• Stardust

It's a vast universe out there, and our lives are just a blip on the limitless expanse of the cosmos. From the Mekong River to the French countryside, these enigmatic shorts ponder all matters celestial and spiritual.

Short Films

Little Bear

When Little Bear starts sleepwalking, she decides to find out where her sleep takes her.

In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes and Young Cineastes Award.

Misery Loves Company

One night, Seolgi is lying on a grass field with friends. A shooting star falls, and dark and intrusive thoughts hit her. Her melancholy blooms into bright and colorful “flower people,” dancing around wishing for a meteorite to end the world.

In competition for Best Student Animated Short and Best Animated Short.

Scarlet Medusa

At the edge of a coastal tourist town in Japan, an aging scientist works to unlock the biological secret of immortality held in the life cycle of a tiny jellyfish.

In competition for Best of the Festival Award and Best Documentary Short.

The Unseen River

On the banks of the Mekong, a young couple seeking a cure for insomnia arrive at a monastery, while a woman reminisces with a former lover in the shadow of a dam.

In competition for Best of the Festival Award.

White Noises

Hervé knows how to communicate with the Beyond, but the hardest part of spiritualism is not receiving signs, it is understanding them.

In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes.

2021 ShortFest Archive