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Drama25 minby Émile V. Schlesser

An actor’s breakthrough role becomes a dangerous game of desire and control

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Be Back By 3
Drama
Be Back By 3by Aliyah Dominique Jefferies

Two secret lovers reach a tipping point in West Philadelphia

20 min·atmospheric · intimate
The Lost Camp
Horror
The Lost Campby Connor Etter

Three campers discover an abandoned town haunted by a vengeful spirit

16 min·scary · suspenseful
shelf life
Drama
shelf lifeby Jordan Exum

Two women grapple with maintaining an interracial friendship

15 min·intense · reflective
Helpline
Drama
Helplineby John Alen

A young psychology student takes his first call at a suicide hotline

3 min·intense · suspenseful
Big Cats
Comedy
Big Catsby Vishnu Akella

Vishnu explores masculinity, faith, and family through a special friendship

18 min·heartwarming · hilarious
5 Ways I Didn’t Marry You
Romance
5 Ways I Didn’t Marry Youby Tom Dunn

In five parallel universes, Bernadette does not marry her lover

15 min·entertaining · intimate
Hope Chest
Crime
Hope Chestby Dycee Wildman & Jennifer Bonior

Raised on murder TV, Eve dreams of the detective who mourns her

4 min·satirical · thought-provoking
Vrag
Thriller
Vragby Ivantiy Novak

A loyal Soviet propagandist gets a night visit that rewrites every truth

18 min·dark · historical
Penny drops
Drama
Penny dropsby Louis Shergold

A widowed man escapes into the countryside for one last weekend away

12 min·emotional · heartwarming
Gaming for Love
Drama
Gaming for Loveby Erin Gavin

A terminally ill gamer unites family and strangers worldwide

12 min·emotional · heartwarming
42 Seconds
Drama
42 Secondsby Steve Anderson

Months after a mass shooting, survivors return to the diner where it happened

16 min·emotional · intense
The Ferberizing of Coral
Comedy
The Ferberizing of Coralby Patrick Flynn

New parents are haunted by the voices from their baby monitor

10 min·comic · meaningful
Off the Face of the Earth
Mystery
Off the Face of the Earthby Michael Pantozzi

A photographer captures a vanished woman on camera

18 min·atmospheric · mysterious
Paint Me Blue
Romance
Paint Me Blueby Ari Veach

A Painter and a Muse fall in love, create art, and escape reality

19 min·atmospheric · intimate

This week

Top 9 on Klipist

Under 5 minutes

Short on Time

BONGO
Experimental
BONGOby Reece Daniels

A cautionary tale of false connections and toxic relationships

3 min·atmospheric · mysterious
My Journey to Switzerland
Documentary
My Journey to Switzerlandby Luigi Costa & Gianluca Sarbo

A doc about a search that led a young Spaniard to Switzerland

4 min·heartwarming · inspiring
Retch
Horror
Retchby Keir Siewert

A young woman's disturbing illness is turning her into something unexpected

4 min·gory · intense
Negatives
Horror
Negativesby Ross McGowan

A photographer captures a monster in his dark room

2 min·mysterious · scary
Hey You
Drama
Hey Youby Jared Watmuff

Is who's top or bottom all they should be worried about?

5 min·controversial · intimate
Feige
Drama
Feigeby Arno Thöni & Raphael Stäger

A worker reads tarot, reflecting how work devoured him

4 min·atmospheric · dark
Wo Milch und Honig fliesst
Comedy
Wo Milch und Honig fliesstby Riu Lohri

A father is a real superhero for his little girls

1 min·heartwarming · meaningful
The Corridor
Animation
The Corridorby James Mansell

A man struggling with his mental health is trapped in an endless corridor

5 min·atmospheric · dark
Lost Souls
Drama
Lost Soulsby Dann Emmons

A visual take on characters hitting rock bottom and deciding what to do next

3 min·atmospheric · reflective
The Leap Beneath
Documentary
The Leap Beneathby Roman Willi

A tiny springtail embarks on a quest for survival beneath the forest floor

5 min·cinematic · entertaining
This Place is a Sh*thole
Horror
This Place is a Sh*tholeby Will Wightman

Chaos and grime of communal living spiral into something horrifying

4 min·dark · intense
Abgestempelt – Die Paragraphenreiter
Comedy
Abgestempelt – Die Paragraphenreiterby Damian Brülhart

When bureaucracy becomes so devoted that nothing will stop them

5 min·entertaining · quirky
Workaholic Anonymous
Comedy
Workaholic Anonymousby Manuel Held

Nathanaël the Great shares his struggles in a workaholics support group

5 min·quirky · satirical
Geheimtipp
Comedy
Geheimtippby Pascal Hochstrasser

Two farmers on a breathtaking Swiss Alp need to adapt after going viral

5 min·entertaining · hilarious

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21 films5h 3m
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20 films4h 36m
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6 films51m
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6 films46m
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4 films23m
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8 films2h 41m
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22 films3h 36m
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5 films1h 5m
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9 films2h 15m
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Spanish-language shorts from both sides of the Atlantic.

4 films51m
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French-language short films, from intimate drama to sharp comedy.

6 films25m
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10 films2h 17m
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Dark Comedy Hour

Dark comedies with teeth: flat-share hell, supernatural trouble and one very bad day.

6 films1h 3m
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Best of British

British shorts, from deadpan comedy to kitchen-sink drama.

10 films2h 26m
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Christmas

Coming home, family tables and one legendary lost weekend. Films to watch when the tree is up.

7 films1h 10m
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American Indie

Independent American shorts, coast to coast.

10 films2h 45m
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German and Swiss German short films, from Swiss competition winners to Berlin black comedy.

10 films1h 10m
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Swiss Short Film Competition

Klipist proudly presents all the winners from the 2025 Swiss Short Film Competition by Schweizer AG.

15 films1h 15m
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Top short films with Korean subtitles, translated by Guseok.

11 films2h 24m
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Short films drawn from real lives: survival, courage and forgiveness.

8 films1h 45m
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Quick Laughs

A funny as hell collection of short films under 10 minutes.

8 films55m
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8 films1h 34m
Collection
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5 films1h 2m
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9 films1h 37m

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Great Twists

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Love is Love

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Crime

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Feel Good

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Take your time

Slow Cinema

Blood and bonds

Family

Squirm in your seat

Critically Uncomfortable

In the name of love

Love & Romance

Quick and easy

One More Before Bed

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Date Night

Surprise me

Hidden Gems

Right and wrong

Justice

Lights off

Horror

Haves and have-nots

Class & Inequality

Other worlds

Sci-fi

Grey areas

Crime & Morality

Pieces to put together

Mystery

Trust broken

Betrayal

Beyond the veil

Supernatural

The ones that got away

Heartbreak

Against the odds

Survival

The making of

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Chasing it

Dreams & Ambition

Raising them

Parenthood

On the clock

Work & Career

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The big questions

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Rules don't apply

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