Short of the Week

Short of the Week

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Joey Scoma

/HAAW/A typical day at a ski resort takes a bizarre turn when a xenophobic guest shares a…

A Move

Elahe Esmaili

A Move A woman returns to her traditional hometown to help with her parent’s move, sparking…

Alo

Xenia Glen

Alo Alo, an undocumented overseas Filipino worker, is struck by a latent seizure which…

Awit Natin (Our Song)

Pacqui Pascual

Awit Natin (Our Song)When their father dies during their mother’s hospitalization, a Filipino family goes to…

Baba I'm Fine

Karina Dandashi

Baba I'm Fine A teen battles heartbreak while spending Friday out with her father.

Beautiful Men

Nicolas Keppens

Beautiful Men Three brothers travel to Istanbul to undergo a hair transplant. Upon arrival, they hear…

Bita Joon

Sara Boutorabi

Bita Joon On a seemingly prosaic day in the life of Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer…

Blue Hour

J.D. Shields

Blue Hour Two personal journeys intersect when a struggling young photographer is hired for a cheap…

Breadwinner

Camila Grimaldi

Breadwinner An obsessive baker moves in with her boyfriend just as her sourdough starter develops a…

Bunnyhood

Mansi Maheshwari

Bunnyhood Mum would never lie to me, would she? Innocent Bobby discovers the answer to this…

Century Egg

Charles Chen Barratt

Century Egg A man returns to Taiwan, the country he left behind decades prior, only to find himself…

Come Clean

Sal Bardo

Come Clean A dark dramedy that grapples with how mental health can complicate or stand in the way of…

Cycles

Pisie Hochheim, Tony Oswald

Cycles A single mom from rural Kentucky travels to San Diego to sell her eggs in order to…

Daly City

Nick Hartanto

Daly City An Indonesian boy and his mother attend a church potluck and lie about their dish.

Dark Mommy

Courtney Eck

Dark Mommy Ben is the only night shift 911 operator in a small town. His bubble of self-isolation is…

Dive

Will Peppercorn

Dive When estranged daughter Frances dies suddenly in a climate activist stunt gone wrong, her…

Don't Get Me Wrong

Corey Sherman

Don't Get Me Wrong A young man finds a mysterious 50" TV.

Far Away

Emily Murnane

Far Away Two friends hold space for each other in a moment of need.

Flesh Out

Armin Assadipour

Flesh Out Venance, an overweight teenager, faces remarks and teasing about his weight, in his…

Follow Me Wherever I Go

Max DeFalco

Follow Me Wherever I Go A deeply religious single mother is determined to start her life anew and will stop at…

For Fox Sake

Minha Kim

For Fox Sake An injured boy in the woods. An eccentric groundsman. They’re mortal enemies. They just…

Foxhole

Nick Dugan

Foxhole A meditative groundskeeper seeks refuge in the quiet rhythms of a countryside inn, but…

fur

Zhen Li

fur a crush gone moldy...

Good Boy Banjo

Jackie! Zhou

Good Boy Banjo In small town Pennsylvania, a directionless Asian-American teenager receives existential…

Good Luck Fuck Face

Oli Beale

Good Luck Fuck Face Two friends brainstorm the worst possible sentence to tweet from one of their famous…

Groom

Leyla Coll-O’Reilly

Groom Hannah is a withdrawn and awkward teenager who has been asked to leave school for not…

Heaven is Nobody's

Hector Prats

Heaven is Nobody's A boy journeys through a nightmarish city to find a cure for his mom as a dancing curse…

Heck to Death

Dustie Carter

Heck to Death A novice musician navigates the chaotic hardcore punk scene while joining a band led by…

hello beautiful please follow back

Amandine Thomas

hello beautiful please follow back Her grandmother's relationship with an online romance scammer leads to a filmmaker's…

Hello Stranger

Amélie Hardy

Hello Stranger At the crossroads of documentary and fiction, Hello Stranger relates the transition…

I'm Really Scared I'm Dying TBH

Lindsay Calleran

I'm Really Scared I'm Dying TBH An anxious young man convinces himself he may be dying after experiencing mysterious…

Inside, The Valley Sings

Nathan Fagan

Inside, The Valley Sings Trapped in the never-ending horror of prolonged solitary confinement, three prisoners…

Last Resort

Bren Cukier

Last Resort One week after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a father and his three daughters go on a…

Lean In

Lucy Coleman

Lean In Moral-abiding feminist comedian, Rach, receives a massive blow after a show when she is…

Love, Chinatown

Lukas Dong

Love, Chinatown Chinatown resident Cynthia Yee embarks on an open-hearted walking tour of Boston’s…

Matta and Matto

Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp

Matta and Matto A futuristic society bans touching; guests visit Vaip hotel for rooms with humanlike…

Melody of Love

Guy Kozak

Melody of Love A cowboy earns the favor of a rancher’s daughter, but can’t keep his eyes off his horse.

Merry Grandmas

Natalia Mirzoyan

Merry Grandmas Mascha is desperate to go to a wild New Year’s Eve party, but instead, her parents take…

My Neighbor's Yard

Kara Grace Miller

My Neighbor's Yard Neighbors from Pennsylvania's divided capital region use signs, flags, and halloween…

Night Breakers

Gabriel Campoy, Guillem Lafoz

Night Breakers On the hard journey to the illuminated city, a group of migrants make their way in their…

No Vacancy

Miguel Rodrick

No Vacancy No Vacancy explores the unraveling mind of Jack, depicted through his dilapidated motel.…

Nun's Beach

Kate DiRienzi

Nun's Beach When introduced to her fellow nun's family, Sister Flora questions her relationship with…

On the 8th day

Agathe Sénéchal and 4 co-directors

On the 8th day It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.

Playing God

Matteo Burani

Playing God A clay sculpture comes to life in the darkness of a workshop, surrounded by strange…

Primetime Mother

Sonny Calvento

Primetime Mother A audition process done for a exploitative game show that becomes the latest test of a…

Psychedelic in the Sky

Matthew Salton

Psychedelic in the Sky A filmmaker explores the nature of belief and his childhood fascinations in the context…

Retirement Plan

Johnny Kelly

Retirement Plan At apathy with his life, Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) dreams of the beauty and joy he will find…

Rick on the Roof

Isaac Atkin-Mayne

Rick on the Roof In the mid-2000s, Rick Canty lost his mother and their home in Barry, Wales. Evicted, he…

Role Play

Kyle Jon Shepherd

Role Play Couple’s Fantasy Spirals Completely Out of Control

Shanti Rides Shotgun

Charles Frank

Shanti Rides Shotgun On Manhattan’s jam-packed streets, NYC’s most iconic driving instructor prepares students…

Shimmer

Andrés Palma

Shimmer Cast away on a desolate beach, Ricardo toils tirelessly on a massive lighthouse that he…

Single Residence Occupancy

Omer Ben Shachar

Single Residence Occupancy A Chinese immigrant mother living in a Single Residence Occupancy apartment grapples with…

Skin Flick

Louise Bailly and 5 co-directors

Skin Flick A porn actress stars in the Devil’s cannibalistic snuff movies in exchange for a…

Stitches

Victoria Frings

Stitches As Ava recovers from self-harm, she starts sewing a dress from scratch. Her sister…

Sunshine City

Arthur Gay

Sunshine City Siblings Stellar (23) and Max (17) are living in their car and trying to get back on…

Susana

Amandine Thomas, Gerardo Coello Escalante

Susana A middle-aged American tourist finds herself alone in Mexico City. When she encounters a…

Swimmer

Jonatan Etzler

Swimmer Outside a swimming pool, a car belonging to a sniper is discovered. The police are…

Take Care

Brittany Ashley

Take Care A self-destructive woman deliberately injures herself to experience the twisted comfort…

Tattoo Santa Claus

Patrick Ward

Tattoo Santa Claus This Christmas, Santa is on the “naughty" list.

The Bride's Curse

Alex Kavutskiy, Jerzy Rose

The Bride's Curse On their first night of marriage, a wife tells her husband about an ancient curse on the…