Short Films - Festival Gems

Short Films - Festival Gems

Award-winning short films that will pique your interest and spark your imagination.

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Short Films - Festival Gems
  • D.N.E. Do Not Erase
    Movie + 1 extra

    D.N.E. Do Not Erase

    Movie + 1 extra

    Dragon Con Film Festival Winner
    Toronto After Dark Film Festival

    When Brian's graduate thesis on Time Travel costs him the love of his life, he forces himself to choose the best way to live out the rest of his days.

    Canada - 2012 - 10m
    Directed By: Matt Campagna
    Written By: Matt Campagna
    Starri...

  • Victoria

    Movie

    "Victoria" searches to inquire the genre of eroticism, immersing in the fantasies of a woman alone in her new apartment after a breakup. Before the famous best-seller 'Fifty shades of Grey' arrived to Chile, it was already being developed the idea of approaching an abandoned topic: feminine eroti...

  • The Case of the Massey Bodice Ripping

    Movie + 1 extra

    Venice Short Film Festival Winner
    Grand Budapest Festival Winner
    Canadian Film Festival

    The Case of the Massey Bodice Ripping is a comedy satire working to create a film that illuminates the overwhelmingly poor use of rape as a plot device in contemporary film and TV.

    Director: Karen Knox
    Write...

  • Mermelada
    Movie + 1 extra

    Mermelada

    Movie + 1 extra

    Submerged in a routine life, Andrea escapes her loneliness through delirious fantasies with the men around her. However, a bad nail in the wall will make her neighbor, Marcos, enter his life, to the point of breaking even in his imagination.

    Directed By: Benjamin Rojo
    Written By: Carlos Bleyche...

  • A Tale of Love, Madness, and Death

    Movie

    Toronto International Film Festival
    Nashville Film Festival Winner
    Chicago International Film Festival Winner

    My uncle is schizophrenic and my grandmother suffers from a terminal illness. My grandfather, who is unable to take care of both, must decide between his wife or his son.

  • A Pinprick of Light

    Movie

    Winner Queen Palm International Film Festival
    Winner Euro Shorts International Film Festival
    Winner Mid Tenn Film Festival

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    Inspired by true events, John M. Hull, a university professor starts to lose his...

  • When You Need Them

    Movie

    Newport Beach Film Festival
    Canadian Film Festival
    Blood in the Snow Festival

    Mark is a fool for love. With the help of his closest confidant, Kyle, he decides to go after the woman of his dreams. When Katie notices a creepy figure lurking outside her workplace, she hurries home. These clashing ...

  • La Última Escena (The Final Scene)

    Movie

    Rio de Janeiro Curta Cinema Winner
    La Calera National Film Festival Winner
    Busan International Short Film Festival

    Heine Mix (78), an important playwright that now lives as a hermit in a shack with his dogs, faces the uncertainty of staying or having to leave the land he lives in, because it doe...

  • Man of Steel Song

    Movie

    Dragon Con Film Festival Winner
    LabCab Film Festival Official Selection

    With Marvel showing up DC at the box office, Man of Steel better make lots of money if the other members of the Justice League stand a chance of having their shot on the big screen.

  • The Red Balloon

    Movie

    Cannes Film Festival Winner
    Oscar Winner
    BAFTA Winner
    Berlin Internatonal Film Festival
    Vienna International Film Festival
    Prix Louis Delluc Winner

    In this nearly wordless children’s fable, a red balloon forms a life of its own and starts to follow a young boy through his daily activities...

  • Upstaged
    Movie + 1 extra

    Upstaged

    Movie + 1 extra

    A mockumentary following a community theatre group as they hold auditions for a musical production of Beauty and the Beast.

    Canada - 2012 - 20m
    Directed By: Jacqueline Pepall
    Written By: Julia Lederer
    Starring: Heather Marie Annis, Julia Lederer, Sean Listro

  • No Hay Pan (No Bread)

    Movie

    Rotterdam International Film Festival
    Mecal Festival Latinoamericano - Winner
    Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema

    Luis is the owner of a little grocery store that suffers a sudden downturn when a supermarket sets up in its neighborhood and he is told that he'll no longer...

  • Apnea

    Movie

    San Sebastian International Film Festival
    Iquique International Film Festival

    Daniel spends his vacation with his family at the hot springs. While swimming he learns that his parents are getting divorced. However, an incident with his younger brother will eventually trigger all of his frustra...

  • Levantar (Arise)

    Movie

    Luis's earthquake is not the one that left him homeless in 2010; his own tremor starts with the imminent departure of his sister Ale, who has decided to escape from a city that rises leaving them behind. Between anger and wonder, Luis spends his days walking over the building waste of what was on...

  • Martin's Hagge
    Movie + 1 extra

    Martin's Hagge

    Movie + 1 extra

    Martin is burdened with the relentless, wily personification of his anxiety and depression: a character named Hagge. After a freewheeling colleague encroaches on Martin's workspace, he comes to discover that his apathy is a choice. Serious subject matter is explored with humour and whimsy in this...

  • Margaret Finds Her Mojo

    Movie + 1 extra

    Margaret enters her final job interview with a prestigious, security-conscious corporation as a sure thing but finds herself at odds with their methods when she realizes she's not the only one being considered. Waiting turns into brawling once Margaret finds her mojo.

    Canada - 2014
    Directed by:...

  • Wapikoni Territory and Environment Programme Two

    6 items

    Exploring the healing abilities and gifts that our surroundings can provide us, Territory and Environment Programme Two is made up of short films that show us how we can rise up and show up for the world around us, and how in exchange it can do the same for its people.

  • Wapikoni Territory and Environment Programme One

    7 items

    A programme made up of short films that dive into the importance of land and water protection, and the connections they have with Indigenous culture and traditions, as well the respect and love for the territories that is expressed through language, action, and art.

  • Wapikoni Indigenous Women Programme Two

    6 items

    Wapikoni Indigenous Women Programme Two is composed of short films about women who challenge stereotypes, are revisiting old traditions, and who are the focal point and pillars of their communities.

  • Wapikoni Indigenous Women Programme One

    7 items

    A collection of short films that centre Indigenous women and the vital and grounding roles they play in Indigenous communities and in maintaining and passing along important traditions and teachings to the generations to come.

  • Wapikoni Film Festival Favourites

    4 items

    A collection of Wapikoni shorts, made by Indigenous filmmakers that have played renowned festivals including Sundance, RIDM, imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, and ReelWorld Film Festival. Exploring the importance of various traditions including the connections to tools, clothing and Thr...