Short Films Watched

Bomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.

Follows a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy's search for home.

In rural Northern Ireland, a pair of estranged brothers reunite following their mother's untimely death.

On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

Mom's and Dad's emotions find themselves forced to deal with Riley going on her first date.

Like every summer, Louise stays at her grandparents' in the countryside for a few days during the holidays. It will snow at the height of summer and a monster is going to die.

An ode to the body's five senses delivered by a man with little time left to enjoy them.

A Nigerian mother's slap triggers a humorous reflection on cultural stereotypes.

An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories on the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform.

Burdened by an expired visa, a young couple spend what could be their last night together.

When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.

In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a rat catcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.

A small brilliant boy is tormented by two large idiotic bullies.

In 1974, a Mormon missionary finds his world turned upside down when he falls in love with a handsome Italian Communist. With original 8mm film and fierce storytelling, Tom Clark recounts a love story set against the backdrop of coastal Italy wrought with faith, identity, cigarettes, and Thorazine.

A portrait of growing up told through filmmaker Sean Wang's middle school yearbook. Go Hornets.

In her high school theater class, Krista uses a scene study as catharsis.

A traumatic memory from a Holocaust survivor transports a young schoolgirl on an inner journey.

In this intense short film, a grieving rideshare driver picks up a passenger who helps him confront the past.

A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form.