Short Films 2024

5/3/0

Danilo Stanimirovic | Serbia | 15′

A 14-year-old girl takes a disturbing ride with a menacing taxi driver who won’t take “no” for an answer.

FEB 23, 2024, 10PM PENDANCE MIDNIGHT SHORT FILMS

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A CONVERSATION IN PASSING

Matthew Segal | Canada | 13′

After her abrupt passing, a stamp collector finds herself in the quirky sorting room of the afterlife, where an eccentric guide helps her come to terms with death.

FEB 24, 2024, 5:30PM LMFAO SHORT FILMS

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A VERY SICK MAN

Bronwen Spolsky | Canada | 11′

A frustrated and at the end-of-her-wits woman accuses her husband of faking his cancer diagnosis over their already-awkward anniversary dinner.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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AT LITTLE WHEELIE THREE DAYS AGO

Andrew Stephen Lee | United States | 18′

A viral video rattles an out-of-work father.

FEB 24, 2024, 3:30PM PAIRED WITH $$$

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BACK TO THE CLOSET

Gerald B. Fillmore | Spain | 10′

After ten years living together, Sebastian is going to confess the truth to Lucia about his sexual orientation. It’s more complicated than you think.

FEB 24, 2024, 5:30PM LMFAO SHORT FILMS

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BI-MOK

Baro Lee | Australia | 19′

After her father’s disappearance at sea, a Korean-Australian girl, Soo Ji, struggles to find peace with her ailing Grandmother in a bleak steelwork town that holds few answers to her fragmented past.

FEB 25, 2024, 2:30PM #STORYOVEREVERYTHING SHORT FILMS

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DEATH GRIP

David Silset | Denmark | 19′

Noah (25) is desperately trying to hide his addiction to porn. He seeks help in all the wrong places, drifting through the night without a friend in the world.

FEB 23, 2024, 10PM PENDANCE MIDNIGHT SHORT FILMS

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GARRANO

Vasco Sá, David Doutel | Portugal | 14′

A Garrano horse is forced to pull a heavy load under a blazing sun. Young boy Joel discovers a man who is about to set a forest on fire.

FEB 25, 2024, 2:30PM #STORYOVEREVERYTHING SHORT FILMS

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HARDCORE

Adán Aliaga | Spain | 22′

Quadriplegic Rafa has 3 loves; hardcore music, Colombian webcam models, and his elderly mother who takes care of him day and night. But it’s not enough.

FEB 25, 2024, 2:30PM #STORYOVEREVERYTHING SHORT FILMS

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HELENO

Mikel Arraiz | Spain | 18′

Sergio and Elena are a happy couple. One night, Elena starts to talk and act strangely. The next day the couple take it as a joke. Things start to get complicated when Heleno turns up in their lives.

FEB 23, 2024, 10PM PENDANCE MIDNIGHT SHORT FILMS

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IDRISSA ABARA

Jordi Rullan Bisbal | Spain | 11′

Idrissa, an ill scrap-metal collector living in Barcelona, gets back in touch with his roots when he discovers an unusual object amongst the garbage.

FEB 25, 2024, 2:30PM #STORYOVEREVERYTHING SHORT FILMS

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JESTER’S FLAMIN HOT MAC N CHEESE

Victor Saucier-Magistry | Canada | 14′

A drug deal gone wrong, a lazy man-child who doesn’t remember to call his mother, bags of money. And to think, it all started with his hatred for Jester’s Flamin Hot Mac N Cheese.

FEB 24, 2024, 5:30PM LMFAO SHORT FILMS

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JULIE BABY

Emily Grooms | United States | 17′

When a little girl gets called a whore for the first time, she discovers her place in the world as a woman – but also her power to define herself and defend others.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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LAUNDRY DAY

Justin Diezmo, Christian Bunea | Canada | 5′

A young couple cause commotion on the street when Gigi finds another woman’s bra in their laundry…

FEB 24, 2024, 5:30PM LMFAO SHORT FILMS

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LETHAL SHOPPING

Mahay Alayón | Spain | 7′

He’s sick of low-fat, dairy-free, sugar-less, gluten-free. He’s ready to risk his life in the pursuit of his tastebuds. Just once.

FEB 24, 2024, 5:30PM LMFAO SHORT FILMS

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LINDA 4 EVA

Sophie Somerville | Australia | 14′

An angst-riddled teenager tries to survive a day at the beach with her friends. She is cursed after all. She will always be…Linda forever.

FEB 24, 2024, 5:30PM LMFAO SHORT FILMS

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LITTLE BOY

Sophie Horry | France | 17′

Director Sophie Horry declutters the intimacy of her family, whose life is now centered around the rare, incurable sickness of Pierre, Sophie’s older sibling.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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LOT’S WIFE

Ori Birger | Israel | 19′

During the long hours her son is in treatment for Psoriasis, Nina drifts away into a hazy voyage, daydreaming of what could have been a more passionate and full life.

FEB 25, 2024, 2:30PM #STORYOVEREVERYTHING SHORT FILMS

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MARUJA

Berta Garcia-Lacht | Spain | 15′

Maruja is 87 years old, she gets bored at home and often goes out in search of fresh air that makes her smile, always with her shopping cart.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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MY OLD GALS

Natasza Parzymies | Poland | 25′

Two eldery women reunite after 50 years to go on one final trip together and fight for the feelings they once shared.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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NELLY’S STORY

Jonas Steinacker | Austria | 19′

When her influencer mother forces her to blow out the candles on her birthday cake for social media, 9-year-old Nelly decides to teach her mother a humbling and memorable lesson.

FEB 25, 2024, 5PM TO MY PARENTS SHORT FILMS

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OJUE

Fernando Broce| United States/Panama | 13′

A Panamanian fashion designer living in the US, who is embarrassed about her culture, is forced to bring her dad with dementia (who is convinced that he is still in Panama) to her most important exhibition.

FEB 25, 2024, 5PM TO MY PARENTS SHORT FILMS

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ONE MORE DAY

Juan Carrascal Ynigo | Spain | 9′

One day more in the life of Teresa, a 96 years old woman, and her son Nano, who cares about her with love and dedication.

FEB 25, 2024, 5PM TO MY PARENTS SHORT FILMS

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ONLY UNTIL DAWN

Eliza Godlewska, Alan Ruczyński | Poland | 27′

A childless homeless woman stuck between government housing applications decides to go to the club and dance the night away. Just one more time.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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PACHO’S VISUAL ARCHIVE

Blanca Marcela Lopez | Canada/Colombia | 15′

After the death of her only brother filmmaker Blance Lopez uses rolls of undeveloped film to discover who he was and what made him smile.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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PARIS 70

Dani Feixas Roca| Spain | 15′

Jan takes care of his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Every day, his mother asks him about his father, but each time she hears the answer, she experiences deep sadness and confusion.

FEB 25, 2024, 5PM TO MY PARENTS SHORT FILMS

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ROPED

Carmen Córdoba González| Spain | 10′

Mother and Daughter are roped for life by an eternal bond that heals and hurts, and that is perpetuated when Daughter becomes a Mother.

FEB 25, 2024, 5PM TO MY PARENTS SHORT FILMS

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SAUERDOGS

Guillermo de Oliveira | Spain | 15′

A glacial winter has set in. Bill and Hans, two unlucky prospectors and a battered dog sled, try to make it home.

FEB 23, 2024, 10PM PENDANCE MIDNIGHT SHORT FILMS

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SKINS

Jaiden Reese | Canada | 13′

A couple play a somewhat terrifying game over a board. The rules are pretty simple. Don’t blow out the candle. But not everyone follows the rules.

FEB 23, 2024, 10PM PENDANCE MIDNIGHT SHORT FILMS

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STILL HERE

Álvaro Hernández Blanco| Spain | 16′

In the deserts of Baja California (México), Daria and Teresa are the last two speakers of the Ku’ahl indigenous language. In their world of oblivion and decrepitude they lament extinction.

FEB 25, 2024, 2:30PM #STORYOVEREVERYTHING SHORT FILMS

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TESTING

Andy Reid | Canada | 9′

When a young gay man suspects he has an STI, he goes in for testing and discovers the older man he recently slept with is a doctor at the clinic.

FEB 24, 2024, 5:30PM LMFAO SHORT FILMS

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THE BROKEN SPACE

Gabriel Alemán, Eduardo Eimil | Cuba | 29′

An ex-cosmonaut steals a historic voice recording. Attempting to sell it, he discovers that his decision may affect the fate of his family.

FEB 23, 2024, 10PM PENDANCE MIDNIGHT SHORT FILMS

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THE LINE

Myriam Guérin | Canada | 6′

Thalia is a young ballet dancer, who after failing to impress the judges at an audition, is offered a second chance to redeem herself.

FEB 25, 2024, 2:30PM #STORYOVEREVERYTHING SHORT FILMS

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UPROOT

Queena Liu | Canada | 11′

A film director confronts her family for the first time to speak up about her father’s bipolar disorder diagnosis, and how it has shaped their lives for the past 10 years.

FEB 25, 2024, 5PM TO MY PARENTS SHORT FILMS

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WEDDING SONG

Clara Altimas | Canada | 14′

A married woman makes a move on her personal trainer. Things never go exactly as planned.

FEB 24, 2024, 1:30PM THROUGH HER EYES SHORT FILMS

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