2021 ShortFest Archive
Short Films
The shooting of a sex scene triggers a conflict between an intimacy coordinator and the director on the film set.
In competition for Best Student International Short.
In a dreary rural village, two craftspeople, Uli and Didi, find themselves in the strangely comic position of having to make WWII-era Nazi paraphernalia for a film production shooting in the German countryside.
In competition for Best Student International Short and Best Comedy Short.
Thai superstition and mythology converge on the set of a film shoot.
In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes.
Malky, a struggling actor, has agreed to help Tom, a director he used to know, with some lighting tests for his new project. He thinks that it’ll be a good opportunity to show the director what he’s capable of, but is it?
In competition for Best Comedy Short.
Paulette Harwood, a 90-year-old former Radio City Music Hall Corps de Ballet soloist, teaches her final classes in a dance school she's run for 60 years.
In competition for Best Documentary Short.
Coaxed into playing a racial typecast in a fellow student’s play, Black drama student Jonathan is faced with the all-too-familiar decision: to challenge prejudice, or play it safe?
In competition for Best International Short.
For child actor Devon Michael, the coveted role of Anakin Skywalker in George Lucas’ hotly anticipated The Phantom Menace was the part of a lifetime. Chosen as one of George’s final three for the role, Devon recollects the moment that would change his life, and Star Wars history, forever.
In competition for Best Documentary Short.