FASHION MONSTER, 2min., China
Directed by Zihui Wei
The girl is initially a perfect e-pet who enjoys attention and appreciation, but is not overly dependent. Its main psychological activities include a desire for recognition and praise from others, as well as pride and confidence in its appearanc...

*"DONT' STARE, SEE ME", 5min., USA
Directed by Steven Speliotis
Naomi was born with a facial difference,
and growing up she fell victim to the bullying of
her peers because she looked different.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I asked a client who works wit...

BOLD, 3min., USA
Directed by Alla Kovgan, Miko Malkhasyan
A surreal night shift of a female prison guard turns into a juggling fiesta, celebrating diversity and solidarity of women.

http://kinodance.com/

YOU WON'T GET FAR ENOUGH ALONE, 20min., Switzerland
Directed by Aiyana De Vree
After a traumatic experience, Kiana finds herself in a group of underground fighters. A community in which she can slowly regain her self-determination.

https://www.navada.productions/creatives-aiyana-de-vree
https:/...

TASTE ME, 3min., USA
Directed by Jessica Bachman
A date night takes a dark turn when two demented lovers discover they are more similar than they had previously thought.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I wanted to make a story about love and meeting your...

CREATURE, 7min., Bulgaria
Directed by Nevena Nikolova, Petar Gerzilov
beyond the concepts of monstruous and devine a reverse creation explored

SPARK IN THE MEADOW, 17min.,
Directed by Bernardita Llanos
Spark in the Prairie (La Chispa en la Pradera) focuses on law student Sofía Brito and her experience of sexual harassment by her professor, a renown attorney and member of the Supreme Tribunal of Chile. Sofia was his research assistant a...

UBER, 4min., USA
Directed by Emmett William Whitaker
An Uber driver gets lost in the industrial haze of his job, where he picks people up, drops people off, and does it all over again...like a machine.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

College!! In lieu of su...

DREAMER, 10min,. USA
Directed by Balca Elif Sagmanli
In an effort to fall asleep, a young woman, Audrey, struggles through the entrapment of a dream-like state where she encounters the various challenges of time past, time present, and time future.

https://instagram.com/dreamer2023shortfilm

Ge...

SIMPLE SONG, 3min., USA
Directed by Dan Ramm
Boy meets girl.
Girl changes world.
Little-Rascal love.

THE TRENT SAUCER, 5min., USA
Directed by Wes Skotko
THE TRENT SAUCER is a short documentary in which a journalist probes our fascination with aliens and spaceships by examining a UFO sighting over farmland in rural Oregon.

THE BALLOON THAT CAN FLY, 1min., USA
Directed by Kimisa H.
For her BFA graduate collection, designer Yuki Xu created unique three-dimensional textiles that boldly pushes the envelope of conventional knitwear. To create these knits, Xu combined shiny, recycled plastic fibers and two-plied contrast...

RE:BIRTH, 8min., Taiwan
Directed by Laticia Fan
A lost soul traumatized by her past and trapped in the confines of her own imagination. Unable to move forward with life until she was led to begin her journey of recovery and discovery by a sound healer, ultimately conquering her darkest memories, ...

DAM, 3min., Ukraine
Directed by Olga Samolevska
Ukraine the tears drowned
So many tears that my brain explodes!
Human world, are you saving energy?
Can't stop Satan?

https://www.facebook.com/olga.samolevska

WANDA, 21min., Poland
Directed by Anna Baumgart
In 1948 on the Gardno lake near Szela village 21 girl scouts drowned. It was supposed to be a dream day. The girls wanted to see the sea. That morning they went to church, sleep-deprived - the previous night they had sat for a long time by the bonfi...

RIGGED, 80min., USA
Produced by Matt Zodrow
Feature-length documentary: The recent U.S. college admissions scandal is not merely an aberration in an otherwise virtuous system. It lays bare a US higher education culture in which wealth and influence remain the predominant values. RIGGED examines h...

SEEDS: Planting Hope Through Education, 37min., Australia
Directed by Cameron D'Arcy
'SEEDS', Planting Hope Through Education is a heartwarming documentary which follows Annabelle, Janepher and Brenda - three remarkable women on a mission to provide the most vulnerable children in Uganda with a q...

Alley Dance Bogwang-dong, 10min,. South Korea, Dance
Directed by Yeajean Choi
Bogwang-dong 'Village that shines widely'
Currently, Bogwang-dong is the last town which is scheduled for large-scale redevelopment in Seoul.

http://www.knowboxdance.com/
https://www.facebook.com/yeajean.choi
https://...

TRAIL - RASTRO, 9min., Mexico
Directed by Claudia Lavista, Alexander Dahm
We flow imprisoned by a weightless yet heavy burden, tied by tight yet incorporeal ropes that enclose us into endless circles that we walk through over and over until we vanish leaving invisible yet indelible trails. Hung o...

4.0 THE LAST QUESTION, 5min,. Uruguay
Directed by Juan Pablo Bornio
One of the last survivors of an AI robot apocalypse finds herself a prisoner in one of the last places where robots have arrived. She must find a way to break the robot's system to release her, asking her one last question. But s...

BLOOD ON MY HANDS, 5min., Austria
Directed by Martin Kober
"... you’ll always be apart of me" (Songtext) - cinematic drama love story without dialogue.

http://www.koma-film.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057035636847
https://www.instagram.com/koma_filmproduktion/

THE FINGER AND THE MOON, 19min., Italy
Directed by Rossella Bergo
Tommaso, a 28-year-old boy, lives in an old country house isolated from the world, with Bianca the seamstress mother, now a widow for many years.

http://www.laclownessafilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/laclownessafilm
https://ww...

MUTE, 17min., Mexico
Directed by Andrea Borbolla
Luisa, an opera singer, loses her voice after a breakup. This leads her into her deepest and darkest self. She will have to heal from the inside inorder to be reborn and find her voice back.

https://cultura.unam.mx/
https://www.instagram.com/andr...

WOULDA COULDA SHOULDA, 9min., Costa Rica
Directed by Maui Barzuna
Directed and choreographed by Costa Rican-based artist Maui Barzuna, the short dance film Woulda Coulda Shoulda explores the search for self-esteem by trying to live up to an idealized image of yourself to compensate feelings of in...