2021 ShortFest Archive
Film Index
List of all 295 films showing at the 2021 Palm Springs International ShortFest. Note: When you attend a ShortFest screening you'll be attending a package of films grouped together.
Eine Schokoladen Lampe
A risk-averse man gets a great opportunity to invest other people's money in a profitable business.
In competition for Best Student International Short and Best Comedy Short.
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El Clásico
The tumultuous journey of two friends on their way to a soccer stadium hands them a new perspective of their friendship, their morals and Mexico City.
In competition for Best Student U.S. Short.
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El Fantasma
In the fall of 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald travels to Mexico City in pursuit of a visa to the Soviet Union. At the Cuban Consulate, he meets a woman, Silvia Duran, who might be the key to getting what he wants. Based on real events.
In competition for Best Student U.S. Short.
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Endless Video
A group of well intentioned but hopelessly flawed film enthusiasts struggle to save their beloved video store from extinction.
In competition for Best Student U.S. Short.
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Everything Stays
As the summer after high school graduation winds down, Gabe's cousins have one last chance to tie him down in Illinois, forcing Gabe to decide what’s more important: his family or his future?
In competition for Young Cineastes Award.
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Everything ALL AT ONCE
After 16 years of living fully, Billie has rejected the mainstream use of "electrophobes," devices her peers use to combat their negative emotions. When a fire threatens her town, and warnings and reports begin to invade her life, she is forced to reconsider her stance. How much negativity can she take?
In competition for Best International Short.
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Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss
Vangie, a miserable contractual saleswoman, is about to lose her job. In her desperate attempt to convince her boss not to sack her, she uncovers the ultimate jaw-dropping secret to regularization.
In competition for Best Comedy Short and Best Midnight Short.
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Ferrotipos
A model shoots with a recognized photographer. He wants to make a work about the vulnerability of women and proposes she pose topless.
In competition for Best International Short.
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Forgive Us
After years of estrangement, an embittered young man uncovers sinister threats when returning home for Christmas with his boyfriend.
In competition for Best LGBT+ Short and Best Midnight Short.
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Four Cups of Coffee or Three
A woman's body undergoes a strange transformation, which she finds difficult to grasp.
In competition for Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under and Best Midnight Short.
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Fourth of July
A young mother struggles to parent her two rambunctious boys over the course of one hot summer day.
In competition for Best Student U.S. Short.
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