It was more about motivation than inspiration but I hear you :>)
As you say, about the push (makes me think of a 90s song called Push by the band Matchbox 20)
At least one of the 10 shorts was a horror film, others were more like drama, some comedies, almost all of them pretty experimental
horror, scifi and drama are among my favorite genres but they often overlap (also with thrillers). Although I have to agree with you that horror movies almost never win Academy Awards, they have to make do with prices on (genre) film festivals. If you ever wanna chat about movies, feel free to reach out to me on discord :>)