2020 ShortFest Archive
Deaf Friendly Films
So What if the Goats Die
Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow in order to get food and save his cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.
In competition for Best International Short
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Running Time: 24
The Speech
May 2003, Beijing, China. The SARS outbreak is real. The city is closed. Most students have been sent home. Inside a private boarding school, three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world.
FILMMAKER FAVORITE
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Running Time: 25
Stay Awake, Be Ready
A motorbike crash happening before the street stalls on a street corner was embedded in the mysterious story of three young men.
SPECIAL MENTION (for creative vision): Great Palm Springs CVB Best of the Festival Award
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Running Time: 14
Still Working
In an abandoned factory destined to be demolished, the routine of Pavel, the caretaker, is disturbed by the arrival of a young engineer who discovers an unusual electric activity, a running turbine. Pavel will be faced with the imminent disappearance of the factory and the end of his universe… WINNER: Best Student International... Read More
Running Time: 17
Take Me to Prom
Featuring intimate, charming interviews with queer Canadians ranging in age from 88 to 17, Take Me To Prom invites audiences to revisit an adolescent milestone while telling a story of social change that spans more than 70 years.
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
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Running Time: 21
These streets will never look the same
Leandre goes looking for a stranger named Tristan to give him some bad news about a mutual friend. However, when they meet, Leandre fails to deliver his message, which makes Tristan believe that they met by pure chance. They form a bond, but the true nature of what links them to the same boy remains ambiguous. In competition... Read More
Running Time: 23
The Tongues
During a blizzard on the tundra, a Sami woman is herding her reindeer when she is attacked by a man. Her sister senses that something is wrong and starts looking for her. Wrapped in fear and confusion, both women will unite in their fight for revenge.
WINNER: Best International Short
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Running Time: 15
Touch
Adele is an aggressive, self-conscious 17-year-old girl who spends most of her time trolling her classmates online. When she is hit on by another internet troll, Uri, they flirt until he urges her to send a picture in which she is actually visible. But instead of sending her own picture, Adele sends Uri a picture of a random... Read More
Running Time: 25
What We Were
Standing in the middle of a living room, Holger feels like a stranger in a house that used to be his home. Together with his ex-wife Sigrid and their daughters Silvi and Lara, he finds himself staring at Poldi, the freshly deceased family rabbit. The two girls decide that Poldi deserves a proper funeral, and, for the sake of... Read More
Running Time: 13
A Woman
A young, modern mother struggles to find her place in Baku, Azerbaijan, a place simultaneously Muslim and secular, progressive as it is traditional, and, like her, at a crossroads of seeming contradictions. Navigating the trappings of both conventional and modern female roles, she straddles the space between choice and... Read More
Running Time: 13