The Vanishing Hitchhiker is a 2020 Italian horror-supernatural-drama short film, written, directed and edited by Rosario Brucato.

[2] The film is loosely based on the famous urban legend of The Vanishing Hitchhiker.

[4][5][6] The film was shot in Italy and post-production was completed in Los Angeles and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In December 2020 it entered the competition at the Lift-Off Global Network in London and later in that of Berlin.

[7] It won at the Bare Bones International Film Festival[8] for Best Foreign Language - Best of Fest[9][10] and was screened live and online, It won the Remi Award at the 54th edition of the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.