12 min · Malayalam · Animation
Follow a stream through the eyes of three curious children—a little adventure for anyone who remembers asking big questions about the world.
Adventurous short films
57 Adventurous short films in the cafe, running 2 to 51 minutes. Many are suspenseful or feel-good. They span 10 languages. Each is a complete standalone short film, chosen by the cafe and played through its original video provider.
12 min · Malayalam · Animation · Fantasy
Studio Eeksaurus's Malayalam animation: storyteller P.N.K. Panicker shares the uncanny spirits and tall tales of his neighbourhood. Twelve playful, eerie minutes.
16 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller · Action · Fantasy
A rescue mission crosses into the spirit world. Try Kodama for an action-fantasy short about a samurai SWAT officer fighting to bring his father home.
20 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Drama
A young man escapes his routine and stumbles into a mystical village that changes how he sees life. A nineteen-minute Malayalam fantasy with a 3.5% like rate on YouTube.
12 min · Vietnamese · Action · Thriller
A Vietnamese martial-arts thriller: a scooter-taxi driver's past catches up with him one night in Saigon. Twelve kinetic minutes.
20 min · Malayalam · Thriller · Fantasy
A sorcerer's apprentice and three volunteers try to break the curse on a haunted paddy field. A nineteen-minute Malayalam folk thriller.
18 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Drama
A grandmother sends a gang of children after an exotic fruit, and their adventure goes somewhere unexpected. An eighteen-minute Malayalam comedy.
33 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Drama
Four mischievous friends hatch a revenge plan that takes a comic turn. A thirty-two-minute Malayalam comedy-adventure.
32 min · English · Science fiction · Drama
A thirty-one-minute English sci-fi drama: an interplanetary hauler trying to provide for his daughter is forced to face his past and some hard choices.
25 min · English · Science fiction · Fantasy · Drama
An English sci-fi fantasy: a teenager believes a mysterious plant can save his dying brother, while a government agency wants it destroyed. Twenty-five adventurous minutes.
20 min · Russian · Science fiction · Action
A nineteen-minute AI-created science-fiction adventure written and directed by NOAH, made for the Higgsfield film festival, with Russian dialogue.
21 min · Malayalam · Thriller · Comedy · Fantasy
Onam gets unexpectedly spooky when Chathan, the mischievous spirit, joins the celebrations. A twenty-minute Malayalam festive fantasy-comedy.
12 min · No dialogue · Animation · Science fiction · Drama
A wordless animation: a delivery robot crosses an abandoned world and forms an unexpected bond with a dog. Twelve minutes of quiet wonder.
51 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Comedy · Drama
In a town where everyone has a superpower, one ordinary young man tries to find his skill and a job. A fifty-one-minute Malayalam fantasy-comedy for a full evening.
10 min · English · Romance
Charles Wahl's English sci-fi romance for DUST: George has a ring in his pocket, Lori has a time machine that goes back ten minutes. Nine charming minutes of second chances.
11 min · English · Animation
A professor's obsession leads all the way to the Arctic. Try this animated adventure for mystery, memory and the curious pull of numbers.
9 min · English · Science fiction · Fantasy · Comedy
A burglary sends Dave on a search that takes an unexpected turn through time and space. Try this for a little everyday trouble with a science-fiction twist.
5 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy · Science fiction
In this breathtaking science fiction spectacle, a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation, that has profound implications for an entire galaxy.
29 min · Malayalam · Science fiction
For a Malayalam science-fiction short, try Alien Brihaspati from writer-director Harinarayanan, featuring Snigdha Maria, A V Anoop and Ishak Musafir.
24 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Action
Ancient secrets meet a warrior's calling in Anantha. Choose this Malayalam short for a blend of mythological fantasy, mystery and action.
17 min · English · Science fiction · Comedy
Two farmers get a visitor from beyond their familiar world. Try this sci-fi comedy for a small-town routine disrupted by something extraordinary.
29 min · Hindi · Comedy · Drama
A Hindi comedy-adventure in the Uttarakhand hills: two small-time chancers on the run from the police end up sheltering three students. Twenty-eight breezy minutes.
8 min · No dialogue · Animation · Comedy
Two mismatched bats make an explosive combination. Try BATZ for a dialogue-free animated adventure with clashing personalities and cartoon energy.
16 min · English · Action
A Western inspired by Marty Robbins's ballad Big Iron: an Arizona Ranger rides into Agua Fria to find the outlaw Texas Red. Fifteen minutes building to a showdown.
35 min · English · Fantasy
Brian Ulrich's award-winning 2014 fantasy, featuring Doug Jones: magic is outlawed, the land is dying and only a fugitive princess may hold the key. Thirty-five minutes of epic ambition.
22 min · English · Science fiction · Action
Calvin Sander Romeyn's English sci-fi for DUST: in a walled nuclear exclusion zone, a young woman and her decommissioned military droid plan their escape. Twenty-two minutes of retro-future action.
10 min · No dialogue · Animation
What if a house could go looking for somewhere else to belong? Follow a wordless animated journey beyond the foundations of home.
8 min · English · Documentary
Take a short break with “Ian” to see the world from another angle. A 72-year-old rock climber who defies age and keeps chasing his passion.
21 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller
A routine repair turns into a family rescue in space. Try Icarus for a science-fiction short that puts a mother and son's bond under pressure.
7 min · No dialogue · Animation · Comedy
Two penguins find something that really does not belong in the ice. Try this wordless animation for an Antarctic adventure with an unusual ingredient.
31 min · Kannada · Thriller
Ankush Sai Gowda's Kannada survival mystery set in the wild landscapes of Chikkamagaluru, where a trip into the forest becomes an encounter nature won't forget.
5 min · No dialogue · Animation
A wordless fantasy action short made in Blender by Ammonite and Zean, winner of Blender's Suzanne Award for best short film 2024. Koji must defeat an ancient evil his late master left behind.
11 min · No dialogue · Animation · Drama
Step onto a desert rooftop where holding on to childhood becomes a battle with the wind. A pick for wordless stop-motion storytelling.
22 min · English · Animation · Science fiction
Two girls find a way to keep moving through a broken world. A pick for an animated train journey through post-apocalyptic days.
5 min · No dialogue · Animation · Drama
A discarded ring becomes a very big prize for some very small creatures. Watch for a wordless animated adventure beneath the city.
4 min · Japanese · Animation · Science fiction · Comedy
Buckle up for a fast trip beyond Earth, as Makina and Chiharu turn a weekend drive into animated interplanetary chaos.
16 min · Tamil · Drama
An elderly couple and a friend plan an escape from their care home to wish their granddaughter a happy birthday in person.
32 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller
A disaster cuts a couple off from the world they built underwater. Try this for a science-fiction survival story with an ocean setting.
29 min · Malayalam · Thriller
A journey turns into a nightmare where the hunter may become the hunted. Try Okaso for a travel-thriller premise with an unsettling sense of fate.
3 min · No dialogue · Animation · Comedy
Two octopuses will not give up on staying together. Try this for a very short, very determined animated escape.
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