Short Films 2021
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- DirectorMadeline SharafianA rabbit attempts to dig a burrow and learns there's no shame in asking for help.
- DirectorJohn SmithFragments of COVID-19 related speeches by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accompany views from the windows of a London residence during the COVID lockdown.
- DirectorBaker KarimStarsAlexander KarimSaga GärdeMichael Norlind2121. Earth has become uninhabitable and some have been chosen to leave the planet. Max is not among the chosen ones, but his goal is to get aboard the Ark, at any cost. "Earthbound" is the first Swedish Afrofuturistic film.
- DirectorJerry CarlssonStarsErik NilssonKhalil Ben GharbiaElin HugosonOskar is on the night train, heading home after an interview in Stockholm. With a long night ahead of him, he makes eye contact with Ahmad. For the first time he meets the gaze of someone who feels the same desire as he does.
- DirectorMorgan QuaintanceTaking two anti-racist and anti-authoritarian liberation movements in South London and Chicago's South Side as a point of departure, South presents an expressionistic investigation of the power of individual and collective voice. Interlinked with Morgan Quaintance's own biography, the film also considers questions of mortality and the will to transcend a world typified by concrete relations.
- DirectorMarine BlinStarsSaâlla KitarA young girl has suffered due to the silence of adults, and feels that her right to mourn has been taken away. As an adult, she talks about the tender gestures that bind her to the departed.
- DirectorDaniel BoocockStarsLasse VossDan Boie KratfeldtJak CorrieOn the moors of a desolate land where the silence of the wind reigns, a mysterious man challenges four bloodthirsty savages whose thirst for dominance is thriving
- DirectorNoé DebréStarsThomas BlumenthalVincent MacaigneInas ChantiHis ex, Marie, became an Instagram star (thanks to an activist group focused on the female orgasm). Depressed, Igor believes this is a deliberate campaign to prevent him from finding someone else.
- DirectorMoly KaneStarsMadjiguene SeckKhadim SèneRokhaya TouréA young woman prepares for her marriage while desperately and courageously trying to erase her past.
- DirectorRoman HodelStarsFedayi SanIshak SanSalih SanShort documentary presents a high-tension soccer match from the perspective of an ever-vigilant referee.
- DirectorAdriano ValerioDesperate to break free, he comes to Shanghai, only to be confined in an empty apartment by the pandemic lockdown. He has to escape his loneliness and nightmares again.
- DirectorMarlies SmeengeAt the International Butler Academy in Limburg, people from all over the world are trained to become a butler for the elite. Under a lot of pressure, they learn the old ways of butlering. An observational and absurdist documentary that gives us a glimpse of the perfectionist world of the butler profession.
- DirectorMaxime MartinotStarsMorgane LongIn Marguerite Duras' chilling story, thousands of antelopes from all over the continent gallop towards an inevitable fate. A meeting between humans and nature in mesmerizing drone footage from YouTube slowly raises poignant questions: who is surveilling whom, where are we headed, and what fate awaits us in a world such as this?
- DirectorEric PiccoliStarsRichard PiccoliIntimate and loving portrait by a son whose 70-years-old father is an Elvis impersonator.
- DirectorAshley WilliamsStarsGiancarlo SbarbaroAshley WilliamsWhat happens when a pregnant vegan suddenly craves meat? In this exploration of ethical meat-eating and parenthood, Lane hires a butcher to teach her how to be a responsible carnivore and ends up learning about a whole new side of herself.
- DirectorFarah NabulsiStarsSaleh BakriMaryam KanjMariam BashaOn his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
- DirectorElvira LindStarsOscar IsaacAlia ShawkatBrian PetsosWhen a corrections officer is transferred to the letter room, he soon finds himself enmeshed in a prisoner's deeply private life.
- DirectorFernando PomaresStarsNarjis El-Badaoüi AraissiDiia Alekhaiem JeludAmjad AlmussaThe texture of memory gains bearing and its own sounds in a narrative which, stemming from image fragments (such as our memories), refuses to reiterate the expectation of violence and aggression in the bodies of Syrian men persecuted in certain territories. These bodies are managed by nothing but tenderness, fraternity. And this time narrated from the point of view of a woman, who also speaks of these cyclical processes of caring for one another.
- DirectorLucía Aleñar IglesiasStarsZoe SteinCaterina AlordaCarla CastañéSpending her summer in Mallorca, Antonia comes to recognize the latent similarities between her and her dead grandmother and discovers a power over her mourning grandfather. She can't resist playing dress-up, but it becomes unclear who is inhabiting who.
- DirectorVinícius LopesLuciana MazetoIn Brazil, the inhabitants of Teewald, a German colony founded at the end of the 19th century, are still proud of their Germanic roots. Starting with the text of German-Turkish researcher Ilhami Paker, which uses irony to analyse different migratory movements, the film questions the complex process of constructing a national identity.
- DirectorBenjamin de BurcaBárbara WagnerIn the sports court of a school, dancers rehearse under the watchful eye of a choreographer. Tensions haunt personal desires as they are observed by a rival troupe.
- DirectorGabrielle StemmerOn YouTube, hundreds of women film themselves doing housework in their homes.
- DirectorGabriel HerreraStarsDavid IllescasÁngel MoralesLisandro RoblesThere he sits proudly on his motorbike, encompassed in majestic red and the dazzling admiration of the others.
- DirectorQuike FrancesStarsEugenio BaronaEric FrancésAna GarabitoA hunter goes out of home, with a pair of eggs, searching for his next trophy.
- DirectorBrandán CerviñoA year after her first communion, Andrea instructs her cousin to edit the recordings of the event according to her aesthetic preferences. Additionally, Andrea looks back on the day of that religious ritual and is impelled to reflect upon what it means in her life. As such, the film investigates the hybrid and contradictory nature between ancient beliefs and the contemporary universe of children, with the charisma, spontaneity, and sincerity of a character who posits an important and fundamental question: Does God exist?
- DirectorElías León SiminianiStarsJorge Eliécer GaitánLuis OspinaGustavo PetroIn 2018, a group of filmmakers calling themselves THE MOTIONLESS embark on a film about a hypothetical stillness syndrome in Colombia. Both an homage to the cinematographical universe of the Columbian filmmaker Luis Ospina and an exploration of the country's history, the film summons memory to go back in time.
- DirectorElahe EsmailiAfter consulting with his relatives a 35-year-old father consents to the marriage of his 14-year-old daughter. As individuals with differing perspectives his family grapple with the decision.
- DirectorKris BowersBen ProudfootStarsKris BowersHorace Bowers Sr.Jim BurkeA virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
- DirectorAudrey Jean-BaptisteMaxime Jean-BaptisteStarsRose MartineThe space adventure in 1960s French Guiana told from the locals' point of view in an essay film where an imaginary narrator creates an image full of contrasts.
- DirectorHelena Trestíková
- DirectorMaria BesoraStarsJanira Granados LópezNaia Granados LópezMoi Granados ZuritaJanira is three years old and doesn't speak. She is happy surrounded by animals with whom she communicates, and she seems to prefer their world than the human one. Soon she'll have to decide between staying wild or adapting to society.
- DirectorCamila BeltránA long time ago, on the Pacific coast of Colombia, women used to make pacts with mystical forces to master the art of singing. But little by little, all of this knowledge that we learned from our ancestors has been forgotten. Ever since then, we have felt that something is missing.
- CreatorTim MillerStarsFred TatascioreScott WhyteNolan NorthA collection of animated short stories that span various genres including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy.
- DirectorJaume Claret MuxartStarsMathieu HonoratTristan HonoratMariona MartinGemma (23) lives in Greece in a small studio where she lives and paints. Queralt (56), also a painter, tries to talk by phone with her daughter from Barcelona, but she doesn't succeed. A film with the paintings of Roser Agell and Paulina Muxart Agell.
- DirectorDaniel Toledo SauraStarsLorena LópezAbril ZamoraA florist receives a surprise visit from her ex-wife, uneasy at the next round of coming out.
- DirectorGerard MiróStarsHugo BarragánElisabeth BonjourGerard and his sister spend Holy Week at their grandmother's house. Thanks to her strict devotion, Gerard learns to love Jesus. However, she is not aware that her grandson is learning a lot more from that relationship.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightYeardley SmithLoki joins forces with Bart Simpson to fight against his toughest opponents in Springfield after he is banished from Asgard yet again.
- DirectorKristóf DeákStarsDorka GáspárfalviDorottya HaisZsófia Szamosi'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
- DirectorMiquel VerdÁlex TejedorStarsTeresa FerrerAdrián SalzedoÁlex TejedorJune 21st, 1939, shortly before the start of WWII. Sergi Forteza, the heir of the mansion of Raixa, meets our protagonist, Irina Dols, the mansion overseer's niece. During the summer solstice party, the two youngsters fall deeply in love, and they spend the night dancing, drinking and laughing at the gardens. But our heroes belong to very different worlds, and due to the situation of instability and uncertainty in which they live, they must be set apart. In spite the odds, that night they decide to meet again after a year, on the same day, in the same place and at the same time. Will they make it?
- DirectorJosep AlordaStarsLaura PonsEva BarcelóMarc JoySanta Eugenia is a little village from Mallorca. There lives Sebastiana: a 80 year old woman who suffers from dementia. The illness and its consequences make her and her family suffer.
- DirectorRogelio GonzálezStarsSantos BacanaSantos is a short film about the figure of the director Santos Bacana, a Spanish director who has become famous for the music videos of C. Tangana. This short film was the first beginning of Little Spain.
- DirectorAnders Sømme HammerStarsJoey SiuRocky S. TuanThe story of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protesters that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSigourney WeaverEugene KhumbanyiwaRobert HobbsA tale of a dystopian future where an unknown alien group have colonised the earth and humans struggle to fight back.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsJason CopeSharlto CopleyGod and Geoffrey watch over and interact with a developing civilization.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsJason CopeSharlto CopleyAn Oates studio short depicting god and his servant presiding over early man.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSteve BoyleNic RhindRobert HobbsWhile fighting the Vietnam war, both sides face a new kind of threat that neither of them were prepared for.
- StarsCarly PopeAlec GillisA series of black comedy parodies of late-night cooking infomercials, starring a hapless presenter named Bill. The products he demonstrates all end up producing a disgusting product which he then consumes, or malfunctioning and maiming him.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsDakota FanningJose Pablo CantilloStranded in an Arctic mine, two lone survivors are forced to fight for their lives, evading and hiding from a new kind of terror.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsJason CopeKen LawsonCoulton JacksonNeill Blomkamp's disturbing vision of the future on Earth, a computer generated film created in Unity 2017 and rendered in real-time at 30 frames per second.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsMackenzie GrayToby HargraveKen LawsonA man, trying to protect his home, confronts a medieval army. He has a fatal confrontation with a 30 foot tall giant while his wife cowers behind him.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsMike BlomkampTrevor CawoodToby Hargrave2 scientists develop a weapon. They can control a human's neural activation by this weapon. Scientists try this weapon on a prisoner.
- DirectorMike OlenickStarsKait StaleyLou OlenickJennifer EstlinA sci-fi soap opera: Dad is dying, mom can't sleep, and Nancy is determined to forget what she saw. Linda relives a past trauma and fears what might happen while she is away from home. Meanwhile, Mark entertains a mysterious stranger, who is secretly conducting a deadly experiment.
- DirectorDan SchneidkrautStarsAmanda DayA hybrid documentary exposé about the dark side of Hastings, Nebraska.
- DirectorTuixén BenetMarc Martínez JordánStarsTuixén BenetBlanca Nuño SerraMartina BoyerasA mysterious package offers a woman a reprieve from her melancholy, only it's results are more permanent and pervasive than she realizes.
- DirectorCasper Rudolf Emil KjeldsenStarsSandra Guldberg KamppThomas Guldberg MadsenA teenage girl struggles to contain a mentally ill father who is busy carrying out a near constant barrage of plans.
- DirectorJason KartalianStarsVince CusimanoVlada FoxJeff LeroyOn the rooftop of his apartment in Long Beach, CA, we enter the world of one-of-a-kind filmmaker Jeff Leroy where giant women and Kaiju fight it out. Meet his dedicated cast and crew who risk everything for art. A funny, informative documentary that demonstrates how one can make amazing cinema with a tiny budget and a huge imagination.
- DirectorHaonan WangStarsJing JinDingchen XiaoIn a mysterious restaurant hidden in an alleyway, a couple's date takes a strange plunge into vegetarian cuisine.
- DirectorAvra Fox-LernerStarsMeryl Jones WilliamsAnnapurna SriramPatrick VaillA roommate stuck in a codependent cycle finds her burgeoning romance might lead to something unexpected.
- DirectorMitch KalisaStarsJonathan AjayiHeather AlexanderCharlie O'ConnorCoaxed into playing a racial typecast in a fellow student's play, Jonathan is faced to either challenge prejudice, or play it safe.
- DirectorAnnie St-PierreStarsLilou Roy-LanouetteSteve LaplanteLarissa CorriveauDecember 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.: Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, and Santa Claus is late. Denis, alone in his car, is anxious about setting foot in his former in-laws' house to pick up his children.
- DirectorAneil KariaStarsCarl PrekoppBelal SabirLeon UngRiz and his family are in the middle of a typical family day in their house, whilst a far right march plays out on the telly in the background, which eventually arrives at their front door, leading to a devastating outcome.