It’s time for the 2025 edition of the Weirdcademy Awards, the premier (only) awards contest exclusively focused on weird films, chosen by weird film fans. That means shorts as well as features. We’ve collected all five nominees for 2025′s Weirdest Short of the Year together in one place, for ease of voting. You can cast a vote for your favorite until March 15. Choose carefully, because you can only vote once. This year’s slate features the Agency for Defense against Hallucinatory Disruptions, lovers reunited inside a black hole inside a dream, little cosmic jokes, body-part stealing crows, and legendary big nights out.
You can watch all the nominees in full below before voting (shorts may contain A.I. generated images, advertisements, substance abuse, cartoon gore, and disturbing tiny flute-playing men):
“ADHD” (link) by Meat Dept.
“Dream Machine” (link) by Jimmy Marble
“Heroic Dose” (link) by Dugan Gundelfinger
“Salad Fingers 14: Crows” (link) by David Firth
“Yes I Didi” (link) by Jim Hosking