Palm Springs International ShortFest

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"Bogotá Story" Triumphs at 2024 Palm Springs ShortFest
The 2024 Palm Springs International ShortFest in the USA awarded the Best of the Festival to Bogotá Story, directed by Esteban Pedraza. The event, held from June 18-24, saw awards and cash prizes tota…
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Palm Springs ShortFest Announces Programs, Participants, and Jury for 30th Edition
The 30th Palm Springs International ShortFest, US, revealed its Forum programs, participants, and jury for 2024. The Forum will occur June 21-23 at the Renaissance Hotel Palm Springs, featuring panels…
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Palm Springs International ShortFest Unveils 2024 Lineup with 310 Films from 63 Countries
The Palm Springs International ShortFest, celebrating its 30th anniversary, will run from June 18-24, 2024, at the Regal Palm Springs. The festival will showcase 310 films from 63 countries, including…
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NEA Awards $25,000 Grant to Palm Springs Film Society for Festival Initiatives
The Palm Springs International Film Society has received a $25,000 NEA grant to support the Palm Springs International Film Festival and Palm Springs International ShortFest. This funding will enhance…
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Palm Springs ShortFest Unveils 30th Anniversary Poster by Local Artist Shag for 2024 Event
The Palm Springs International ShortFest, scheduled for June 18-24, 2024, introduces its 30th-anniversary poster, designed by American artist Shag. Known for his vibrant, retro-inspired artwork, Shag'…
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The 32nd Palm Springs International ShortFest took place in Palm Springs, California, from June 23 to 29, 2026. Fruit, directed by Jen Nee Lim, won the Best of the Festival Award.

A Crime Across Four Landscapes

Aidan Weaver

A Crime Across Four Landscapes When a small-town crime goes awry, the evidence is scattered across four picturesque…

Agapito

Arvin Belarmino, Kyla Romero

Agapito It’s the last day of the month. Bowlers flock to the lanes of a bowling alley that has…

América

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Javier Arias-Stella

América América (10) walks every day for more than two hours to the nearest school from her small…

Borderline

Johannes Vang

Borderline A Norwegian customs officer, a Finnish poacher, and a mysterious Swedish woman meet at…

California is Burning

Bennett Curran

California is Burning In a poetic story of resilience, Altadena residents and first responders recall the…

Captive Audience

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Kew Lin

Captive Audience Rejected by the music industry, a disenchanted musician decides to perform to a different…

Concrete Kids

Saulius Baradinskas

Concrete Kids You can’t escape the neighbourhood! Lonely Lithuanian teenager Rokas, whose mother works…

Daddy's Little Meatball

Yael Grunseit

Daddy's Little Meatball On a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York, an Australian period underwear salesman and his…

Delay

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Wang Han-Xuan

Delay A Chinese gay father attempts to travel to his heterosexual son’s wedding in Paris, but…

Fačuk

Maida Srabović

Fačuk In a God-fearing village lying between two rivers, giving birth to a "fačuk" — an…

Flock

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Mac Nixon

Flock The violence of mob mentality is unleashed when a remote farming community’s entire sheep…

Four Square

Eli Staub

Four Square When an act of betrayal on the playground turns two best friends against each other, they…

Fruit

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Jen Nee Lim

Fruit In a time and place where abortion is illegal, a pregnant woman’s repeated attempts to…

Guardian's Grove

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Rachel Moss

Guardian's Grove LIL_QUACKO and ROTTENPOTATOES98 are best friends—online. When they meet at a party,…

Half-Moon

Hae-Sup Sin

Half-Moon Annette travels to Korea with her adopted son to meet his birth mother and realizes that…

Hunting

Lea Favre

Hunting Today, Lea is going in search of a subject for a documentary film. When she believes…

Hyena

Altay Ulan Yang

Hyena In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing examination. As anticipation…

I Got My Brother

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Victor K. Gabriel

I Got My Brother Directed by Victor Gabriel for Academy Award winning Breakwater Studios in partnership…

i have a

Rory Waudby-Tolley

i have a a man lists the things that he has.

Marga en el DF

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Gabriela Ortega

Marga en el DF In the wake of Selena Quintanilla’s murder, Marga’s life takes an unexpected turn at 21…

Not Valid for Travel

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Jiaying Lin

Not Valid for Travel To reunite with her long-distance partner in Toronto, a young Chinese woman boards a…

Orla

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Marie Lukáčová

Orla Once upon a time, in a rigidly ruled kingdom bordered with enchanted wilderness, a…

Pankaja

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Anooya Swamy

Pankaja Pankaja, along with her daughter, Lalli, searches for her missing husband through the…

Plumped

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Faye Tsakas, Nora DeLigter

Plumped In an ode to Les Blanks' Gap-Toothed Women, women speak candidly about their experience…

Sandra

Camila Márdila

Sandra Sandra is an insurance broker staying at a hotel with her team for a training session led…

See You, Soon

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Jay Pendarvis Jr.

See You, Soon After the death of his older brother, Amari finds himself seated across from Dominique in…

Sole

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Haneol Lee

Sole A Korean American cobbler in Nashville, Tennessee finds peace in his simple life.

The Barbershop

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Diêm Camille

The Barbershop As a young foster child searches for belonging in a black barbershop in Copenhagen, he…

The Home of the Brave

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Cristina Costantini

The Home of the Brave During a summer of grief and fear brought on by immigration raids in Los Angeles, one…

The Last Song

María Lorente-Becerra

The Last Song After glimpsing herself on a TV show, 67-year-old former pop star Rosario begins singing…

The Undying Pain of Existence

Oscar Jacobson

The Undying Pain of Existence A nude model is posing with statuesque stillness for an elite drawing class — until an…

Venezia Diorama

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Nicolas Piret

Venezia Diorama In a series of animated art boards, the city of Venice comes alive, as it struggles,…

Water Cooler

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Emma V.F.

Water Cooler The Trump administration has turned immigration courts into deportation traps. As ICE…

We Were Here

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Pranav Bhasin

We Were Here In small town India, convinced that machines are quietly replacing them, three retired…

XOLO

Matthew Serrano

XOLO Realizing that Xolotl—the Aztec god of death—has come to take his owner, a little dog…