Short Films

Short Films

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

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  • Kid Chocolate

    In a world plagued by the harsh realities of the streets, five young boys forge an unbreakable bond as they strive to rise above their circumstances. Guided by two seasoned ex-fighters, they embark on a path to transform their lives. However, the challenges they face to protect the children from ...

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  • Broke Down Drone

    Poverty, death and hopelessness is all that can be expected in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Chicago. For Roc and DeVontae, on the brink of potential stardom, the opportunity to escape all three is within reach, if only...

  • Wild Birds

    “Wild Birds” takes a poetic approach in raising awareness to some of the main issues concerning Latinx communities: home, forced immigration, and “belonging”. It takes place in Highlandtown (and its surrounding neighborhoods), known to be one of the most culturally rich areas in Baltimore that pr...

  • La Desaparición De Eva | The Disappearance of Eve

    Eva and Sofia, two teenage friends, meet again after eighteen years.

    Behind their backs looms a traumatic past when Eva disappears at the age of sixteen, without giving any sign of life until now.

    Eva, unsure of her own memories and of herself, decides to accept Sofia’s invitation to her cabin ...

  • Running Star

    Afraid that her success and freedom may have all been an illusion, a young woman, endlessly repeating the same enslaved history of her ancestors, finally breaks away.

    A cautionary tale of self and societal oppression and the cyclical/intergenerational trauma of our past and present. It’s “Goldil...

  • Split Ends

    Rosa is an exhausted mother of a newborn baby and an owner of a village hairdressing salon. One day, a beautiful young widow Ines returns to the village and asks for a job in the salon. The return of Ines stirs the village, and also Rosa's baby who cannot stop crying. Rosa is spiraling into the p...

  • Ter Chono. A Mongolian Story

    The thirteenth century finds more than half of the world known under the rule of the Mongol hordes. From southern China to the near border of Vienna, nothing seemed to stand in the way of these terrible steppe warriors. However, the struggle for power and the desire of the great Kublai Khan, the ...

  • Still Got It

    A drama/comedy about a group of HBCU majorette alumni who try to get back together to perform at their annual college homecoming game.

  • Tsunami

    A marriage is tested when a secret is revealed while the couple have yet to come to terms with a recent death.

  • Fried Hard

    Love Well Done | A 1970's love story about a young black couple chasing their dreams in a city of madness. History, black love, social commentary, laughs and more.

  • 3.15am

    Every night at 3.15 a.m., a thud sound of shovel from under the bed begins to haunt a man. Perplexed with the sound and other happenings around him, he suspects that his wife is haunting him. But night after night the happenings intensify until he decides to deal with the situation. On the final ...

  • Africa, USA

    Africa, U.S.A. follows Naomi, a young 25-year-old discovering herself, as she explores Igbos Landing, an area where Igbo descendants decided to rebel and where African descendants built the historical Harrington School; Oyotunji Kingdom- a real Yoruba Village in South Carolina; and, Africatown lo...

  • The Source 1996

    A saturation diver discovers an old sea chest at the bottom of the underwater oil rig in the southern Caribbean Sea and carries the chest away with her. To her surprise, the chest brings unforeseeable trouble for her manager on the ship.

  • Love Is A Losing Game

    Ramona, a somber spirit, has her (after)world rocked when she falls for a living man.

  • Peat and Patty

    A fun, comedic short story of environmental scientist Patty and, her parrot, Peat striving to complete an experiment that could potentially solve the environmental condition of their world.

  • Mitja Lluna I L'estel

    "Mitja Lluna i l'Estel" captivates through a handcrafted short film, blending Al-Andalus' symbolism. Using 2D pencil animations, it unfolds in Granada's Alhambra. A young woman's initiatory journey unfolds against a backdrop of migrating storks, desert scents, and Andalusian winds. Souls and star...

  • Möbius Trip

    Jeremy Brandt is an agent on a mission to stop a man with a device containing a button that must not be pushed -- but has been -- resulting in an extensive chase. This leads to an electric struggle, against each other and ultimately for a solution to the greatest challenge anyone can face.

    This ...

  • Assaman

    Assaman is a cosmic twin love story with the future. A man named Tukki meets a sky-being named Asé. Together, they become suspended in a visual and sonic examination in search of flourishing joy and self-care. What may seem a simple love story quickly expands into a kaleidoscope of introspective,...

  • Cara Romero: Following The Light

    A documentary on contemporary fine art photographer Cara Romero. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her photography...

  • Broke Down Drone

    Poverty, Death and Hopelessness is all that can be expected in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Chicago. For Roc and DeVontae, on the brink of potential stardom, the opportunity to escape all three is within reach, if only...

  • The DragonFly Tale

    1964. Hereford, Texas. June Bug Brown is determined to save his family, by killing his father. Based on true events, it is the story of human courage that dwells within us all.

  • Paralysis

    Paralysis is a poetic film featuring spoken word artists who capture the stream of consciousness of bystanders who witness a young Black boy fight for his life.

  • Lilian

    Lilian Bader, a mixed-race war veteran of Barbadian-English descent, had enlisted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1941 as an instrument repairer, and rose to the rank of Corporal. The story begins in Bournemouth 1960, where Lilian enrols as a mature student. During her studies into...

  • This Much

    Laura is grappling with a divorce, moving into a new apartment, and raising her young daughter, Avery. When she accidentally leaves Avery’s favorite stuffed bunny on top of the car one morning, Laura struggles to tell the truth. She fears, more than anything, letting her daughter down. However, s...