Fantasy short films

13 min · English · Comedy · Drama · Horror · Fantasy

For Owen, resisting a compulsion feels as if the world could end. This dark comedy takes that fear literally, mixing an everyday struggle with wildly escalating stakes.

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.

6 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy · Drama

A wordless animation: a strange creature races against time to finish the most important thing it will ever make. Six minutes that linger long after.

12 min · Tamil · Drama · Fantasy

A Tamil fantasy-drama about an aspiring filmmaker whose imagination starts writing itself into the story he's trying to make. Eleven playful, layered 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.

21 min · Malayalam · Drama · Fantasy

Two children's lives become tangled up with time, fate and mysterious events in this twenty-one-minute Malayalam fantasy-drama.

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 · Fantasy

A man whose hand slaps anyone who lies goes to a psychiatrist with secrets of his own. An eighteen-minute Malayalam fantasy comedy.

17 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Romance · Fantasy

A heartbroken teenager tries a love spell to win over his co-worker. A sixteen-minute Malayalam fantasy rom-com.

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.

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.

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.

9 min · No dialogue · Fantasy · Romance

Not a single word is spoken in Inbox, so glances and gestures carry this small fantasy love story. A gentle pick for when you want romance told in silence.

4 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy

A wordless four-minute animation: a piece of bread tries to escape its fate and finds an unexpected way of looking at life.

2 min · English · Comedy · Fantasy

Stolen bicycles and a unicorn collide in a brief comic encounter on the street, in Ninian Doff’s fantastical short.

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.

23 min · Telugu · Thriller · Fantasy

A Telugu spiritual thriller: haunted by a recurring dream of the sea and a woman in yellow, Anu follows a mysterious book to Kulashekarapattanam and her forgotten ancestry.

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.

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.

15 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Thriller

A Malayalam noir fantasy: a man who has escaped every prison is sent to an island jail whose guards say no one leaves. Fourteen minutes that slowly tighten the screws.

5 min · Japanese · Animation · Fantasy

A 2025 Japanese graduation animation: an angel with no memory lands on an island where only one boy can see her, and he starts to cry. Five bittersweet minutes.

5 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy · Drama

Hugo's first step outside needs a little courage and an unusual friend. Try Brave for a short animated story about confidence and feeling accepted.

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.

8 min · English · Animation · Fantasy · Romance

One grand ball, and very little time to find love. Try this puppet fairytale, narrated by Stephen Fry, for a story about making the most of the time we have.

10 min · Spanish · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Unhappy at work and disconnected from his family, Manuel is diagnosed with a strange condition: he is turning into an elephant.

10 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy · Romance

A lonely iceberg is an unlikely place to make a friend. Try this wordless stop-motion fairytale for a prickly witch and a determined visitor.

28 min · Kannada · Horror · Fantasy

A Kannada horror-comedy: psychology student Sowmya invites her boyfriend over while her parents are away, but the evening involves a spirit board and some very polite guests from the other side.

20 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Thriller

Enter a night forest where the shadows may be hiding something. Choose Irulan for a Malayalam fantasy short with a mystery waiting beyond the trees.

12 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy · Drama

A lifelong dream keeps Jonas looking toward the sea. Watch for a wordless animation about holding on to the thing you most want to do.

18 min · Tamil · Fantasy

Try a Tamil fantasy short from an independent team. A pick for viewers who like seeing small productions explore bigger imagined worlds.

15 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy

Sometimes finding a friend means finding someone who knows what it is to be different. Try Laika & Nemo for a dialogue-free animated meeting between a diver and an astronaut.

12 min · English · Fantasy · Drama

What happens when Death has only one person left to find? Try this compact English-language encounter at the end of humanity.

21 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Fantasy

In the mood for Malayalam comedy with a fantasy twist? Try Lokaavasanam and its ensemble led by Akhil Kavalayoor and Aristo Suresh.

13 min · Japanese · Animation · Fantasy

Nina Aiiro's first original anime short, with music by Ayase: a girl named Luca asks Nene one unsettling question, what do you want? Twelve dreamlike minutes in Japanese.

7 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy

What if daylight controlled your every move? Watch for a wordless stop-motion tale of a worker with a brighter idea.

18 min · No dialogue · Animation · Thriller · Fantasy

A night train becomes a world of its own. Choose Madame Tutli-Putli for stop-motion animation that turns an ordinary journey into an eerie encounter with memory and fear.

20 min · Tamil · Fantasy · Comedy

What if headphones could challenge everything you suspect about the people around you? Try this for a fantasy twist on trust and misunderstanding.

4 min · English · Animation · Comedy · Fantasy

A rude encounter becomes an unexpected lesson in empathy. Try Mime Your Manners for a quick animated reversal of roles.

11 min · Japanese · Animation · Comedy · Fantasy

Koji Yamamura's Oscar-nominated animation retells the rakugo tale of a miser who grows a cherry tree on his head. Its makers note it ranked in Annecy's list of 100 films for a century of animation.