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Best Of The Fest Shorts
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Amber
An amateur gamer unlocks a life changing hidden level.Run Time: 6 minutesNo Longer Available -
BLUE FiRE
Two damaged lives come crashing back together when they discover something in the forest.Run Time: 21 minutesNo Longer Available -
Boys Clap, Girls Dance
A short meditation on becoming and being.Run Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
By Way of Water
A day in the life of two runaways as they navigate their world & face an uncertain future.Run Time: 18 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Game
The Game portrays a bewilderingly tense period in eight year old George’s life.Run Time: 21 minutesNo Longer Available -
In the Valley of the Moon
Realtor Mark Green prepares for his open house while another man prepares to kill him.Run Time: 30 minutesNo Longer Available -
Joe
A washed up clown finds a glimmer of hope in the creative kindness of a young scamp.Run Time: 4 minutesNo Longer Available -
Lessons on Life and Death
A scrapbook's contents reveal pieces of its author.Run Time: 6 minutesNo Longer Available -
MAD / WOMAN
A woman beaten unconscious by her husband searches her mindscape for a way out.Run Time: 15 minutesNo Longer Available -
North Star
A rural rancher and his ailing husband make a difficult sacrifice to stay together.Run Time: 30 minutesNo Longer Available -
Ripples Under the Skin
The story behind Calcutta that lurks behind the glitz and glamour of today’s Calcutta.Run Time: 29 minutesNo Longer Available -
To Be Honest
Two exes attempt to reconnect, unaware they each have something to hide.Run Time: 6 minutesNo Longer Available -
Wo/我
A young queer man navigating identities and struggles through movements.Run Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available
Best Of The Fest Features
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august at twenty-two
As Bobby and Cal's friendship disintegrates, so does Cal's sense of self.Run Time: 80 minutesNo Longer Available -
Charm Circle
RESTRICTED TO NY ONLY
A portrait of an eccentric New York family navigating the chaos that divides them.Run Time: 79 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Prediction of Extreme Events
The story of E.J.Gumbel, the professor of extremes.Run Time: 60 minutesNo Longer Available -
Trap
Facing life in prison, a hood dreams of the violent streets that forged his identity.Run Time: 96 minutesNo Longer Available -
Real Fur
Real Fur is an investigative documentary that uncovers the true cost of fur in the fashionRun Time: 89 minutesNo Longer Available
Narrative + Doc Features
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Antarctica
Life-long friends Kat and Janet see everything flipped upside down as they hit senior yearRun Time: 80 minutesNo Longer Available -
Be My Oswald
The struggle between the power of myth over realityRun Time: 91 minutesNo Longer Available -
Here For Us
Best friendsRun Time: 76 minutesNo Longer Available -
Hideout
Drug dealer Guo-hao hopes to make money by an drug deal, but everything is out of control.Run Time: 118 minutesNo Longer Available -
Papaw Land
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A troubled teen spends the summer with his grandfather in the Ozarks, free of his mother.Run Time: 75 minutesNo Longer Available -
Roots of Fire
A community of young, Grammy-winning musicians, work to keep a dying culture alive.Run Time: 83 minutesNo Longer Available -
Sweet Disaster
Late-in-the-game pregnancy & the sudden ending of a relationship is like fire on charcoalRun Time: 90 minutesNo Longer Available -
Urban
When a drug deal goes wrongRun Time: 84 minutesNo Longer Available -
We Still Here
This is what a just recovery looks like for the youth of Comerío, Puerto Rico.Run Time: 54 minutesNo Longer Available
MAKE IT MOOOOVE: Animation of all kinds!
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1979
1979 is a nostalgic look at young love.Run Time: 3 minutesNo Longer Available -
A Forest Haunt
A Forest Haunt - A Short film shaped by hundreds of people around the worldRun Time: 5 minutesNo Longer Available -
Midnight Garden
A girl and her dog taking a walk downstairs in the middle of the night.Run Time: 4 minutesNo Longer Available -
Overcome
To reach Janus' goal, he realizes it is more beneficial to press forward than to give up.Run Time: 3 minutesNo Longer Available -
Puberty
A Chinese teenager confronts her friend, which leads to a self-discovery of her sexuality.Run Time: 2 minutesNo Longer Available -
Put It Back
The boy is told he has to let the fish go.Run Time: 2 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Social Chameleon
Cosmo the Chameleon doesn't fit in with the other animals.Run Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
Sweet as Cream
Stella must avoid dairy temptation but soon faces delicious enticement.Run Time: 4 minutesNo Longer Available -
When L.R Wept
An audiovisual invitation to a mental and personal world.Run Time: 6 minutesNo Longer Available
Documentary Shorts
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A Highrise Laundry Room
A Highrise Laundry Room is a documentary by Fernando Sancho portraying the lived experiencRun Time: 22 minutesNo Longer Available -
Cooking Inside: From Prison to Home
Two men who were formerly incarcerated together recreate a prison meal.Run Time: 23 minutesNo Longer Available -
Detras de Mis Ojos / Behind My Eyes
A film by Ivan Acosta. Detras de mis ojos / Behind my eyes.Run Time: 40 minutesNo Longer Available -
Last Race
In a whirlwind election, a political novice navigates the contours of newfound love.Run Time: 19 minutesNo Longer Available -
Life On the Edge
A Queens based grassroots organization fights back against environmental injustice.Run Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available -
Man Up in Lockdown
Exploring non-binary identity, in a short documentary we follow Richard EnergyRun Time: 20 minutesNo Longer Available -
New York Forever
A poetic, kaleidoscopic view of Manhattan street life.Run Time: 28 minutesNo Longer Available -
Sherpa of Queens
Serap Jangbu Sherpa recalls his life from his home country of Nepal to his current life iRun Time: 6 minutesNo Longer Available
Experimental & Dance Shorts
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#MakeUsVisible 2022: More Horses Than Women
With no funding and no time, #MakeUsVisible continued a peacetime movement.Run Time: 15 minutesNo Longer Available -
Back To 1964
1964, it was a year to remember in so many ways.Run Time: 5 minutesNo Longer Available -
Basura
The world of the bureaucrats.. an important dossier got mix-up with a garbage disposal.Run Time: 17 minutesNo Longer Available -
Between Two Worlds
Friends in NYC build a dance company to address social issues relevant to their lives.Run Time: 8 minutesNo Longer Available -
The BOI's Failed Crown
a poetry film that delves on longing and desire through reclaiming the Black Trans bodyRun Time: 3 minutesNo Longer Available -
break/up
A queer musical short film about a break up.Run Time: 11 minutesNo Longer Available -
Composure
A short film about living with yourself.Run Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available -
Different
Everyone is different...Run Time: 3 minutesNo Longer Available -
Empty Room
Stuck in a cult, a troubled gay man sets out to break away from his toxic relationships.Run Time: 4 minutesNo Longer Available -
Enantiodromia
Enantiodromia- An experimental dance film exploring feminine shameRun Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available -
Escuela de Corte - Last Time We Play Hooky
Puerto Rican brothers in NYC skip school to play hooky - for the last time.Run Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available -
Often We Connect Through Our Wounds
A short, experimental film about memory, loss, and griefRun Time: 5 minutesNo Longer Available -
Sally
After his car breaks down, a man seeks refuge at a seemingly abandoned mansion.Run Time: 4 minutesNo Longer Available -
SNAP - Archie's Story
Both playful & contemplative we explore the precarious & sometimes punishing vogue worldRun Time: 7 minutesNo Longer Available -
Snail Mail
Clara is tired of getting mail, but her mail carrier is very dedicated to the job.Run Time: 6 minutesNo Longer Available -
Street Level/The Concrete Landscape
British personal finance platform money.co.uk ranks Austin the No.1 city to live.Run Time: 8 minutesNo Longer Available -
Table Manners
In a cafe in the future, two sopranos operatically duel over silverware and friendship.Run Time: 13 minutesNo Longer Available -
This Could Be
THIS COULD BE is a hypnotic pointillist experience of varying atmospheres.Run Time: 5 minutesNo Longer Available -
Time Capsule: A Physical Documentary
8 dance solos physically trace emotional experiences pandemic, against the backdrop of NYCRun Time: 41 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Truth is Not Unreal
Truth meets fantasy But what happens in imagination is true.Run Time: 4 minutesNo Longer Available -
Yo, Diablo
A delirious journey of the self...ishRun Time: 20 minutesNo Longer Available
You & I: Short films about our relationships.
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50 ml
A young man struggles with his sobriety while he and his wife host a holiday dinner with hRun Time: 8 minutesNo Longer Available -
A Bellevue Love Story
A manic and a depressive begin a hospital romance to see if love can truly conquer all.Run Time: 20 minutesNo Longer Available -
Bayard Street
Set in 1980s NYC, two Chinese restaurant workers find love while facing hardships.Run Time: 16 minutesNo Longer Available -
Bésame (Kiss Me)
A mischievous teen explores an empty beach house unaware of the video cameras watching hisRun Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
Elite Match
Lily attends a singles mixer where she is forced to reconcile.Run Time: 14 minutesNo Longer Available -
Flirting (With Possibilities)
Harley's crush may not know sign, but there’s still a world of possibilities.Run Time: 18 minutesNo Longer Available -
Ghosted
A widower is encouraged by his best friend to download some dating apps.Run Time: 16 minutesNo Longer Available -
Good Night
A recently out gay man's insecurities threaten to interfere with his search for intimacy.Run Time: 11 minutesNo Longer Available -
In Sickness & in Health
A couple struggles to accommodate one another leading up to a high-stakes work lunch.Run Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
Junko
A newlywed girl waits for a call from her husband, longingness turns to loneliness.Run Time: 14 minutesNo Longer Available -
La Maison de la Vanille
Conflict ensues when a pastry chef’s big day coincides with her son’s release from rehab.Run Time: 16 minutesNo Longer Available -
Lunchbox
While cooking her childhood meals, Shirley regrets pushing away her immigrant mother.Run Time: 17 minutesNo Longer Available -
Me Against the World
Sparks fly when whip-smart Mala and NBA hopeful Doug collide at their university.Run Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available -
Weeki Wachee Girls
It’s the summer of ’79, they’re fifteen and everything is changing.Run Time: 22 minutesNo Longer Available -
Yashodhara The Buddha's Wife
What do we know of the wife and child Buddha abandoned when he went to seek enlightenment?Run Time: 20 minutesNo Longer Available
What is Going ON?: Short films that shake things up.
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3:33 AM
An insecure husband returns home one night and finds that his child has replaced him.Run Time: 9 minutesNo Longer Available -
A Father's Son
Every manner of Chinatown crime will come to Det. Jack Yu's way.Run Time: 29 minutesNo Longer Available -
All the Way Down, This Time
A budding artist reluctantly follows her friends into the wildernessRun Time: 20 minutesNo Longer Available -
Artsanity
While in lockdown in New York City, a photographer slowly falls prey to the prison of hisRun Time: 14 minutesNo Longer Available -
Caregiver
A graduate student interviews a young volunteer caregiver for his class project...Run Time: 5 minutesNo Longer Available -
Data Management
A string of strange occurrences prompt a dedicated office worker to investigate the natureRun Time: 13 minutesNo Longer Available -
Elevate
Tiffany works the graveyard shift as a security guard at a high rise building. Over the coRun Time: 15 minutesNo Longer Available -
ELI
A terrorist attack raises uncomfortable questions about immigration, identity and moralityRun Time: 11 minutesNo Longer Available -
How We Remember
Thomas must come to terms with the tragic death of his sister.Run Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
In the Bowels of the Building
An elderly janitor's routine cleaning becomes an existential battle.Run Time: 11 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Purity
Astor, a new transfer, finds out an exclusive club is an exclusive cult.Run Time: 17 minutesNo Longer Available -
There is Hope
The writer called Death for a long time and it came.Run Time: 30 minutesNo Longer Available -
We Are the Apocalypse!
n “arts collective” turns to terrorism to enact a grand scheme of social justice.Run Time: 29 minutesNo Longer Available
Good Times: Short films that feel good.
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Cruise
A telemarketer must convince callers that a “free cruise” giveaway is not a scam, or faceRun Time: 7 minutesNo Longer Available -
Donut Chase
While hunting for the perfect donut, two lady cops throw down with some FBI guys.Run Time: 8 minutesNo Longer Available -
Frieda
An elderly undocumented immigrant is summarily fired from her housekeeping position.Run Time: 9 minutesNo Longer Available -
Georgia
Two parents decide to design a banner protesting their daughter's wrongful death.Run Time: 30 minutesNo Longer Available -
I'm Not Nice
When an anti-social spy misses her target she must face her greatest fear: small talk.Run Time: 17 minutesNo Longer Available -
Moving
A queer dramedy about Sean and Max, a gay couple in an open relationship.Run Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
On/Off
Despite a language barrier, a man learns a lot about himself while helping his neighbour.Run Time: 18 minutesNo Longer Available -
Pistachio Ice Cream
Olivia was an exemplar daughter until once she decided to go against the system.Run Time: 6 minutesNo Longer Available -
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The film features baseball, Dungeons and Dragons, and a cat named CookieRun Time: 15 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Secret Life of Astrid North
Astrid North investigates the arms trade and diamond smuggling in the Arctic CircleRun Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Vacation
Four friends are stuck in their car on their way to the beach.Run Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available
Heart Breakers: Short films that pack a punch.
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Ain't No Mercy for Rabbits
When Gramma gets sick, Roan learns to survive on her own in a world with limited water.Run Time: 16 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Demise of Coney Island
Coney Island struggles with his mortality as two old friends, Suicide and Hopeless visit.Run Time: 27 minutesNo Longer Available -
The Edge of Town
James, a veteran, joins his friend Bruce on a vigilante drug bust that doesn't go to plan.Run Time: 14 minutesNo Longer Available -
How to Wash the Dead
A young Muslim man drags himself and his brother into the depths of misplaced vengeance.Run Time: 16 minutesNo Longer Available -
Sinking
Was it worth it to live a life being forgotten or to end it in a in a sparkling moment.Run Time: 11 minutesNo Longer Available -
Suite Night
Suite Night is based on a true story. A young woman is desperately attempting to help.Run Time: 13 minutesNo Longer Available -
To Be Forgotten
An U.S Army veteran finds himself in hard times. As he’s now living on the streets of NYCRun Time: 10 minutesNo Longer Available -
Two Wongs
Two brothers from Queens, NY travel to Maine to avenge the murder of their mother.Run Time: 5 minutesNo Longer Available -
Xmas eve eve
December 23, 2020. While attempting to move out of New York City, Dennis's ex-lover Tom trRun Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available
Short Stories of Healing
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A Kids' Guide to Cancer
A Cancer survivor helps explain what cancer is and what treatment is like for children.Run Time: 3 minutesNo Longer Available -
About Dam and Hofit
The story of the forbidden friendship between an Iranian and an Israeli.Run Time: 19 minutesNo Longer Available -
Bow
When a talented violinist loses her sense of hearing, she discovers a new way to perform mRun Time: 12 minutesNo Longer Available -
Chakra's
Are we willing to look within and evaluate our existence?Run Time: 9 minutesNo Longer Available -
Elba Ruiz: Fat Meat
Three years into Elba's unorthodox nutrition plan, she is now tumor-freeRun Time: 7 minutesNo Longer Available -
My Endo
A young couple's love is plunged into uncertainty by a monster called endometriosis.Run Time: 30 minutesNo Longer Available -
Two Teresas
Two women from different cultures and generations forge a friendship changing their lives.Run Time: 15 minutesNo Longer Available