Smooth

Smooth is a short horror film centered on a trans woman whose sense of self unravels after a stalker rejects her because of her body hair. What follows is a descent into dysphoric limbo, a state she can only escape by going through her own skin. The film approaches its subject through body horror, with body hair as the focus of its unease and violence.

The film runs 20 minutes and was directed by Sepand Mashiahof, who also wrote it. It was released on August 21, 2023, and stands as his first feature-length directorial credit, followed by Humans Are Shapes in 2026.

On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.8 from 39 votes, while on TMDB it has a rating of 6.5 from 28 votes. The two audience scores sit close together, indicating a similarly mixed-to-positive response across both platforms.