• The Things We Do For Love

A deep dedication to family is the common theme running through this otherwise varied group of stories ranging from poignant to humorous to heartbreaking.

Short Films

Chapéu de bico

Carvalho, a bus driver in the outskirts of São Paulo, must find a night shift replacement in order to spend Christmas at home with his family and young grandson.

Edith+Eddie

Ninety-something Edith and Eddie are America's oldest interracial newlyweds, whose unusual and idyllic love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear them apart.

The Good Mother

A Mexican mother, with her only child's birthday looming, embarks upon an epic journey across land and through her politics, to find her son's dream piñata.

How Far She Went

When Mary’s rebellious teenager entangles her in a confrontation with a pair of local thugs, she is forced to make a harrowing choice.

Kin

When a young man's application for custody of his younger brother is rejected, he is forced to come to terms with difficult truths about what's best for his family.

See You Yesterday

Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, C.J. and Sebastian, build makeshift time machines to save C.J.'s brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by a police officer.

2017 ShortFest Archive