Switzerland
Kevin Haefelin
1
Shining the shoes of a walk-in customer, a shiner discovers his client’s dark secret.
Tight Spot
Clermont, FL
Molly Smith
4
A young boy must choose between love and justice when deciding to fight in the civil war.
100 Beautiful Things
Canada
Brent Bouchard
7
Two lawyers have a serious discussion over a drink . Will they pass the bar?
Whiskey Face
United States
John Akre
10
A very short movie about the very shortness of life itself.
Blip
United States
Patrick Grady
13
Joey Cattone tells a life story in a very brief fashion.
Makin' A Livin' Fishin'
Oakland, CA
Antonio Idarraga, Ellen Wang
16
Slime the cat has an interesting day to himself.
Nyan To Five
Ireland
Cathal Feeney
19
On a short bus journey a young boy quizzes his father about the world.
Oh
Chicago, IL
Gregg Jaffe
22
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)
Best Pal Best Gal
United States
Claire Kinnen
25
This is a short poem film shot on super 8 and alternately titled "The ego in a breakup."
P I C K I N G
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Pouria Ghasemipoor Nigjeh
28
The women exist
To Be
Chicago, IL
Olivia Jensen
31
A woman grieves her dead sister by trying to keep her memory alive, by taking care of both her and herself
Waiting By the Phone
Bend, OR
Taylor Morden
34
A short film about the way the world works.
reboot.
Brooklyn, NY
Wingz Wu
2
“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.
Goldfish
Canada
Josef Beeby, Grace Gordon
5
A tiny difference in first impressions turns into two very different first dates.
Double Date
Orland Park, IL
Robert Kelly, Ian Kranz
8
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.
Mime
Portugal
Diogo Andrade
11
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.
Stones on the path
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Amir Karami
14
They had only one way to escape war - immigration. But the sea was unfaithful and unmerciful...
WET GRAVEYARD
Chicago, IL
Mike Schminke
17
A turn of the century beans company hires a real cowboy to sell their product but gets more than it bargained for.
Benson's Beans
United Kingdom
Josh Alward
20
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...
Nostalgia's A Killer
Canada
Jesse Cote
23
A stubborn little monster named Curt receives some advice from a clever little bird named Blue.
Blue and Curt
Westwood, NJ
Gregory Roberts
26
Things don't go according to Jake's plan during his divorce settlement meeting.
Divorce Settlement Meeting
Sweden
Mattias Larson
29
A skateboarder weaving his lines through a right-angled landscape. Exploring the patterns and shapes that man has left behind.
FINDING LINES
United States
Jeffrey Madzia
32
The year the cicadas of Brood 5 hatched.
Waiting for 2032
Valencia, CA
zach dorn
35
An animated short about a trip from the LAX International Airport to Vancouver.
LAX to Vancouver
Sweden
Olof Berghe
3
"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?
Der Offizier
St. Louis, MO
Zak Zych
6
After nine months in the womb a baby makes a daring and dramatic entrance into the world!
Birth Cycle, a flip book by Zak Zych
Los Angeles, CA
Gerard George
9
An interpretation of the monstrous enslavement of depression, it’s sneaking emergence and the lingering darkness it leaves inside.
Don't Let The Evils Consume You
Midland, MI
Jeff Vande Zande
12
Readjusting to life on the outside can be a bit irregular.
Bound
Poland
Tomasz Wiśniewski
15
A short documentary about a Chinese man who came to a village in Poland way back when.
YOURS TEETH ARE NICER
Chicago, IL
Patrick Lewtschanyn
18
An interpretive look into the spectrum of a woman’s silence. The anguish. The distress. The strength to endure.
Silence Is Silver
Fort Wayne, IN
Emily Misner, Marisa Gehrig
21
An animated adventure in trying to bake from a beloved old recipe.
Crunch Time
Sweden
Olof Berghe
24
Bertil is a man whose relationships are important to him. Some he nurtures specially.
Harvest fest
Chicago, IL
Danny McCarthy
27
Family and friends gather to tell stories, say their final words and bid a farewell to their dear Sniffany. The moon is calling.
In Memoriam: Sniffany
Los Angeles, CA
Charlie S. Jensen
30
A Pizza delivery with an unusual twist (bread twist that is).
My Pizza Boy
Chicago, IL
Zach Moore
33
Odd adventures while waiting for the bus.
Transport
United Kingdom
Geoffrey Brenton
36
A couple are clearing plastic on the banks of the Thames, when she decides to take feminist action.
