Short Films

Short Films

Short films created by award-winning independent mediamakers from around the world.

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  • Pick Me Up

    A day in the life of a ride-share driver and passengers as they navigate interpersonal conflicts.

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  • No Small Matter

    In the shadows of a worsening mental health crisis, thousands of lives are lost to a revolving door of shelters and institutions. Through the lens of a 15-year-old filmmaker, No Small Matter pulls back the curtain on a radical shift: a court designed not to punish, but to provide a final, despera...

  • Luella's Quilt

    LuElla’s Quilt explores memory, relationships, and legacy through Carol, an elderly woman reflecting on the quilt her maid once gave her. Amid societal divisions, the quilt becomes a symbol of warmth, friendship, and a bond that transcends time.

  • LA Premonicion

    A Latina mother's and daughter's doctor's visit exposes racism in the medical system.

  • In The Car

    A guy with nothing to do foolishly gets in a car with a girl with everything to lose. Gamblers, drug dealers, washed up strippers and a fortune teller all factor into the night.

  • Gift Horse

    Haunted by a night of reckless joy with his friends, Jaylen grapples with his troubled past and strained relationship with his father.

  • Foundations

    When a father’s death leaves his home to the son who barely knew him, two siblings on the brink of losing everything are forced to face hard truths about grief, pride, and what family costs.

  • First Comes Love

    Taylor, an ambitious, caring yet insecure woman in her early 30s, has spent years cultivating what appears to be the perfect life with her long-term boyfriend, Khalil. Since a child, she has dreamed of getting married to her fairytale prince and decided that Khalil was her knight in shining armor...

  • Firecracker

    On Jareon’s 12th birthday in 2005, a serious thunderstorm threatens his yearly Fourth of July-firework-celebration.

  • Fade to Black

    Jason, a struggling actor in his late 30s, prepares a last minute self-tape audition with the help of his longtime friend, Tyler. What begins as a routine audition becomes a quiet reckoning with rejection, self-doubt, and the fear of losing the one thing that gives Jason’s life meaning.

    While pe...

  • Double Delivery

    The Nelson sisters are throwing a baby shower, and things ​take a hilarious turn for the worse when the man delivering ​their food happens to be their long-lost deadbeat dad.
    . . .
    A very pregnant Demia and her sister, June, are throwing a baby shower; playing games, opening gifts, and waiting fo...

  • Diamond In The Rust

    Diamond in the Rust is a documentary that examines decades of failed urban planning and redevelopment in Willets Point, Queens, an industrial enclave known as the Iron Triangle. Through archival footage and interviews with residents, workers, journalists, and policymakers, the film traces how rep...

  • Des Racines Nées (Birthed Uproots)

    Uprooted from its land of origin, the diaspora tries to put its roots down elsewhere. But is it still possible to belong?

  • Champions

    Loren trains to take on the champ, Kierra, while the media brews a war between them.

  • Blume

    Following a woman's death in a post-apocalyptic world where pollution has made much of the Earth toxic, a man ventures out to fulfill her last wish: spreading her ashes on the last remaining flowers.

  • Blind Faith

    BLIND FAITH is a film about denial and acceptance. Set in a British Nigerian wedding party, a young blind man struggles with his devout parents refusal to accept his condition. An unwelcome attempted healing brings a crisis point.

  • A Smile That Never Ends

    A short film about a couple celebrating and reminiscing about their love for one another.

  • A Black Horror Film

    Four friends. One cabin. Zero hesitation.
    When the woods say leave — they listen.

    A grindhouse love letter to every Black character who never made it past the first act. Until now.

    Shot in the gritty tradition of 1970s exploitation cinema — heavy grain, crushed shadows, and the kind of saturate...

  • A Lasting Place

    Caught in a loop after dying from complications of dementia, a failed painter awakens at the bottom of his father’s urn, trapped in a surreal limbo. As he drifts through a decaying childhood home, he confronts fractured versions of himself-his younger, older and present selves-unraveling a life m...

  • 37 Dollars

    A late-night mugging in a quiet alley turns into a psychological duel when a grieving woman refuses to give up her handbag. Her calm questions force the gunman to confront guilt, loss, and the true price of thirty-seven dollars.

  • 8:38

    At 8:38 PM, May wakes up in a room with no memory of how she got there. Given one lifeline call, she must piece together the truth before time runs out, but is the voice on the other end trying to save her, or seal her fate? It only takes about 8 minutes to uncover everything.

  • Father Time

    In a life of deadlines and activities a father and son share a heartfelt, coming of age conversation during video game play, unaware that it's their last; as they speak about do’s and don’ts, memories and unspoken dreams, a sudden revelation forces them to confront the fragility of time and the l...

  • Gangsta to Grace (Hustle to Hallelujah)

    TRUE STORY, NOT FICTION: She ran the streets like a soldier, chasing fast money, fake love, and a high that never lasted. The hustle was all she knew — until it cost her everything. Prison walls closed in, loyalty turned to betrayal, and the game that once fed her left her starving for something ...

  • I Can Read Your Mind

    A couple struggles in silence about issues in their relationship. Will they rekindle the love they once had or will the connection vanish into the stillness?

  • Lead

    After witnessing a brutal murder Phoebe is forced to confront her reality as she scrambles to hide the body with the ones she thought she could trust the most