Folks, out of over 2000 entries, we’ve narrowed down to just 10! Meet our top 10 finalists!
THE KINOLIME SHORTS TOP 10 (2025)
AuPair – A Brazilian au pair’s pursuit of the American dream turns into a chilling study of power, privilege, and entrapment. (Drama, Thriller)
Harmony – A boy divided by his parents’ discord must quite literally piece himself back together. (Animation, Drama, Musical)
Chicken – A runaway chicken takes on Los Angeles in a soulful, feathered odyssey. (Adventure, Comedy)
Everything I Know (I Learned From My Mother) – A daughter’s Thanksgiving visit becomes a reckoning with ambition, family, and love. (Comedy, Drama, Family)
Food – In a kitchen filled with longing, one wife’s dinner table becomes her battleground for connection. (Drama)
Body of Water – A haunting legend surfaces when something—or someone—emerges from the lake. (Drama, Horror)
Pushing Daisy – A mortician’s quirky funeral home hides the raw grief she can’t bury. (Comedy, Drama)
Eighth Night – A holiday feud turns into a heartwarming miracle under one roof. (Comedy)
RESET – In a dystopian future, you either make it by 30—or get rebooted. (Comedy, Horror, Satire, Sci-Fi)
Clone Hamlet – One actress, one play, infinite egos. Shakespeare’s tragedy just got a lot messier. (Comedy, Horror, Satire)
Huge congratulations to everyone who advanced, commiserations to those who didn’t, and THANK YOU to all our voters, contributors, and commentors!
Next up, we’re narrowing down to the top 3, then it’s back to you to make the final decision!
Sorry to hear that Paul, what was your favourite? Give them a shout out!
A couple of my top 10 (maybe even top 5!) didn’t advance either, this part always hurts the most. Thanks for submitting and voting this competition.
As the author of Body of Water, I’m so grateful for your comment, sab!
And I’m super excited about being in the Top 10, thanks a lot to everyone who voted
Thank you Kinolime and everyone in the community who voted for AuPair! I’m so happy and hopeful that we can move forward and turn this story into a film!
Hey Joe, thanks for your comment. These are announced in no particular order, and the top three will be decided by an internal vote, interview, and feasibility path. So Clone Hamlet is in with as good of a chance as any other in this top 10 right now!
Hi, Camila! I loved AuPair, its my favorite of all the scripts I’ve read. I’ve also took some time to read your treatment of AuPair and watch your previous short IVF, and they’re great! You’re really talented, I hope you win!
Wow, thank you so much! That means a lot. So happy you took the time to check out my work and connect with AuPair! (Camila, writer/director of AuPair )
