The Directors of Deadpool and Seven Are Producing an Animated Anthology Series
Love, Death & Robots. What more do you need?
Doctor Who Saves Christmas (Again) in This Adorable Holiday Short
We may not be getting a Doctor Who Christmas special this year, but Jodie Whittaker and her festive friends aren’t…
Netflix Will Release Spike Lee-Produced Film About Using Time Travel Against Police Brutality
These teenagers are using science for good. Netflix has announced that it’s pairing up with Spike Lee’s production…
What If Robots of the Future Were Angsty Rather Than Angry?
Westworld has given us a terrifying look at what might happen if humanoid robots powered by highly sophisticated AI…
Short Film Campers Chronicles Young Love With a Freaky Scifi Twist
At a family campground somewhere in rural France, an unspoken attraction takes ahold of two teenage strangers. But…
Atmosphere Is Everything in This Creepy Horror Short
A few years back, io9 featured filmmaker John Panton’s short Line Signal, a chronicle of a lone women’s spectacularly…
A Deep-Space Disaster Gets Weirder By the Second in Suspenseful Short Film Hyperlight
Hyperlight opens with a disoriented astronaut in crisis mode, trying to reconnect with both her ship and her mission…
A Young Astronaut Follows His Space-Exploration Dreams in This Whimsical Music Video
Michael Mizrachi’s One Day Love is really more of a music video (the upbeat song is from a children’s music album by…
A Man Builds a Pet Cemetery for Selfless and Selfish Reasons in This Ghoulishly Funny Horror Short
Meet Rodney—a jolly retiree who’s taken it upon himself to host a pet cemetery in his suburban London backyard,…
The Future of Farming Has Never Looked Scarier Than in This Eerie Short Film
A family of farmers sits around the dinner table, but something’s wrong with the youngest son: He’s started to feel…
A Frozen-Faced Man Finds Unexpected Hope in Sweet Fantasy Short Cautionary Tales
Parental scare tactics come true in Luke Taylor and Chris Barrett’s fable Cautionary Tales, about a lonely young man…
Surreal Horrors Invade the Backwoods in Loopy Scifi Short Crittus
The wilderness is a favorite staging ground for horror filmmakers—but Marcus Alqueres’ short Crittus adds some extra…
A Heartbroken Man's Emotional Baggage Marks Him in a Most Unusual Way in Scifi Short Picture Wheel
Break-ups in the era of social media are rough—even if you “unfriend” and “unfollow” your ex, you’re still in danger of…
An Unhinged Young Mother Faces Her Worst Fear in Horrifying Short Behind
Arianne is already in full crisis mode at the start of Ángel Gómez Hernández’s short Behind thanks to her hostile ex,…
Game Night Brings Unexpected Terror in Horror Short Your Date Is Here
A mom, her little daughter, and Grandma’s vintage, romance-themed board game. What could possibly go wrong in this…
A Hero's Journey Spans Just Two Minutes in This Hilariously Breakneck Short
A reluctant hero, a frantic wizard, and a hodgepodge of fantasy tropes (including a damsel in distress) make for what…
Lunch Meat Will Indeed Travel Through a Wormhole, at Least According to This Charming Short Film
We first wrote about filmmaker Olga Osorio last year when we caught her short film reStart—a suspenseful kidnapping…
A Real-Life Historical Mystery Gets a Thrilling, Subversive Twist in Short Film The Defector
In 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt vanished while swimming at a beach near his residence. He was presumed…
An Alternate Reality Is the Best and Worst Thing to Happen to a Lonely Woman in This Bittersweet Short
A frustrated, married mom of two becomes a beta tester for a virtual reality program that facilitates romantic…
A Woman Faces the Digital Ghosts of Her Past in Swedish Scifi Short Film In the Gap
It’s a bizarre mix between Black Mirror and those Emoji Robots from Doctor Who. This new Swedish short film centers…