpret, and remember encounters with the unknown, inviting audiences to engage with mystery without judgment or conclusion

08/30/2026

A global butt-dial outbreak sweeps the planet, but the real nightmare is only beginning. Sci-fi, Comedy, Horror Short.

08/27/2026

A short sci-fi satire about a disillusioned woman longing for community; who must suddenly resist an alien-led hivemind that promises belonging, at the cost of her soul.

08/24/2026

In 2039, humanity is preparing to leave home once again.

Saqnikte’ Canastuj, a New York–born astronaut, is selected for humanity’s first permanent lunar colony. Before her departure, she returns to the Bronx; to a family descended from Guatemalan Mayan K’iche’ roots, where language is preserved, rituals endure, and daily life moves fluidly between K’iche’, Spanish, and English.

Both a Mayan K’iche’ priestess and a scientist, Saqnikte’ stands at the intersection of ancestral memory and technological ambition. As the launch date approaches, long-suppressed tensions surface within her family, revealing the quiet costs of adaptation, silence, and survival.

Moonbound is a sci-fi drama anchored in intimacy, where space travel mirrors an older story of departure and transformation. Beneath its cosmic scope lies a meditation on cultural continuity, inherited identity, and what must be carried forward when the future demands distance from home.

As humanity reaches for the stars, Moonbound asks: When we leave Earth behind, what parts of ourselves truly make the journey?

08/19/2026

After Drew stands Melanie up for a date, she and her friend Alyssa decide to get away for the weekend. Drew is not what he seems but, like everyone, he's just looking for love.

08/17/2026

Held captive, Cynara discovers a phoropter that opens a portal to another world. In a terrifying cat-and-mouse chase between realities, Cynara finally comes face to face with her oppressor and must decide what she’s willing to destroy in order to survive.

08/16/2026

Three struggling creatives launch a meme coin for survival — and watch success turn into chaos overnight.

08/15/2026

On her late father’s birthday, Elizabeth returns home to face her manipulative mother and younger sister April. When she reveals she is secretly April’s mother, tensions explode into a food fight, forcing the fractured family toward an unexpected reconciliation.

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