Five San Jose International Short Film Festival award winners that went on to win or be nominated for an Academy Award, from Skin to I’m Not a Robot.
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Thanks for Celebrating 18 Years With Us!
4 Days / Over 150 World Class Short Films
Listed as one of the “Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” by MovieMaker Magazine, the San Jose International Short Film Festival is honored to present an incredible array of World Class short films from across the globe to excited Silicon Valley audiences.
The 18th Annual SJSFF / October 2026!
The 18th Annual San Jose International Short Film Festival offered an incredible lineup of more than 100 imagination-stretching short films from across the globe, screened over four days. The films were programmed into over 20 screening blocks plus special events, a testament to the creative range of the featured films. They exemplify excellence in every genre from thought-provoking documentaries and dramatic shorts, to world cinema, comedy shorts, entertaining science fiction/horror selections, beautifully-crafted animation, to family-friendly shorts and more.
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More than 160 short films from 28 countries, four days at CineArts Santana Row, and ten jury award winners led by Best of the Fest Getar Hero: a look back at SJSFF 2026.
Teddy Stern’s Getar Hero, a cowboy story set in Mumbai, won Best of the Fest at the 18th annual San Jose International Short Film Festival and has qualified for the 99th Academy Awards.
Acclaimed short film Romchyk, about a Ukrainian boy who returns to ballroom dancing after being badly burned in a Russian missile strike, screened at the San Jose International Short Film Festival as part of its award-winning festival run.
Alongside many movie theaters in San Jose we are following the suggestions of the Health Officer of Santa Clara which will help us to welcome audiences back.
All queues for screening blocks will be outside, there will be no lines inside the theater.
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