Best Shorts Kickstarter projects to watch
10 live Shorts projects ranked by Lens Score — a 0-100 composite of funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick signal.
Pulled from 43 live Shorts projects (category averages 48% of goal, $116K total pledged across the category). Updated September 2026.
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What happens when Amber, a child who experiences the world through music, is sent to a house where music is forbidden?
$4K raised89% funded27 backers+113.2% 24h58LENS SCORE - 02US
Une Faible Impression: A Short Film
A contemplative, bilingual short film. A morning conversation, a boy in the woods, a word beckoning across two languages. October 2026.
$6K raised216% funded43 backers+3.2% 24h45LENS SCORE - 03GB
HOT!
A black British rom-com from Etta Davies. Funny, honest and painfully familiar, capturing the magic and risk of meeting someone new.
$2K raised48% funded10 backers+1652.7% 24h44LENS SCORE - 04FR
Laklapaben - 48 Hour Film Project 2026 - Nantes
L’équipe Laklapaben retente cette année le défi fou du 48 Hour Film Project : réaliser un court-métrage de fiction en un week-end !
$462 raised443% funded5 backers0.0% 24h39LENS SCORE - 05US
Stuck With You
A ’90s New York rom-com about grief, unexpected family, and falling for the last person you’d choose.
$1K raised138% funded16 backers+5.7% 24h34LENS SCORE - 06JP
East Exit (short film)
What happens to childhood friendships when you are no longer a child?
$766 raised137% funded8 backers0.0% 24h34LENS SCORE - 07★ Staff PickUS
Point Game
There's no "I" in team but there is in family.
$22K raised74% funded38 backers0.0% 24h31LENS SCORE - 08GB
Camp Firefly - Short Film!
With one week until camp opens, a chaotic group of unprepared teenage counsellors must avoid turning summer into a total disaster.
$473 raised140% funded13 backers0.0% 24h30LENS SCORE - 09AU
When The Light Changes: Short Film / Passion Project
Between late nights, ocean air, and a stranger she can’t stop thinking about, a grieving girl slowly learns to let the light back in.
$3K raised82% funded34 backers+1.4% 24h28LENS SCORE - 10AU
Mascot - A Short Film
Being seen isn't the same as being known
$393 raised56% funded7 backers+21.7% 24h27LENS SCORE
How this list is built
We pull all live Shorts projects on Kickstarter (refreshed every 8 hours), then rank them by either Lens Score (for projects with at least 24 hours of data) or Early Momentum (for projects in their first 72 hours). The top 10 land here.
No editorial weighting — the ranking is the math. The list updates automatically every hour, so the projects on this page next week may not be the same ones you see today.
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