Riverside Short Film Festival

04/05/2026

Ten years ago we started hosting this festival, and we are so thankful for our incredible audience and the talented filmmakers who keep this celebration of the art of short film alive!
And the 2026 winners are…
First Place: Forever Young
Audience Choice: One Last Order
See you next year at the historic Walt Theatre in downtown New Haven!

04/12/2025

Thank you to our wonderful audience and talented filmmakers for another great festival!
And the winners are…
First Place: Fairplay
Second Place: 6.21
Third Place: Tail Slate
Audience Choice: The Ugly Chickens

See you next year at the historic Walt Theatre in downtown New Haven!

10/02/2024

Call for entries is OPEN! And mark your calendars for April 11-12, 2025 at the Walt Theatre in downtown New Haven for the Riverside Short Film Festival!

The Riverside Short Film Festival furthers the art and craft of film-making by supporting, promoting and recognizing the art of short film and its artists. T...

04/15/2024

Congrats to everyone!

04/14/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a day full of short films from around the world!
We’re excited to announce our winners:
First place: Mambo Queens
Second place (tie): Favourites and Blue Hour
Audience choice: The Bathtub

03/15/2024

SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 13 2024!
Tickets and Film Selection Information COMING SOON!

04/02/2023

Congrats to all our selections and continued good luck to all our film teams. Keep making cool art!

We’re gonna take a little break and be back with our call for entries for 2024 soon!

04/01/2023

View from our director Tara before we started. Thank you to all those who come support short film!

04/01/2023

We are so honored to announce our official selections for today's BEST OF THE FEST! Tickets are going fast so we highly suggest getting them in advance before today's 2pm start at Walt Theatre

Tickets available online at https://filmfreeway.com/RiversideShortFilmFestival/tickets