Bummed you missed this year’s We Like ‘Em Short film festival? Totally understandable — it was a splendid time for all in attendance.

But don’t fret! Not only will there be one next year, you can watch 20 of the shorts that were screened this year right now.

The following films are available online if you search their title along with the director’s name (brief reviews are included for personal favorites):

• “Aki” (Wanci Hua, Taiwan): This precious delicacy, steeped in Studio Ghibli’s adoration of food, feels ripped from the end of the second act of a film I desperately want to see.
• “Citrus” (Moira Semel, UK): Erotic, ecstatic, experimental — never has the peeling and consumption of an orange been so arresting (the original jazz score is a big reason why).
• “Dracula’s Super Scary Halloween” (Kevin Maher, USA): Told with inky lines and clever rhymes, Dracula’s bout with a mysterious bump in the night is both droll and heartfelt.
• “Goro Goro” (Ryotaro Sawada & Agatha Tiara Christa, USA)
• “Grizzly Business” (Kyle Nelson, USA)
• “Hemorrhage” (Ruth Hayes, USA): At first the imagery might be obtuse for some, and then it falls together into a tragedy all too clear — an abstract piece that literally bleeds righteous anger.
• “Horsegirl” (AP “Pinkie” Davis, USA)
• “Hunky Dory” (Steven Vander Meer, USA)” Our audience’s response to 4,620 breathtaking, by-hand drawings exploring the cycles of life and motion was collective and simple: Wow.
• “I am a Chair” (Mingzhu Jing, UK)
• “I Believe We Are Lost” (Peter Whittenberger, USA)
• “I Can Fix It” (Citlali Shani Vazquez Negra, USA)
• “I’m Leaving” (Michelle Brand, Germany): As light and shadow pulse, as colors and shapes writhe and shimmer, as the night speeds on, one may bask in the best music video the far side of twilight.
• “Jim’s Interview” (David Michael Wolfe, USA): Stretched and squished to the limits of slapstick storytelling, Jim may be miserable as everything goes awry, but it’s hilarious for the rest of us.
• “Lighter’s Twist” (Mark Kravchenko, Ukraine)
• “Lonely” (Filipe Consoni, Brazil)
• “Over Inking” (Molly Mignano, USA): An inclusive, tender lesson in body art brought to you by the most soothing of aesthetics — it somehow almost got me to consider getting a tattoo myself.
• “Seule Tod” (James Middleton, USA)
• “Throwaway Living” (Laura Malatos, USA)
• “The Toad in the Hole” (Oliver Brubaker, USA)
• “Tuk Tuk” (Pavin Chaisua & Louie Corrons, USA)

Here’s to the wonders of short cinema!