2020 ShortFest Archive
Women Filmmakers
Women at the helm.
Black Goat
Pasang, a new girl at a nunnery, has her first period after hearing a late-night ghost story. She keeps it secret until she bleeds at a prayer session. She believes that she has been cursed and needs to sacrifice a black goat to avoid further misfortune.
In competition for Best Student International Short
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Running Time: 12
Blackheads
A woman copes with bad therapy, heartbreak and blackheads.
In competition for Best Animated Short
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Running Time: 8
Broken Bird
Birdie is a biracial girl raised by her mom in a New Jersey suburb. She spends a visitation day with her father, and debates inviting him back into her life as she prepares for her Bat Mitzvah and adulthood.
In competition for Best Student U.S. Short
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Running Time: 10
Bye Bye, Body
Nina is fifteen and in her final week of weight loss camp. All summer she's stuck to her plan: work hard, drop the pounds, and return home to a brand new life. But when, in her last weigh in, the scale doesn't budge, Nina turns to desperate measures.
FILMMAKER FAVORITE
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Running Time: 10
Call Center Blues
Call Center Blues is a lyrical portrait of an unlikely community of U.S. deportees and their loved ones struggling to rebuild their lives in Tijuana, Mexico.
In competition for Best Documentary Short and the Bridging the Borders Award
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Running Time: 25
Citric Acid
Aino and Yu Xing are two best friends and working fine artists. Competition is as natural as intimacy between the two, but their relationship may be heading toward a breaking point.
In competition for the Best of the Festival Award
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Running Time: 19
The Couple Next Door
A single woman's emotions begin to stir when an eccentric African couple moves in next door to her.
In competition for Best U.S. Short
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Running Time: 11
