Short of the Week

Short of the Week

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"Les Larmes de la Seine" and "My Duduś" Lead the 2024 Short Awards
The 2024 Short Awards by Short of the Week recognized outstanding short films, with "Les Larmes de la Seine" winning both Jury and Best Animated Short, "My Duduś" capturing Documentary Short of the Ye…
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Wild Magnolias

Alexandra Kern

Wild Magnolias Barber Bo Dollis teaches his proteges, Corey, Alvon, and JaCorey, the virtues of being a…

Boomerang

Rylee Jean Ebsen

Boomerang After losing her job, a flailing millennial is forced to move back into her childhood…

Astonishing Little Feet

Maegan Houang

Astonishing Little Feet Astonishing Little Feet reimagines a defining moment in Asian American history when…

Rips

Major Dorfman

Rips A 9-year-old girl discovers that her favorite sweatshirt is a hand-me-down.

I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry

Luis Fernando Puente

I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry Maria Luisa is ready to escape immigration limbo, but when her green card interview takes…

Passing Through

Erica Alexandria Silverman

Passing Through A young woman connects with her hedonistic father in the most unlikely of places - A…

Sales Per Hour

Daniel Jaffe, Michelle Uranowitz

Sales Per Hour A sales associate for a high-end fashion brand in New York City is sent into a tailspin…

How to Make A Ghost

Jared Hogan

How to Make A Ghost On Halloween night in a small town, a boy accepts a dare from his friends to hide in the…

Prep

Raymond Knudsen

Prep A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.

Potted Palm Trees

Rosa Friedrich

Potted Palm Trees The dress is too lavish and the toilet cubicle too small for the bride to fit in. The…

Tall Dark and Handsome

Sam Baron

Tall Dark and Handsome Varun discovers his girlfriend has a history of dating Indian men and can't shake it off/

Cuxball

Dave Paige

Cuxball Sam finds something in the dirt. Writer/director Dave Paige transforms this mundane…

Are You Awake?

Gabriel Caste

Are You Awake?In this psych-thriller, a woman (Ellyn Jameson) working as a door-to-door wake-up caller…

Oba

Femi Oladigbolu

Oba In an Afrofuturist future, a notable Nigerian village's king has passed away. An innocent…

14 in February

Victoria Singh-Thompson

14 in February A hard-of-hearing student’s reality begins to unravel the more she spends with her…

Alan, the Infinite

Mikey Please, Daniel Ojari

Alan, the Infinite Will he prove himself and win the much coveted Summer Placement - the first stop aboard…

Mysore Magic

Abijeet Achar

Mysore Magic During a 1982 university disco competition in Mysore, India, a young man from a…

The Breakthrough

Daniel Sinclair

The Breakthrough Jane and Teddy are on the brink of divorce - but when their marital problems come to a…

Where the Sun Always Shines

Rosie Baldwin

Where the Sun Always Shines The climate crisis is threatening to swallow up Bognor Regis by 2050. Historically a…

Scooter

Chelsea Lupkin

Scooter Abandoned by her boyfriend in the middle of the night, a woman is faced with an…

What Will You Do When I'm Gone?

Haaris Qadri

What Will You Do When I'm Gone?Sania must take her mother, Noor, for a doctor’s appointment—serving as her parent and…

Young Mom

Cecilia Delgado

Young Mom 20-something Sofia’s relationship with 30-something Claire is strained when Claire…

Neighbour Abdi

Douwe Dijkstra

Neighbour Abdi How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war…

Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers

Meredith Moore

Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers An artist and visual effects instructor connects with her aging grandmother, Margie,…

Masquerade

Olive Nwosu

Masquerade A woman returns to her hometown of Lagos in search of healing. What she discovers instead…

Marlon Brando

Vincent Tilanus

Marlon Brando Best friends Cas and Naomi are graduating from high school and spend every second of…

Five Weeks

Geej Ower

Five Weeks Following the birth of her baby, Jen's feelings of isolation are palpable. Five Weeks…

Play Me

Caleb Phillips

Play Me Two characters, one car, and a pitch black desert are all that’s needed here to create an…

Nice Talking to You

Saim Sadiq

Nice Talking to You Two strangers – both hearing persons – form an instant connection at an American Sign…

Every House is Haunted

Bryce McGuire

Every House is Haunted A struggling couple moves into a haunted house… on purpose.

Midnight

Takashi Miike

Midnight A mysterious taxi driver lends a hand to Kaede, a young girl chased by assassins.

Precious

Paul Mas

Precious Julie doesn't manage to fit in at her school. The arrival of Émile, an autistic child,…

Fanmi

Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers

Fanmi Heart-broken following a break-up, Martine receives the unexpected visit of her mother,…

Ur Heinous Habit

Eugene Kolb

Ur Heinous Habit A blackmail email prompts a filmmaker to explore the intersection of shame and…

A90

Olivia J. Middleton

A90 A woman working in a road-side cafe becomes transfixed by as stranger. They are…

Everything Will Be All Right

Farhad Pakdel

Everything Will Be All Right Amid the pandemic outbreak in Montreal, a young drama teacher who has been keeping a…

The Swimmer

Máté Boegi

The Swimmer When a sound-recordist brings his girlfriend on a trip to the Danish west coast to record…

Animal Transport

Iván Bustinduy

Animal Transport A truck driver discovers inside one of the cages he is carrying an animal strangely…

Cicadas

Joanny Causse

Cicadas Dive into the heart of France's favorite summer pastime — "Camping." In the sprawling…

Invasive Species

Annie Ning

Invasive Species A young Asian American sound artist grapples with her imposter syndrome as it takes on…

The Day After the Day After

Sam Benenati

The Day After the Day After A man calls his ex after watching a nuclear war film.

Hardly Working

Leonhard Müllner and 3 co-directors

Hardly Working An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the…

Guests

Timi Akindele-Ajani

Guests In 1972, A Nigerian woman hosts her English colleague for dinner in the hope of getting…

Bug

A Thousand Suns · Season 1, Episode 5

Tim Hyten, Macgregor

Bug Deep in the South Korean mountainside, a young domestic worker has her chores interrupted…

Regular Rabbit

Eoin Duffy

Regular Rabbit With story and visuals purposefully separated, a Regular Rabbit battles a comically…

Talking Heads

Dario & Dom

Talking Heads A short film about a man facing a sexual dilemma in the bathroom after hooking up with an…

Always be a girlfriend

Stefania Spampinato

Always be a girlfriend Through letters between mother and daughter, the female experience is dismantled across…

Jimmy and Baby

Paul Robertson

Jimmy and Baby Jimmy and Baby - created by Paul Robertson and Michelle Larney.

Mom, What’s Up With the Dog?

Lola Lefevre

Mom, What’s Up With the Dog?Gwen is a young girl who just turned 11. As she discovers her sexuality, she catches her…

Sit Down, Don't Touch Anything

Frederic Siegel

Sit Down, Don't Touch Anything A face is born out of chaos. It struggles to exist. It struggles to find its purpose. It…

Pro Pool

Alec Pronovost

Pro Pool Newly graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and civilization, Charles-Olivier…

Kodar: the Primordial God of Light and Ether

Will Ropp

Kodar: the Primordial God of Light and Ether A doctor dress up for Halloween.

Ghost of You

Chloe Xtina

Ghost of You At the apex of a heatwave and California’s fire season, 16-year-old Mae and her sisters…

Mud Crab

David Robinson-Smith

Mud Crab Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of…

As You Are

Daisy Friedman

As You Are When an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they must…

An Act of Service

Brandon Kapelow

An Act of Service After experiencing a series of traumatic events at work, a firefighter in rural America…

The Debutante

Elizabeth Hobbs

The Debutante A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner…

Holadirio

Mariel Sosa

Holadirio Influenced by the Magical Realism Movement and set in an Austrian-colony, the lives of…

The Dinner Party

Neda Jebelli

The Dinner Party In Tehran, an uptight mother’s perfect party is threatened when the centerpiece cake gets…

Once the Dust Has Settled

Hervé Demers

Once the Dust Has Settled A Canadian town called Asbestos was once home to the largest mine of its kind in the…