2026 SCREENING PROGRAM
Across a whole week in the lead up to Halloween, we celebrate independent filmmaking from across Australia and the world!
NIGHT 3
SUNDAY 25th OCTOBER - 6.00pm
DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA
NIGHT 3 - omnipresentes + qna
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE FEATURE
Australian Premiere Feature- Omnipresentes Peruvian film Omnipräsentes is the main card tonight! It's a low budget film shot in 16mm black and white, with a minimalist style, it approaches the thriller genre and the zombie survival film, which in turn functions as a metaphorical reflection of the Peruvian socio political state.
Proceeded by 5 fantastic shorts from around the world, Followed by a QnA
NIGHT 4
NIGHT 4 - FILM NETWORKING AND PANELS
MONDAY 26th OCTOBER - 6pm
AIE ATRIUM CINEMA - FREE ADMISSION
Join us for a night of networking, short films and Q&A panels with special guests!
Short films "Here", "Typeface", "Take a Seat", "Ascent", and "Love and Treat Yourself" will screen in between the sessions.
NIGHT 5
NIGHT 5 - HORROR + COMEDY
20th anniversary screening
Our Official Selection continues with a mix of comedy horror short films from across Australia and USA!
And for the first time...and probably the last; all 5 of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls shorts will be shown together...Remastered! They're girls... they're killers... they're vampires... and they're in bikinis. And now they have returned!
With our very special 20th Anniversary screening of all 5 Killer Bikini Vampire Girls Featuring a line up of stand up comedians in between films to find the funny in the horror!
TUESDAY 27th OCTOBER - 6pm
AIE ATRIUM CINEMA
NIGHT 6
WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER - 6.00pm
DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA
NIGHT 6 - States of Mind - with special guest Kiran Shah + QnA
Canberra Premiere Special Screening
Yeh! Nah! Horror Film Festival is proud to announce that internationally renowned actor and stunt performer Kiran Shah will attend this year’s festival for a Canberra Premiere special screening of Ché Baker’s States of Mind.
Shah stars as the eccentric Professor Manchester in the Australian supernatural horror-comedy, making his appearance one of the festival’s biggest highlights.
NIGHT 8
THuRSDAY 29th OCTOBER
AROUND CANBERRA CITY!
NIGHT 7 - WE REST IN OUR COFFINS...
We take a day's rest but there's still more Halloween fun happening around
Canberra!
PAST 2025 EVENTS
Locally Made Supernatural Feature Film Australian Premiere "Broken Pieces"
Screening in the Pre-Show are short films "Terror by Night" and "Gotcha"
A Filmmaker's Q&A will run after the films.
NIGHT 1
NIGHT 1 - OPENING NIGHT - Broken Pieces
FRIDAY 24th OCTOBER - 6.00pm
DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA
NIGHT 2
SATURDAY 25th OCTOBER - 6.00pm
AIE ATRIUM CINEMA
NIGHT 2 - OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENING
& CANBERRA CATEGORY AWARDS CEREMONY
The official selection screening with 12 Australian short horror films.
The Canberra category award ceremony closes out the night!
NIGHT 3
SUNDAY 26th OCTOBER - 6.00pm
DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA
NIGHT 3 - MATES VS ZOMBIES
10 year anniversary screening
Screening in a cinema for possibly the only time ever, Yeh! Nah! is proud to present the REMASTERED Special Edition cut of Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse in celebration of its 10 year anniversary. With at least twice as many explosions as before.
Two international short films "Starver" from Iran and "Death is only the Beginning" from the UK will screen as part of the pre-show.
A Filmmaker's Q&A will run after the films.
NIGHT 6
WEDNESDAY 29th OCTOBER - 6.00pm
DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA
NIGHT 6 - NIGHT OF HORROR
Spanish language horror film "La Fotografa" headlines our Night of Horror screening with a theme of shadow and light, that includes Italian short film "Malombra" and French short film "Dans L'ombre."
Canberra local films "I am free_" and student production "Sustenance" join the line up with a Q&A session to close the night!
