Smooth Finish
Two friends struggle to find the right pairings in wine and love. Directed by Amy Kersten (USA)
Author: Independent Shorts Awards
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
The Car Ride After
Two friends take the shock of grief differently after coming back from a dear friend’s funeral. Directed by Morgane Reed-Roth
Hard Break
In a near-future world where heartbreak has become weaponized and emotional immunity is just a pill away, a teenage girl
Hasta La Raíz
A 2D animated music video about the cynical cycle of colonialism in Mexico, which incorporates a dozen art styles from
Raw Vision
Violent teen Sofi enters an altered state of consciousness whereupon she relives a traumatic memory and has an emotional reunion
Mr. President
As death approaches, a former wartime president is forced to confront not only his own fragility and mortality, but Death
Bhama
Directed by Esha Sunil Nanal and Himanshu Sanjay Pile
I Won’t Come Back
A lonely ventriloquist is served divorce papers at the showroom bar where he works. Things take a strange turn when
Gators
An emotionally disturbed New-England woman visits her cousin in New Orleans to calm her, but instead she become fixated on
I’m not me
After suffering a life-altering brain injury, Dara drifts through the remnants of a life that no longer feels like his
The Wizard of Wellington
A mouthy schoolboy strikes up an unlikely friendship with a homeless bloke who calls himself the “Wizard of Wellington.” But
Lovebug
On a rainy night, a mysterious woman enters a stranger’s motel room looking for something she “forgot”. Directed by Jalaludin
Who We Once Were
A young Indonesian actress faces pressures of tradition and a distant relationship as her first on-stage kiss blurs the line
Heart Adjustment Movie
A couple lives in a world were every ten years of marriage they have to get a Heart Adjustment to