2020 ShortFest Archive
Women Filmmakers
Women at the helm.
A Portrait of Frances, Enclosed
A polaroid flashes, it’s 1978 and Frances, twelve years old, slips a risqué photo of herself and a love letter into an envelope to slip under the door of her crush.
In competition for Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under
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Running Time: 12
The Present
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his daughter, Yasmine, set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between the soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
WINNER: GoE Bridging the Borders Award
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
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Running Time: 24
Query
Over the course of a day, Jay and Alex, roommates and best friends, spend their time verbally jousting over whether it’s instinct or social norms that drives their heterosexual proclivities. As the day unfolds through PlayStation battles and beers, the barriers slowly fall and the conversation climaxes in a choice that has a... Read More
Running Time: 9
Red Ants Bite
In Georgia, two stranded Nigerians, Obinna and Afame, navigate the sleeping city of Tbilisi after a long night out. However, as day breaks the true colors of their ambiguous affection begin to show. In this way, they find solace despite their hostile environment.
In competition for the Bridging the Borders Award
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Running Time: 23
Riga's Lilac
What is an unpleasant body odor and would it be possible to forbid it in public places?
In competition for Best Comedy Short
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Running Time: 14
Rio
Paulina lives and works in a small hotel in the northern town near the border. She and her friend Nadia dream of a different, paradise and exotic world. One day a stranger arrives at the hotel. Torn between a man and a friend, Paulina is trying to understand who she really is and what she wants most in her life. In competition... Read More
Running Time: 22
Rubbed in Pink
Sofia, the daughter of a fashion photographer, is starting to discover her femininity and is looking for guidance. At home her mother shows her ways to be a woman. At school she plays games that awaken her sexuality. In the process she realizes she feels different than the women around her. In competition for the Best of the... Read More
Running Time: 11
The Rudeness of a German Lady
Under the burning sun, beachgoers are trying to take advantage of every minute of their paid trip to a desolate beach. Among them are a mother with her grown son, two ladies and their dog, a passive-aggressive married couple, loud Italians, happy Hungarians, and an overweight, possibly dead, German lady. In competition for Best... Read More
Running Time: 15
Second Team
Two stand-in actors working on a hit TV series go off script, giving the performance of a lifetime, but somehow manage to miss the mark.
In competition for Best Comedy Short
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Running Time: 10
SH_T Happens
The caretaker exhausted by everything, his frustrated wife and one totally depressed deer. Their mutual despair leads them to absurd events, because... shit happens all the time. Presented with the kind permission of ARTE: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/RC-019277/courts-a-domicile/ SPECIAL MENTION: Best Animated & Best Student... Read More
Running Time: 13
Silent Storm
From the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Mediterranean, the director meets the women whose faces and voices bear witness to the loss of loved ones and ruined hopes. The mourning and hopeless waiting of the bodies find in the incessant movement of the waves a dimension of painful meditation. In competition for the... Read More
Running Time: 13
The Sleepwalkers
Having found themselves in a delusional state, trying to discover if they are sleepwalking, a couple on the cusp of starting a family, dreaming of the perfect future, are made to face the consequences of their willful blindness.
WINNER: Best Midnight Short
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Running Time: 33