2020 ShortFest Archive
BIPOC Filmmakers
Films by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) filmmakers.
Citric Acid
Aino and Yu Xing are two best friends and working fine artists. Competition is as natural as intimacy between the two, but their relationship may be heading toward a breaking point.
In competition for the Best of the Festival Award
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Running Time: 19
Cloudy Days
A-Yun, a middle-aged woman from Vietnam, remarries an old man in Taiwan, bringing along her little son from her first marriage. Devoted as she is to her new husband, she is not treated as a family member. In their suffocating marriage, there is no love, but rather daily routine. Repressed desire makes her turn to her stepchild,... Read More
Running Time: 26
Coffee Shop Names
Three Indian people imagine their personas as their "coffee shop names," the names they give baristas because their real names are hard to pronounce.
In competition for Best Comedy Short
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Running Time: 8
Colors - Black Pumas
Colors explores the bonds of a young family living in the Bronx. They are displaced after unforeseen circumstances take the family to unexpected places. Despite the challenges they face, they find joy, hope and each other.
In competition for Best U.S. Short
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Running Time: 4
The Couple Next Door
A single woman's emotions begin to stir when an eccentric African couple moves in next door to her.
In competition for Best U.S. Short
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Running Time: 11
Da Yie
In Ghana, a foreigner gets an assignment to recruit kids for a risky job. He finds Prince and Mathilda, two lively kids, and brings them to his gang, but soon starts to question his decision and how it might affect their lives.
In competition for Best Student International Short
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Running Time: 21
The Dream
The Dream follows Daryl—a broke aspiring film director who’s just moved to Los Angeles, taking his first job as a Production Assistant—and the ragtag gang of PAs that school him on how to survive. Daryl has big dreams, but he quickly realizes how far he’ll have to climb to reach his goals.
In competition for Best Comedy Short
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Running Time: 23
El remanso
Searching for new opportunities, a young family of poor drifters settle in an abandoned country house where remnants of past violence and an atmosphere of danger loom over the land.
In competition for the Best of the Festival Award
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Running Time: 19
Every Thorn Has Its Day
After waking up one morning with a giant zit on his forehead, sensitive Fábio eagerly turns to an unusual app to help him match with the right guy to handle the job.
In competition for Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under
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Running Time: 9
Flower Shadow Serenade
A grandmother's spirit returns in search of her identity on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore, the scent of a night song the only fragrance leading her home.
In competition for Best Student International Short
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Running Time: 11
