Three Hits

A 28-minute Serbian short that hits harder than its runtime suggests — three former classmates, one prom anniversary, and the kind of night that unearths everything they've been pretending to forget.

Watch it in under 30 minutes — or don't, but here's why you should

Three Hits is a 2026 Serbian short film — 28 minutes, comedy and drama tangled together — that follows Petar, Strahinja, and Lazar as they reunite to mark their prom anniversary. What starts as forced smiles and awkward toasts curdles into something rawer as the night wears on. The tagline says it all: "The past gathers tonight." That's not marketing. That's the entire premise.

The thing that strikes me about the script is how little it explains and how much it trusts you to catch on. These three men are differentiated enough that you don't need a program to track who's carrying which grievance. Early on, there's a moment where they're clearly performing "old friends catching up" for each other's benefit — the performance is just slightly too enthusiastic. That gap between the act and the reality? That's where the film lives.

What's remarkable is the tonal balance. A line that reads as funny in delivery lands as something else once you know what's actually being said underneath. That kind of writing — where subtext does more work than dialogue — separates this from a standard reunion-gone-wrong story.

Where to actually watch it right now

Three Hits is currently streaming on major OTT platforms. The fastest way to find out which service has it in your region is to check the Where to Watch widget at the top of this page — it updates as licensing changes, since streaming rights for short films shift more frequently than features do.

Movie OTT tracks availability across Netflix, Prime Video, and dozens of other services in real time. If the widget shows a platform you already subscribe to, you're looking at a spontaneous late-night watch — genuinely one of the lowest-stakes viewing decisions you'll make. That's the advantage of the short format.

The production: How a Belgrade film school made something that punches above its budget

Produced by Akademija Umetnosti Beograd (the Academy of Arts in Belgrade) in partnership with CinneRent, Three Hits carries the fingerprints of a film school environment — not as criticism, but as genuine observation about where the creative risk-taking comes from. These projects tend to be lean, focused, and willing to take tonal chances a commercial production wouldn't touch.

The collaboration between an academic institution and a production outfit like CinneRent suggests something practical: real locations, tight schedules, a crew solving problems on the fly. Akademija Umetnosti Beograd has a track record of producing work that exceeds its resources, and Three Hits fits that pattern.

As of now, the film hasn't accumulated enough votes on IMDb to register a meaningful score — which is standard for short-form titles from emerging markets. No major English-language outlets have reviewed it yet. Awards recognition, if any, would likely come through European short film circuits, the kind of festivals that actually pay attention to 28-minute character studies from the Balkans.

The genre classification — comedy and drama — undersells how deliberately the film plays those two modes against each other. This isn't a soft dramedy. It's like watching three people try to keep a dinner party civil while a structural fire starts in the walls.

Who should watch, and what to compare it to

If you connected with films like Before Sunrise (Linklater's dialogue-driven reunion of old lovers) or the raw, character-focused short work that plays Sundance, Three Hits will land. It's for anyone who's sat across a table from someone they used to know and felt the distance between who you both were and who you've become — that specific, uncomfortable recognition.

The 28-minute runtime also makes it ideal for the kind of viewing that longer titles can't deliver. You're not committing to two hours. You're committing to one conversation.

Movie OTT's aggregator function is specifically built for this kind of discovery — the films that get missed without someone pointing the way. Three Hits is exactly that.

The breakdown: What you need to know

• Released: 2026
• Runtime: 28 minutes (short film, not feature)
• Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Produced by: Akademija Umetnosti Beograd + CinneRent
• Rating: Currently unrated on IMDb (insufficient votes)
• Where to watch: Check the widget above for your region's current availability

The film doesn't resolve things neatly, which is the right call. It trusts you to carry the weight.

Final thought

Here's the honest take: Three Hits is a solid argument against anyone who thinks short films can't deliver a full emotional experience. 28 minutes. That's all it asks. Find it through the platforms listed above — Movie OTT does the legwork of tracking regional availability so you don't have to dig — and give it a watch.