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Shadowland

Shadowland

2019 • 13 min • Switzerland
👁️ 22
The diverse communication options offered by a cell phone influence our social and consumer behavior. Excessive use changes the design of life and lifestyle habits.
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To Love in L.A.

To Love in L.A.

2025 • 55 min • United States
👁️ 22
Misogynistic cousins seek love or revenge and are unable to tell the difference between the two.
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Nowhere to go

Nowhere to go

2025 • 9 min • United States
👁️ 22
Forced to flee their camp, a group of unsheltered residents must find a new home in a city that rejects them.
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Trapped Inside

Trapped Inside

2025 • 5 min • United States
👁️ 22
A young woman's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted, as debilitating symptoms of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) blur the lines between her waking life and the terrors of her nightmares. As she struggles to cope with the unpredictable nature of her condition, she must confront the darkest corners of her own mind and face the terrifying reality that her own brain may be her greatest enemy.
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Lautlos

Lautlos

2025 • 15 min • Germany
👁️ 22
The Silence Within” (“Lautlos” in its haunting German original) is a visceral, 15-minute plunge into the fractured mind of a man imprisoned by the black weight of severe depression. Seeking refuge—or perhaps surrender—he admits himself into the cold, ordered corridors of a private psychiatric clinic. Filmed in ghostly, grain-soaked 16mm black and white, its visuals constrict the viewer in a suffocating, dream-logic haze, echoing the shadow-drenched language of classic film noir. Through fevered, relentless voice-overs, we are drawn into the protagonist’s storm of thoughts, each one splintering reality until the sterile world of medicine bleeds into landscapes of nightmare. Symbols coil in the darkness. A lone piano murmurs its grief. And above it all, the psychiatrists dispassionate reason slices through the chaos—a chilling counterpoint to the raw ache of the human soul unraveling. But this is more than art—it is an unflinching confrontation. “The Silence Within” wields its craft as a weapon against stigma, shattering the silence that still clings to clinical depression. It beckons the audience not to look away, but to listen, to speak, to recognize the invisible battles fought in locked rooms and behind quiet eyes. This is cinema as mirror, as confession, as urgent call to compassion—where aesthetic beauty meets psychological truth, and the result is nothing less than unforgettable.
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MASS MEDIA

MASS MEDIA

2025 • 1 min • Georgia
👁️ 22
Unfortunately, people are becoming more dependent on mass media and are gradually losing themselves
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Spitwad

Spitwad

2025 • 1 min • United States
👁️ 22
A dark comedy short about the World Championship Spitwad Competition.
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Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition

2025 • 7 min • Greenland
👁️ 22
You visit a photo exhibition—with seven minutes before closing.
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Perpetuo

Perpetuo

2025 • 6 min • Italy
👁️ 22
Alessia, a young woman scarred by an abusive relationship, kills her ex-Federico and finds herself trapped in a time loop that forces her to confront the trauma, the anger, and the need to break the cycle of violence. Original/Alternative Title: Perpetual
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Kopi Hour

Kopi Hour

2025 • 11 min • Malaysia
👁️ 22
Wishing to support her family after marriage, the resilient JESSICA MAH (55) resigns from her data clerk position to run her father-in-law’s kopitiam. But behind the counter, routine breaks down, orders blur, hands fumble, and customers grow impatient. Still, without any other income to fall back on, she shows up at dawn each day, trying to keep the kopitiam running. Risking her physical well-being, legacy, and working performance due to her advancing age, Jessica strives to provide for her family.
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Empty Shells

Empty Shells

2025 • 7 min • United Kingdom
👁️ 22
In a world where teleportation is becoming the norm, two friends must uncover the truth about the soul’s journey, before it’s too late.
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The Life of Nikitaras

The Life of Nikitaras

2022 • 60 min • Greece
👁️ 21
The life of the hero of the Greek Revolution 1821 from his childhood to his death.
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Mein Surname

Mein Surname

2025 • 22 min • United Kingdom
👁️ 21
David J. Hitler, burdened by his notorious surname, attempts to prove he's a good person but quickly discovers that redemption is a harder sell than infamy.
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A Place That Doesn't Exist

A Place That Doesn't Exist

2024 • 18 min • Israel
👁️ 21
Natalie steps out of her ultra-orthodox world, during a night of wandering in Jerusalem she is forced to face the lack of finding her own safe place.
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Acquallegoria

Acquallegoria

2025 • 19 min • Italy
👁️ 21
The day after the wedding, wife and husband invite their best mans and ladies to enjoy the morning after-party, but it soon becomes a mess and their relationships might be in trouble!
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Benefits Bailiffs

Benefits Bailiffs

2024 • 15 min • United Kingdom
👁️ 21
A trainee Benefits Bailiff is taught how to inspect people’s homes and judge how they live to determine if they really need their benefits.
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End of Day

End of Day

2024 • 10 min • United Kingdom
👁️ 21
Based on a true story. Amber, an ambitious French analyst in the ruthless world of London banking, faces isolation and crushing pressure. Only through long, solitary nights at the office does she begin to understand what nature had been giving her without her even realising it.
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Mors certa est, hora incerta

Mors certa est, hora incerta

2025 • 8 min • Italy
👁️ 21
During World War II, an American soldier and a German soldier fight for their survival, but in wartime, mercy is lacking.
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AEIOU

AEIOU

2025 • 6 min • United States
👁️ 21
An investigative journalist delves into a powerful tech corporation and finds herself entangled in secrecy, high-stakes technology, and unseen forces. As the risks mount, she must decide how far she's willing to go in pursuit of the truth. United States, United States
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Self-Loathing

Self-Loathing

2025 • 2 min • Colombia
👁️ 21
A girl falls into the never-ending rabbit hole of body dysmorphia. This short film focuses on the female perspective around mental health issues, especially those related to Distorted Self-Image and Eating Disorders.
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Scar

Scar

2025 • 5 min • China
👁️ 21
A girl was rumored and bullied at school because of her father's domestic violence. When her classmates bullied her again, she found that she had been hiding a knife. She hesitated on the bus home. What would she do when she came home again to face her father of domestic violence?
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My Lovely Therapist

My Lovely Therapist

2024 • 7 min • Brazil
👁️ 21
In her office, therapist Cristina listens to the deepest pains, vices, and dilemmas of her patients. Each episode reveals a new human conflict — inspired by the 7 Deadly Sins, Universal Emotions, and the Laws that govern the universe. A provocative series about what drives us... and what holds us back. Original/Alternative Title: Minha Adorável Terapeuta
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Vermilion

Vermilion

2025 • 19 min • Italy
👁️ 21
Vittoria, a young university student, lives under the constant shadow of a stalker who watches and follows her from afar. After days of fear, she decides to confront him to put an end to the nightmare.
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Hoofenanny

Hoofenanny

2025 • 16 min • Canada
👁️ 21
A Cow Poetry Reading and Dance. All original Canadian music.