1
Tight Spot
Kevin Haefelin
Switzerland
Shining the shoes of a walk-in customer, a shiner discovers his client’s dark secret.
4
100 Beautiful Things
Molly Smith
Clermont, FL
A young boy must choose between love and justice when deciding to fight in the civil war.
7
Whiskey Face
Brent Bouchard
Canada
Two lawyers have a serious discussion over a drink . Will they pass the bar?
10
Blip
John Akre
United States
A very short movie about the very shortness of life itself.
13
Makin' A Livin' Fishin'
Patrick Grady
United States
Joey Cattone tells a life story in a very brief fashion.
16
Nyan To Five
Antonio Idarraga, Ellen Wang
Oakland, CA
Slime the cat has an interesting day to himself.
19
Oh
Cathal Feeney
Ireland
On a short bus journey a young boy quizzes his father about the world.
22
Best Pal Best Gal
Gregg Jaffe
Chicago, IL
A man introduces the new love of his life to an old friend. Things don't always go as you planned. (Not in award consideration)
25
P I C K I N G
Claire Kinnen
United States
This is a short poem film shot on super 8 and alternately titled "The ego in a breakup."
28
To Be
Pouria Ghasemipoor Nigjeh
Iran, Islamic Republic of
The women exist
31
Waiting By the Phone
Olivia Jensen
Chicago, IL
A woman grieves her dead sister by trying to keep her memory alive, by taking care of both her and herself
34
reboot.
Taylor Morden
Bend, OR
A short film about the way the world works.
2
Goldfish
Wingz Wu
Brooklyn, NY
“Goldfish” is an abstract 2D looping animation about people’s deep desire for fighting the tiresome daily routine. However, no matter how hard we try, we still can’t escape from the fish tank, because the fish tank is life itself.
5
Double Date
Josef Beeby, Grace Gordon
Canada
A tiny difference in first impressions turns into two very different first dates.
8
Mime
Robert Kelly, Ian Kranz
Orland Park, IL
A short about the horrors of losing control at a party, a woman has a drunken encounter with a mime outside a bathroom window turns out to be more than a late-night prank.
11
Stones on the path
Diogo Andrade
Portugal
A 1-minute documentary about how two men who live in a reception centre (residential home or homeless shelter) found a way to make a living through urban art and this changed their lives for the better.
14
WET GRAVEYARD
Amir Karami
Iran, Islamic Republic of
They had only one way to escape war - immigration. But the sea was unfaithful and unmerciful...
17
Benson's Beans
Mike Schminke
Chicago, IL
A turn of the century beans company hires a real cowboy to sell their product but gets more than it bargained for.
20
Nostalgia's A Killer
Josh Alward
United Kingdom
Letting go of the past can be difficult, but Carla finds it more difficult than most. As she fondly sorts through mementos from her last relationship, we realise that her way of dealing with a break up is a little extreme...
23
Blue and Curt
Jesse Cote
Canada
A stubborn little monster named Curt receives some advice from a clever little bird named Blue.
26
Divorce Settlement Meeting
Gregory Roberts
Westwood, NJ
Things don't go according to Jake's plan during his divorce settlement meeting.
29
FINDING LINES
Mattias Larson
Sweden
A skateboarder weaving his lines through a right-angled landscape. Exploring the patterns and shapes that man has left behind.
32
Waiting for 2032
Jeffrey Madzia
United States
The year the cicadas of Brood 5 hatched.
35
LAX to Vancouver
zach dorn
Valencia, CA
An animated short about a trip from the LAX International Airport to Vancouver.
3
Der Offizier
Olof Berghe
Sweden
"No one knows another person. No one knows mankind." Der Offizier is leading a hearing when he suddenly finds himself at a disadvantage. Will his own secret finally be revealed?
6
Birth Cycle, a flip book by Zak Zych
Zak Zych
St. Louis, MO
After nine months in the womb a baby makes a daring and dramatic entrance into the world!
9
Don't Let The Evils Consume You
Gerard George
Los Angeles, CA
An interpretation of the monstrous enslavement of depression, it’s sneaking emergence and the lingering darkness it leaves inside.
12
Bound
Jeff Vande Zande
Midland, MI
Readjusting to life on the outside can be a bit irregular.
15
YOURS TEETH ARE NICER
Tomasz Wiśniewski
Poland
A short documentary about a Chinese man who came to a village in Poland way back when.
18
Silence Is Silver
Patrick Lewtschanyn
Chicago, IL
An interpretive look into the spectrum of a woman’s silence. The anguish. The distress. The strength to endure.
21
Crunch Time
Emily Misner, Marisa Gehrig
Fort Wayne, IN
An animated adventure in trying to bake from a beloved old recipe.
24
Harvest fest
Olof Berghe
Sweden
Bertil is a man whose relationships are important to him. Some he nurtures specially.
27
In Memoriam: Sniffany
Danny McCarthy
Chicago, IL
Family and friends gather to tell stories, say their final words and bid a farewell to their dear Sniffany. The moon is calling.
30
My Pizza Boy
Charlie S. Jensen
Los Angeles, CA
A Pizza delivery with an unusual twist (bread twist that is).
33
Transport
Zach Moore
Chicago, IL
Odd adventures while waiting for the bus.
36
TUSCANY
Geoffrey Brenton
United Kingdom
A couple are clearing plastic on the banks of the Thames, when she decides to take feminist action.
