Short of the Week

Short of the Week

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December · 17

Kasbi

Farah Jabir

Kasbi Away from the responsibilities of familial life, Maryam hires 20-year-old sex worker…

A House

Daniel Harroch, Adam Feingold

A House After leaving the city for a life in the country, a couple's relationship is upended by…

Sirena

Olivia De Camps

Sirena A young Dominican woman is forced to rethink her move to the US after a dark family…

Crust

Jens Kevin Georg

Crust 12-year-old Fabi has to finally prove himself as part of the family - by getting his…

Four Nights and a Fire

Alex Nystrom

Four Nights and a Fire A young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred…

fishing

Josie Charles

fishing It’s 2006. Sixteen-year-old Lola has been in her room for three days and refuses to come…

Sweet Like Lemons

Jenny Jokela

Sweet Like Lemons Sweet like Lemons is a visceral journey visualising feelings of self love and acceptance

Seeds

Pisie Hochheim, Tony Oswald

Seeds After a visit from the ghost of her grandmother, a writer secretly fosters the growth of…

Motherland

Christina Yoon

Motherland Leah, a Korean adoptee raised in America, returns to Korea to search for her birth…

Instruments of a Beating Heart

Ema Ryan Yamazaki

Instruments of a Beating Heart In an annual musical performance for first graders, a young girl faces her fears with…

Godfart

Michael Langan

Godfart In the beginning, God was hungry - An amusing take on how the universe was created,…

In the Cold Quiet

Kemi Anna Adeeko

In the Cold Quiet Two Nigerians meet in Communist Bulgaria and discover a spark neither of them expected.

We Did Not Consent

Dorothy Allen-Pickard

We Did Not Consent Women direct reenactments of their romantic manipulation by undercover police officers,…

Drago

Daniel Zvereff

Drago A young boy’s dream of becoming a doctor is challenged when war forces him and his mother…

The Boy Who Cheated Death

Pipou Phuong Nguyen

The Boy Who Cheated Death In a world blurring reality and imagination, Syd, a little 8-year-old boy tries to hide…

Duck

Elie Chapuis

Duck Vladimir and Olga raise ducks on a small isolated farm in the countryside. They hope for…

Under the Heavens

Gustavo Milan

Under the Heavens Marta, a young Venezuelan mother, is immigrating to Brazil when she meets a struggling…