All Films - Short Movie Database

The Mud Under My Window

2025 • 13 min • France, Belgium

One of Emma’s mothers is too busy; the other is too far away. One is rejected, the other idealised. Out of a trivial tension, an intimate and unsettling face-to-face confrontation suddenly arises.

No Mean City

2025 • 14 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

Two workmen and an apprentice drive through the city at night, replacing old sodium street lights with LED. Beneath their glow, the city grapples with change, as progress marches on.

Fruit Farm

2025 • 29 min • Germany, China

Nana Xu travels to the place built by her father as a prisoner during the Cultural Revolution: first a work camp, later a prison, fruit farm and treatment centre. Conversations with last remaining witnesses, where home is still shaped by a repressed past.

Headcase

2025 • 16 min • Canada

In her reach for fame, wannabe influencer Kylie finds herself having to lurk in the shadows after a cheeky hit-and-run threatens to derail her coveted brand partnership.

Noam

2025 • 10 min • Germany

Mala (17) lives with her three-year-old son Noam in a bleak housing estate in Berlin. Since the birth of her child, she has felt abandoned and invisible, leading her into depression. Her family? Overwhelmed and absent. Her friends from earlier days? Long gone. Noam’s father, Paulo, occasionally shows up, but he is usually drunk or accompanied by a new girlfriend. Like today. This time, her name is Sarah – chic, loud, and with a subtle knack for reminding Mala how little remains of her old life. But something about today is different from all the other difficult days. Mala is approached on the street by a young man named Casper, who lives in the neighbourhood. And for a brief moment, she feels seen.

Barbie

2025 • 6 min • Australia

Fentanyl trafficking. A highly lucrative sex industry. Foreign wars, armed rebel militia, late stage capitalism, Russian electioneering and sweet, sweet oil - everything we deserved from a live action Barbie film.

Revolução da TV

2025 • 33 min • Brazil

A girl discovers that the only TV in town is going to be closed by the Mayor and the only people who can help her are the residents and a character who lives inside the television.

Bodies on Hold

2025 • 12 min • Canada

This film explores the ethical implications of watching people at risk on screen. Analyzing migration documentaries and investigating in Philadelphia, it examines how temporal precarity is created without human subjects. Bodies on Hold prompts reflection on our relationship with such images and the resulting responsibilities, questioning our position as spectators facing human vulnerability. By blending visual analysis and philosophical reflection, Anat Dan confronts us with our own role in consuming and producing images of suffering, challenging our perceptions of distance and involvement in global crises.

Uncle Morris

2025 • 9 min

Morris tries to make a simple heartfelt toast for his brother's baby shower but instead completely unravels into a spiral of hit and run guilt, cultish east LA domestic rituals, and a tiny crown of destiny.

Beyond Ghatanothoa

2025 • 16 min

Leaving their sick village on a mission of aid, two Xelphins: the brave Kia and her anxious brother Tiyog must navigate the forest without disturbing their mountain god Ghatanothoa and the vicious creatures of darkness. But what are Kia's true intentions once they cross Beyond Ghatanothoa?

Schoem

2025 • 19 min • Netherlands

Set between the sublime tranquility of the Wadden Sea and the restless pace of Groningen city life, Schoem follows the story of Hades, a young skipper whose family is slowly falling apart. As the world changes faster than he can keep up, Hades is confronted with the emotional weight of change, loss, and unexpected connection. Inspired by Ingeborg Nienhuis's novella "Schoem or De vaarende Zoltkamper," this short film combines poetic realism with emotional depth. Directors Kashani and Komelizadeh draw on their own intercultural experiences, creating a work that is simultaneously simple and aesthetically daring.

Final Girls

2025 • 5 min • Canada

Juliet, Lindsey and Charlotte all have one thing in common… a mutual grudge against men. At their first sleepover, the three girls bond over their breakup horror stories. Charlotte shares the story of her last boyfriend who cheated on her. Lindsey jokingly suggests these men should die for their actions. Juliet takes this idea a bit too seriously. The three decide to form a plan to kidnap and murder their exes so no woman has to ever deal with their shit again.

This Land is a Woman

2025 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Inspired by the poem Hamza by the great Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan, compares and connects the mystery of the fertility of the Palestinian land to the mysterious power of it's women.

Highway Rivalry

2025 • 21 min

Teri and her accomplice are on the run-but a deranged cop is hot on their trail. Meanwhile, the legend of "The Highway Man", a psychotic serial killer, is chronicled by YouTuber The Road Reaper, adding another layer of suspense to this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Dejar el nido

2025 • Duration unknown • Spain

Gustavo is moving out. After several weeks of delaying the move, he has run out of excuses. The time has come to pluck up his courage and leave the family nest. But when Pilar, his wife, and Sofía, his seven-year-old daughter, come home, he is still there. A sparrow has flown in through the window and he can't get it out. Sofía thinks the little bird is a gift from her dad, and Pilar thinks it's another one of Gustavo's tricks to avoid leaving.