• Secrets & Lies

    104 minutes |

Misguided assumptions, hidden identities and shocking revelations—these films pull back the curtain on the things we keep hidden from ourselves and from each other.

Short Films

Birthday Night

Two close friends and work partners wrap up a job on the night of their collective birthdays and are en route to celebrating with their wives when a roadside accident flips their evening, and perhaps their entire friendship, upside-down.

Ceremony Night

An hour before the fair is opened, a worker falls from the top of a Ferris wheel. As he is taken to the hospital, the other workers keep preparing for the big opening ceremony. One worker has questions.

Five Secrets to Mom

A surreal and darkly comedic short that uses the filmmaker’s actual family photos, Microsoft Paint 95, and an automated voice to tell a story about the comfort and vulnerability in anonymity.

I Came Here Alone

A mysterious, life-sized teddy bear is delivered to lonely Margaret. When the stuffed animal reveals a secret, she must decide whether or not she's truly ready to let anyone else into her life.

Second Son

In southwest France, each year on winter holidays, black truffle thieves throw the area's farmers into paranoia, causing them to spy on their neighbors, accuse their friends, and sometimes find an easy scapegoat.

Three Months

When a young man belatedly reveals his HIV status to his lover, their romance wavers.

film details

Running Time: 104 minutes

2019 ShortFest Archive