Opening Night
№ I7 films · 1 hr 39 min2:00 PM
Block A · Curated Shorts
Sci-Fi/FantasyHorrorDramaAnimationDocumentaryComedy
A curated mix of shorts — drama, comedy, sci-fi, animation, documentary, and horror — followed by a Q&A.
Coming up36 days until opening night
Vol. XIVBurlington, IowaFour days · Twelve blocks
One steep street.
One long weekend.
Nearly a hundred short films.
July 9–12, 2026
Held annually at the Capitol Theater in Burlington, Iowa — a historic single-screen cinema five blocks from the actual Snake Alley.
About the festival
SNAFF is a short-film festival. Audiences buy tickets to blocks — curated programs of eight to eleven shorts running roughly ninety minutes — not to individual films.
The festival runs over one long weekend each July. Twelve blocks. Around 129 films from 16 countries. One theater, one street, one bar across the street to argue at after.
14
Film blocks
129
Short films
16
Countries
4
Days, one theater
This year, the highlights.
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Late Night
№ VII9 films · 1 hr 54 min9:00 PM
Block G · SNAFFter Dark 1
HorrorMusic VideoSci-Fi/FantasyAnimation
Our late-night block — horror and the explicit, after dark. Adults only.
Featured
№ VIII10 films · 1 hr 30 min11:00 AM
Block H · Saturday Morning Cartoons
Animation
Animated shorts for grown-ups. This block contains adult content and is NOT a children's program.
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