Palm Springs ShortFest 2026: Top Picks

Palm Springs ShortFest 2026 is taking place June 23-29th. Here's our guide of our top picks of blocks of shorts. Plan ahead and spend some time in the Coachella Valley.

 

7 Deadly Sins

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Festival Theaters 5
5:00 PM

 

Wade into seven sinful selections that explore each cardinal vice—gluttony, lust, greed, wrath, sloth, envy, and pride—in which transgression, temptation, and the thrill of wrongdoing run rampant. 

 

Thrills & Chills 

Friday, June 26, 2026
Festival Theaters 5
8:00 PM

 
Terror lurks in the most unexpected places in this collection of horror shorts—from bizarre rituals to cursed desires and darkly comic retribution, expect the unsettling, the outrageous, and the truly disturbing.

Late Night

Saturday, June 27, 2026
Festival Theaters 5
8:00 PM

The absurd and the surreal converge in this playfully unhinged collection of after-dark shorts featuring a wild array of antics and abnormalities.