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Barbra escapes to an isolated farmhouse, where Ben and a handful of strangers barricade themselves in as the dead rise and close in. Shot around Pittsburgh by a small independent crew, George A. Romero’s first feature is widely credited with creating the modern zombie film.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/5b7cf244-c7ec-41e8-80b3-7f972310813257532026-09-29 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/sintel2026-09-28https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/sintel-share.jpgSintelSintel, a young woman living alone, rescues a wounded baby dragon and the two become inseparable. When the dragon is taken from her, she sets out on a long and dangerous search across a harsh world, ready to give anything to bring her friend back.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/5ca99639-19af-459a-b1b5-dd2fb00c1df08882026-09-28 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/tears-of-steel2026-09-28https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/tears-of-steel-share.jpgTears of SteelIn a future Amsterdam overrun by destructive robots, a group of warriors and scientists gather in the city’s old church to restage a crucial moment from the past, a young couple’s breakup, in a desperate attempt to save the world. A live-action short with visual effects created in the open-source Blender software.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/5a0d41bb-8d09-4665-823e-346d38e6d32c7352026-09-28 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/0962026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/096-share.jpg096After a deadly creature escapes the SCP Foundation, Inspector Arlia interviews Doctor Daniels, the man responsible for containing it. Daniels starts out mocking the Foundation’s secretive O5 Council, but as Arlia lays out the horrifying details of the breach, he grows more and more afraid of the question everyone wants answered: how did this happen? An independent short shot in Pittsburgh. For mature audiences.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/7057b995-4f43-4d06-b7e8-aca10f75d80214262026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/payload2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/payload-share.jpgPayloadA family living in the shadow of a space elevator struggles to survive in a dystopian future. An Australian independent sci-fi short, shot in Melbourne, Bendigo, and on Lake Eppalock in Victoria.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/88959a19-5ad7-4070-8e9a-4ef3ec5175f810762026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/other-lily2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/other-lily-share.jpgOther LilyLily suffers from a sleep paralysis that may have horrific implications on her waking life. A 2D animated horror short by independent animator David Romero.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/e9e4a503-b312-493a-9d25-44610b38bc4b3132026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/sprite-fright2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/sprite-fright-share.jpgSprite FrightWhen a group of rowdy teenagers trek into an isolated forest in Britain, they discover peaceful mushroom creatures that turn out to be an unexpected force of nature. Blender Studio’s 13th open movie is an ’80s-inspired horror comedy.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/01ee7aa3-7d41-441d-809f-61342def5f846302026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/oo2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/oo-share.jpg(OO)A stuffy nose becomes a surreal battlefield in this animated comedy about sniffles, sneezes, and rhinitis. From South Korean animator Seoro Oh, it won the Grand Prize at Russia’s Insomnia Festival and a Jury Award at the Seoul Independent Film Festival.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/d0bcc1d7-fab7-4f4e-a00d-c43bf1ed09363702026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/yo-te-quiero2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/yo-te-quiero-share.jpgYo te quiero!Juancito, a lonely boy from the Patagonian steppe, finds a little horse at a train station that seems to have been abandoned. Thrilled to have a new friend, he wants to keep it, not realizing the horse is waiting for its real owner to return. A stop-motion graduation film by Micaela Doll, Florencia Sueiro, and Nicolás Conte of the University of Buenos Aires. Also known as I Want It!https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/bacad869-9e6b-4f9e-bc45-bbebe69460b84942026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/beware-of-bunny2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/beware-of-bunny-share.jpgBeware of BunnyOn his way home, a little boy finds the pet of his nightmares. An animated horror short directed and produced by Becky Gill, with Dee Bradley Baker as the bunny, Mr. Fluffers.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/412dfc9a-2ba3-4d75-a51b-b08aadeb493b2672026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/pine-devil2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/pine-devil-share.jpgPine DevilMan hunts, but the Devil preys. A lone hunter in a cabin full of trophies finds out he is not the only one hunting tonight. A two-minute animated horror short from David Romero, the director of Other Lily.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/d30a9e78-fc48-419a-ba5d-83a9e951602b1362026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/tag-team2026-09-30https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/tag-team-share.jpgTag TeamA squad of cartoony kids bring color and style to their city streets with graffiti. Through dark alleyways and empty rooftops, the city is their canvas. But when the cops catch one of them in the act, it’s up to the Tag Team to rescue their buddy. A 2D/3D hybrid animated student film directed by Joseph Jones.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/d6884cc0-99cb-4bca-865f-30d5461db2504362026-09-30 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/breakfast-at-the-bodega2026-10-01https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/breakfast-at-the-bodega-share.jpgBreakfast at the BodegaBehind the counter of his family’s Brooklyn bodega, Basil dreams of becoming a French pastry chef, whatever his father thinks of it. A Brooklyn fairy tale of sorts, written by Cameron Strittmatter and Marina Elise Barham and directed by Barham.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/2323e55c-43ca-49a1-9f67-4c59e5acedc38652026-10-01 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/the-minos-paradox2026-10-01https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/the-minos-paradox-share.jpgThe Minos ParadoxThe myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, reimagined as science fiction. Each time Theseus touches a glowing sphere, he is thrown into a new era, another piece of a labyrinth through space and time with no way out. A silent short made almost entirely by one artist, Bruno Cailloux, in Unreal Engine 5 over more than a year.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/0ca5d431-fd19-496e-8ee1-dda04bf49c923072026-10-01 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/pixied2026-10-01https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/pixied-share.jpgPixiedA man’s morning routine of waking, shaving, breakfast, and the news on TV turns strange in this Argentine short made with pixilation, the stop-motion technique that animates live actors frame by frame. Best short film at the Latin American Stop Motion Workshop, and in official competition at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/25a0c737-b345-497c-bac0-309a02bbeb385052026-10-01 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/aki2026-10-01https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/aki-share.jpgAkiA servant girl and a stray dog are fast friends in Edo-period Kyoto. A tense confrontation changes the course of their fate. A 3D-animated senior thesis film by Taylor Reynolds at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, in Japanese with English subtitles.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/fba776f7-70a9-4611-bac5-71282ca0e58d5322026-10-01 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/singularity2026-10-04https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/singularity-share.jpgSingularityWhen a cosmic event destroys a small space critter’s home, it must find shelter among others under the protection of a mysterious celestial being. A painterly space adventure set in a universe before the beginning of our time, and Blender Studio’s first open movie in 4K HDR.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/d624f8d9-25ce-451b-baa1-062f39daa4e43912026-10-04 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/the-hitch-hiker2026-10-06https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/the-hitch-hiker-share.jpgThe Hitch-HikerWhile vacationing in Mexico, two friends give a ride to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a killer on the run, and he forces them to help him escape the police on a harrowing drive across the desert. Ida Lupino directed and co-wrote this tense thriller, inspired by a real 1950 crime spree, at a time when she was the only woman working as a director in Hollywood. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1998.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/3c2b78de-f452-4c41-99c5-4f27d83d7ccd42482026-10-06 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/the-brain-that-wouldnt-die2026-10-06https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/the-brain-that-wouldnt-die-share.jpgThe Brain That Wouldn’t DieAfter a car crash kills his fiancée, a brilliant and reckless surgeon keeps her severed head alive in his laboratory while he searches for a new body for her. But the head has plans of its own, and something is locked behind the laboratory door. A cult independent horror film, later featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/226e344a-c882-45db-97dd-133de1afa65a42562026-10-06 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/movies/the-little-shop-of-horrors2026-10-06https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/posters/the-little-shop-of-horrors-share.jpgThe Little Shop of HorrorsSeymour, a hapless clerk in a skid row flower shop, cross-breeds a strange plant that brings in customers, until he discovers it thrives on human blood. A black comedy from Roger Corman, with an early screen appearance by Jack Nicholson, that later inspired the stage musical.https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/764053/2fce4a2f-a2e6-43a9-8901-b913a0ffb43443102026-10-06 https://www.theindiefilmnetwork.com/credits