Category: Short

While many filmmakers choose to romanticize childhood in their work, it takes an adept hand to craft a story that draws out the suffering and…

Abbey is competing with Jesus for the heart of her mother, at least she thinks she is. This hilarious film about a second-generation immigrant child…

Operation Ganga was an evacuation of medical students and other citizens of India from Ukraine after Russia invaded in 2022. Over 18,000 students were assisted…

At one point in this film the words “estamos a tiempo” appear, which roughly translate to “in due time.” Water Ashes is very much about…

The moment the opening voice-over drifts into our ears, with the visuals of art materials, a combination of prickly backstories and a kind of creative…

When you first watch the short film Hands, made by Chicago-based film student, Lara Haciosmanoglu, it is fairly easy to pick at the bones of…

A family has gathered around their son as he prepares to leave home for college. Little sis is angling for him to leave her his…

Of all the films that I have seen so far at the Femme Filmmakers Festival, none have resonated more with urgency as Twig. This film…

This is a darkly funny film about when relationships reach a point where they might not survive due to a revelation one partner shares with…

The work and life of photographer Winston Vargas is the subject of this film, but it is actually more about his love for his adopted…

This beautiful, quietly nostalgic film consisting of family home movies and photos belies the raw pain of a life of suppression and self-denial. There is…

Films about mental health issues can be difficult to plot successfully. Either they come off as too easily resolved, trivializing the experiences of those suffering…

2nd FEMME FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL (2017) How awkward is it to not be one of the cool kids invited to a teen house party? Ask Andrea…

Animated short films are a charming cinematic universe all of their own and Circuit makes a worthy entry into their league. At first blush, it…