Narrative Shorts Selections
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A Comfortable Bed
"Comfortable Bed" is an emotional short film about Amir, who is trapped in depression and finds solace in his bed.
U.S. (Director: Kyle Edward Graham) -
As You Are
A young queer girl is forced to learn the true meaning of self acceptance and love after an unfortunate event at her church. U.S. (Director: Daria Strachan)
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Audio Description
After making a wish on his birthday, a lonely, visually impaired man finds his world turned upside down by an unexpected encounter.
U.S. (Director: Luke J. Salewski) -
B-Box
Two roommates engaged in a bizarre high-stakes game try to keep things under control when one of them invites a woman over to their apartment.
U.S. (Director: Xavier Michael Griffiths) -
Calico
Lorrie is miserable at school, bullied for her severe vitiligo. She steals the school’s talking goldfish, escapes school, and briefly enjoys freedom.
U.K. (Director: Yero Timi-Biu) -
Demons
A London cop returns to Lagos, risking everything to avenge his lover's death, battling corruption and confronting his demons in a heart-wrenching quest for justice.
U.K. (Director: Emmanuel Imani) -
EL Lloron
Felipe is a professional mourner. He is compensated for lamenting and comforting grieving families during funerals.
U.S. (Director: Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez) -
Evergreen
During her final Thanksgiving as a college student, a young woman struggles to see eye-to-eye with her mother, sparking an argument that will critically define their relationship from that night forward.
U.S. (Director: Cierra Andrea Gladden) -
Finding Hero
A young man struggles to silence his inner voices and schizophrenia diagnosis to unleash his musical genius.
U.S. (Director: Matt Coole) -
Grave Error
Emma embarks on a bureaucratic odyssey to get her life back after an administrative error leaves her legally dead.
U.K. (Director: Andrew Jonathan Smith) -
Grieving Brothers
A story about two brothers coping with the loss of a loved one. Their grief has forced them to turn on each other in a moment of need.
U.S. (Director: Jere'Miah McGhee) -
Homebound
When a recovering alcoholic mother awakens bound and gagged in the trunk of a moving car, she must overcome both her captor and the wreckage of her past to fight her way back to her son.
U.S. (Director: Shawn Holmes) -
I'm The Most Racist Person I Know
When Lali unexpectedly ends up on a date with another woman of colour for the first time, it unravels prejudices she has long ignored.
Australia (Director: Leela Varghese) -
Kali
A mysterious woman appears in the desert and undergoes a startling transformation, leading to a fateful encounter with a lonely old man.
U.S. (Director: Cassius Michael Kim) -
Living on the Edge
A chance cliffside meeting between two very different men turns second thoughts into second chances.
U.K. (Director: Jishnu Nandanan) -
Mean Goals
An adorkable gay Latino joins an LGBTQ soccer team to bond with his father struggling with Alzheimer’s, over their shared passion for the sport.
U.S. (Director: Ahuatl Amaro) -
Narrated By
A peek behind the scenes of erotic audiobook recording, “Narrated By” follows two voice actors who might look a little different than you imagine as they record your favorite smutty romances.
U.S. (Director: Khaya Fraites) -
Orange County Conversation
An affluent, Caucasian/Hispanic family have a controversial, behind closed doors "only" conversation about race and wealth while living sheltered in the opulent community of Orange County, California.
U.S. (Director: Isaiah Francis) -
Overcomer
A self-conscious woman with a striking scar battles anxiety when an online job interview is switched to an in-person one.
U.S. (Director: Olawale Adetula) -
Paralysis by Analysis
When an anxious, perfectionist PhD student discovers an AI app that predicts the outcome of her decisions before she makes them, her life unravels as she becomes obsessed with the app.
U.S. (Director: Jolene Carter) -
Platanero
Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin, live in a shantytown in the Dominican Republic. Undocumented, they face relentless violence and the ever-present threat of deportation.
Canada (Director: Juan-Sébastien Hernandez Francoeur) -
Soul of the City
In Leimert Park, Los Angeles, Chris, a rehabilitated pedicab driver, and his female passenger, Jasmine, receive a stark reminder that, despite your good intentions in life, judgment can haunt you anywhere.
U.S. (Director: Roger Melvin) -
Tears of a Father
A black man undergoing the healing process to find ways to cope with growing up without a father in his life. Dealing with multiple types of trauma from his past, he visits a therapist in hopes of growing, healing, and becoming a man who doesn't follow in the footsteps of his father.
U.S. (Director: Jere'Miah McGhee) -
The Beguiling
What seems to be a burgeoning romance between two Natives takes a sinister turn as one grows suspicious of the other's Indigenous heritage. When confronted, deceit turns their romantic evening into a darkly comedic nightmare.
U.S. (Director: Ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby) -
The Last Dance
The final chapter of a famous East London haunt and the brainchild of successful club owner/promoter Linford “Fox” Wilson. Fox’s world tailspins, as his iconic “LA bar” is compulsory purchased by the council, forcing him and his patrons out, leaving his life in disarray.
U.K. (Hayden Mclean) -
The Ohio, Texas Remix
A woman is determined to get her son back by any means necessary. Based on a true story.
U.S. (Director: Ya'Ke Smith) -
The Room
Rich is feeling defeated after being turned down again for a promotion. It's not until after he talks with a mysterious figure that his life changes.
U.S. (Director: Michael Jasper) -
The Space Man
To keep his dream date from canceling on him, a would-be hero promises that he will save her a parking space—in the busiest part of town.
U.S. (Director: John Funk) -
The Woman with a Name or Two
Centuries after the collapse of modern civilization, a gang of scavengers trade stories with a shifty merchant about the elusive Woman, at first thought to only be a wasteland myth.
U.S. (Director: Andrew Chi Nguyen) -
That Night
A young writer repeatedly replays the last night he spent with a friend and reflects on whether things could have turned out differently.
U.S. (Director: Emma Miranda Moore) -
Thomasville
A heart-wrenching psychodrama exploring the complex nature of Black legacy in Atlanta. Trapped in a rainswept car, a young man and his ailing father confront their fractured history before it's too late.
U.S. (Director: Alex Woodruff) -
Triggered
This is Devin, a new hire for a landscaping company. When Devin first meets James, coworker, he notices how radiant of a person he is and how he lights up every room he walks in. What first seems like a workplace fascination suddenly turns into a dark twisted obsession that leads Devin down memory lane.
U.S. (Director: Khiray Richards) -
Uncaged
A young NIL student-athlete, David, grapples with anxiety, identity, and survivor’s guilt, as he navigates the hidden costs of success. Through a symbolic therapy session, the film reveals the mental strain of balancing opportunity with overwhelming pressure.
U.S. (Director: Jay Richardson) -
Unprofessional Consequences
Who's in the wrong? A nervous candidate and a narcissistic hiring manager collide in this short comedy.
U.S. (Director: Michael Jasper)