• Extraordinary Stories

Incredible one-of-a-kind scenarios characterize these ambitious and narratively intricate shorts.

Short Films

No Longer Suitable For Use

After years of working as an FBI informant, a Syrian-Egyptian immigrant sees an opportunity to end the deportation proceedings threatening to separate him from his son and their new home in Brookyln. But how far is he willing to go to protect his hard-earned place in the country?

Sideral

In Natal, the northeast of Brazil, the country is preparing to launch its first manned spaceship. A couple with two children lives near the space center. The husband is a mechanic, the wife a maid who dreams of other horizons.

Salvador Dali

Every day little Orozbek walks long distances and crosses a river to get to school. Because that's where he has a chance to get closer to his dream.

Motherland

Leah, a Korean adoptee raised in America, returns to Korea to search for her birth mother and origins. Despite the obstacles, she soon learns of the complicated, painful history of her family. She must search to the end to find the truth.

Sierra

A father and his son are losing the folkrace. In order to win, a boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.

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