July competition
Short of the Month is a rolling festival program for short films and documentaries. Start with the current slate, follow the leaderboard, or submit your own film for a future competition.
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By Sanjeev Nair
‘Almost Always’ follows a teenager counting down to finally leaving abroad for university as he spends his last days at home with his lifelong best friend. But his quiet urgency suggests there’s more he isn’t saying, ...

By Alexander Fernandez
This is the story of two women who are set on two very different paths. One is a hero and the other is a villain. Laurie Walker dons a mask and suit to protect the city of Los Angeles from super powered villains she s...

By Mikey Georgeson
Directed by Matt Hulse. A collaboration inspired by Colin Wilson's optimistic take on human potential and an idea of the "ultimate yes". The film and music express a sense of perceiving yourself as a part of the regio...

By Ben Langford
A wannabe detective finds himself looking for love after a chance encounter with a fortune teller.
By Max Kaschenko
Max's plan to win over his married coworker backfires when he sneaks into her apartment and runs straight into her jealous husband. What should have been a disaster turns into an unexpected friendship, as the two men ...
By Old Lamp Entertainment
A man wakes up on a barren, unforgiving shoreline and sets about trying to uncover the truth of a mysterious light and sound that emanates from the horizon. Written and directed by Luisa Guerreiro (The Toxic Avenger...

By Huseyn Mehrzad
Leila, a young woman trapped in a suffocating marriage, secretly goes to court to demand divorce and her dowry. When her husband Amir discovers the truth, the fragile balance of lies and silence collapses. A childlike...

By Objetivo Family
Alwasiyya tells the story of Pepe, who after the death of her husband Ricardo undertakes an inner journey to reconcile with the absence, rediscover his identity and open himself to new ways of being in the world. Betw...

By sean ponzini
A reflective short film about memories, loneliness and a conversation that gently draws an old man back toward a part of himself that he thought he had lost.

By Oksana Tarnavska
A pair of magical pink shoes gives a homeless woman the fame and luxury she always wanted. However, she quickly discovers that her dream life is just an illusion.

By Éist le grá
Pulled into an undefined space between confession and memory, a woman is questioned by an unseen voice. Moving through distorted versions of her past, she confronts the difference between intention and impact, love an...

By Weston Barber
In the Vibrant Amazon Rainforest, a Red-Eyed Tree Frog Follows a Blue Morpho Butterfly into the Unknown: A Tale of a Stop-Motion Animation Full of Curiosity, Friendship, and Adventure.
By Brian White
Two friends sit around reminiscing about the 1990s. Nothing unusual is happening. Absolutely nothing at all.....