Short film

The Beyond the Short Indie Short Film winners showcases incredible works of narrative short films from a diverse, talented group of filmmakers, directors, actors and crew. Explore our entire curated catalog of indie short films from rising filmmakers.

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“Mother” by Lester Jones

Mother is a narrative environmental short film which presents Mother Nature as a physical being whose declining essence and being mirrors the state of her world. As her world has suffered, so has she.

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“ONE PIECE” by Valerie Cappuccino Cocos

Shot in Istanbul, this film follows seven heroes as they integrate themselves into a new place and find what it takes to build a new world around themselves.

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“Kamen” by Shin Ochiai

A masked man misses his train to work.

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“Time of Troubles” by Ivan Chekhov

Medieval Russ, year 1612. The country is going through a severe crisis - many years of hunger, devastation, Moscow is captured by Polish troops. Main character Ivan is a combat servant, tries to accept the death of his beloved sister, but he is pulled into newly formed militia, that must liberate Moscow.

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“DYING IN THE BACKSEAT” by Kevin Doan

On a sleepy afternoon in suburban Los Angeles, a phone call between exes in the backseat of their car leads them down a rabbit hole of self awakening.

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“THE MARTYR OF HUDSON YARDS” by Kevin Doan

Wrought with a sudden relapse of anxiety attacks, Elias, a young Asian American artist in New York City, traipses the recesses of his mind to figure out how to get back to his friends and family.