Narrative Shorts

Set during the decline and fall of the consumerist empire, a filthy garbage-picker is retained as a personal slave by a wealthy ultra-consumer still worshipping at the temple of a life he once knew.

Shaquita Lopez, a single mother and an aspiring actress, is ready to nail her audition. Things fall apart, however, when her ex-boyfriend bails on watching their 3-year-old son Nezih. Cornered and...

Autoscopy follows a young man who escapes to the Swedish wilderness for a period of creativity and introspection. The tranquility and isolation he finds there morphs into something more sinister when...

During the 1990’s in ex-Yugoslavia a war rages. A husband and wife try to escape their besieged town but there’s an improvised barricade blocking the road. In attempt to get past it, they make up...

While sitting on the toilet one November morning, Ben Boyer receives a Jungian lesson on archetypal marketing.

An experimental narrative about the creation of online content and the reaction to it.

When a woman who struggles with OCD decides to end her life, she realizes she can't let go until everything - and we mean everything - is just right.

Adapted from the surrealist drawing game “exquisite corpse,” this short of shorts created by 19 filmmakers is stitched together in a stream of consciousness with unique words bridging each of the...

Struggling with New York living, Dana Schapiro decides to move, saying goodbye to a neighborhood that can barely remember who she is....

"Greetings, from the Planet Krog!" is a science fiction epic set on another world, created by reimagining everyday objects and existing landscapes. The film follows a young mother who is abducted by...

First-time performers round out the cast of this stunning metaphysical drama, set against the sugarcane fields of Florida. Tempted into stealing a backpack full of rabbits, a young man living on the...

An intense dive into the world of one man and his quest.

In the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan's final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan's, her 50-year-old son. This fiction short-movie is a dive into death and grief,...

Two ex-lovers meet at a rarely-used Aspen lodge to reignite their passions, but first they must confess their past sins.

Two sleazy tourists have the night of their lives at a Karaoke bar in the Azores after meeting an alluring young singer.

Two friends drive to a secluded forest and experiment with hypnotism, which triggers vivid dreams and serpentine hallucinations.

A resourceful ambient film starring professional inline street skater Gavin Drumm gliding through the night and cameos from Sydney comedy royalty Lauren McNaught, Annie Schofield, André Shannon and...

Onikuma is Japanese yokai, a demon bear known for chasing horses. Through a combination of live action and animation, this hybrid short film follows the journey of two women as they wander through...

A child must create a world where chaos and dread turn to order and awe.

A collection of vignettes involving people in everyday moments who are tethered by umbilical cords to otherworldly beings.

A boy playing in his backyard begins to exhibit signs of a disturbing physical ability. His parents invite the neighbors over to enact a peculiar rite-of-passage ceremony that will assimilate the boy...

Emanuelle is training on her stationary bike but she can't get her mind off the image of Laura. The more she pedals, the more her memories turn to desire.

A postmodern swiss-tyrolean ensemble ventures into remote mountaineous regions, embracing the sonorous variety of local vernaculars. A poetic road movie with stunning shots and an emphatic approach...

Ready for Love covers a decade of a woman's life, as told only through her own video submissions to be a contestant on The Bachelor.

Initially inspired by the Tang dynasty poem Song of the Wanderer and Red Threads as lines of fate in Chinese culture, the artist utilizes a combination of Live-action Cinema, Sims 4 Machinima,...

An experimental take on artist Paul Kaiser’s struggle with PTSD after serving overseas and being detained in Iraq. His current mission is to reconnect with his estranged daughters. The film serves...

A man is sitting on the toilet in a public restroom when he’s interrupted by a child crawling into his stall. He begins to panic when the kid won't leave no matter how emphatically he asks. What...

Susan and Leslie is a short documentary following a married couple from Arkansas with visual impairments as they get ready for their weekly trip to the grocery store.

Tabby is taken by surprise when her date Patrick abruptly reveals his odd bedroom quirk. She's initially put off, but soon finds herself feeling a little ambivalent, even intrigued.

'What are my nipples for?' Ron asks after reading about a Celtic fertility ritual. When he struggles to find an answer he begins to wonder what this means for the rest of his existence and falls into...

Setup in San Francisco, following the 2011 Arab Spring that left Egypt in political unrest. Simsim—a young Egyptian immigrant with a wooingly contagious laugh seeks asylum in the United States. Out...

Dale lives a solitary life in a small town, his only outlet being conversations with the local pharmacist Mohammad. As time passes, Dale slowly begins to reveal more of his life and history to...

"Brett’s Grammar School is filled with identical students and teachers… called Brett. The Brett’s are obsessed with one sport - tunnel ball. A new student, Bret, arrives and steals the show on...