• On the Job

From truck driving in Qatar, to frantically preparing a boss's birthday party in Los Angeles, and all the way to outer space–a selection of funny and insightful films about working life in all its forms.

Short Films

9-5

An inexperienced copywriter faces the pressures of work and the expectations of his surroundings, which have an increasing impact on his sex life.

Bergie

A law enforcement officer has to remove unhoused people in order to make way for a 10km fun-run. Meet the filmmaker: https://youtu.be/jH4z1FWFHL4

Flail

Allie, a distracted personal assistant, frantically prepares for her boss’s birthday party through a blur of gridlocked parking garages and fast-casual salad chains on a desperate quest to achieve a single thing that she initially set out to do.

Fata Morgana

Truck driver Abu Husain, like many guest workers in Qatar, spends endless hours in a self-contained world of standing, waiting, and tenaciously moving trucks on the fringes of society.

Heart of an Astronaut

Brigitte Godard always dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Today she is a doctor who monitors their bodily functions while aboard the International Space Station.

ShortFest 2023