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Following Short Film across more than 16 years of reporting, Geek Native has published 357 reports spanning Geek Stuff and Tabletop & RPGs. Coverage began in 2010 with REGEN by Mediocre Films.

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Hilda director Andy Coyle goes full creature horror with Kali

September 20, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Andy Coyle returns to Don’t Walk Home Alone After Dark with Kali, a chilling animated horror short following a teenager lured into a coastal storm drain.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, short film

Numenera: Strand short film returns as The Amber Archive eclipses original 2012 funding

March 2, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Ninth World returns in Numenera: The Amber Archive. Explore the mechanical shift to the Cypher System and the 10-year legacy of the stunning Strand short film.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, cypher system, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Sean K. Reynolds, short film, uk games expo

Short film: CLANKER

January 28, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jefferson Blunt spent 121 hours animating CLANKER, a brutal short film pitting human resistance against robotic “clankers” in a war-torn landscape.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: short film

Watch ‘Playing God’, the dark and incredibly powerful 9-minute stop-motion animation short

January 4, 2026 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

I was lucky enough to stumble upon Playing God, and having now watched this strange yet beautifully done stop-motion animation, I felt compelled to share it. The 9-minute short from Matteo Burani and Arianna Gheller took seven years to make, and goes all-in with the idea of creating self-aware beings out of clay – something […]

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Short film: LUX – When space janitorial duties go darkly wrong

November 22, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fans of Final Space and Red Dwarf will love LUX. This animated short explores the perils of being a bored space janitor when an alien comes knocking.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, short film

Short Film: War of Lights

November 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover “War of Lights”, a short animation by A. Shipwright with a striking retro feel. This 2D minimalist short blends horror and beauty, set to a haunting soundtrack.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, short film

Patron-funded horror animation ‘The Wolves Are All Gone’ offers a timely fable

October 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A village lives in peace with wolves until a charismatic stranger arrives. Explore the dark, allegorical fairy tale in the animated short, “The Wolves Are All Gone”.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, horror, short film

Short film: Knights of Guinevere – A dark fairy tale in the clouds

September 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Explore the visually rich, psychologically thrilling world of Knights of Guinevere from Glitch Productions. Discover how two friends confront corporate secrets and dark fairy tales in this acclaimed animated pilot.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, short film

Short film: Sakimi

August 12, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

“Sakimi” depicts a cyclical process of destruction and rebirth orchestrated by machines. A robotic entity initiates a “13th simulation program” to achieve “digital power of instant creation.”

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animations, short film

Short film: The Devil’s Rock

August 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In The Devil’s Rock, the narrator finds herself in a terrifying situation after a car theft goes wrong. She and her companion, Laura, try to siphon petrol from a car near a cornfield, but mysterious creatures attack them.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, horror, short film

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