• Vote for the 2026 SMS People's Choice Award

    Complete this short survey to vote for your favourite short film. Your answers will also help us shape and evolve Show Me Shorts for next year. It will take less than 5-minutes. Your details will be kept confidential and you will not be identified in any reporting of results.

  • Ts&Cs

    ONE vote per person. Multiple votes per person will not be counted.

    We reserve the right to discount votes if we have reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting or voting which is designed to unfairly influence the outcome of the vote has occurred (including certain bulk voting). If users are found to be using the same ip address to vote multiple times, their votes may be discounted.

    Voting closes on 1 November 2026 at 12:00 PM.

  • Vote for your Favourite Film to win the People's Choice Award!

    Please answer the following questions to let us know your favourite film from the 2026 programme.
  • Where did you attend Show Me Shorts 2025?
  • Which North Island Cinema/Library?
  • Which South Island Cinema/Library?

  • Which session did you view? 

  • Which film was your favourite from Auckland Opening Night
  • Which film was your favourite from Wellington Opening Night
  • Which film was your favourite from Christchurch Opening Night
  • Which film was your favourite from the Award Winning Films
  • Which film was your favourite from the Auckland Filmmaker Talk
  • Which film was your favourite from the Wellington Filmmaker Talk
  • Which film was your favourite from the Christchurch Filmmaker Talk
  • Which film was your favourite from The Sampler
  • Which film was your favourite from Aotearoa
  • Which film was your favourite from Whānau Friendly
  • Which film was your favourite from Norwegian Short Film Focus
  • Which film was your favourite from Heartstrings
  • Which film was your favourite from After the Robots
  • Which film was your favourite from Oddballs & Absurd Calls
  • Which film was your favourite from Run for Your Life
  • Have you attended Show Me Shorts Film Festival in the past?*
  • How did you hear about the Show Me Shorts Film Festival?*
  • Did you attend a captioned (subtitles) screening?
  • Did the addition of a captioned screening add value to your experience?
  • Do you think that you would appreciate captions during a film?

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