The Vandal(2021)

Doughnut(en)

Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut

Parkour!!! (and corruption with a Q)!(en)

the boys (and Georgina) take on the Emirates stadium in an epic afternoon of parkour! Corruption 4 eva!!!

The Rise of Duton Lang(en)

Professor Duton Lang is an obese scientist who has made many great discoveries. When he finally weights 497 pounds he develops a compound which permits him to eat as much as he wants and still lose weight. He gets down to 150 pounds in weight but is still the same body-size as when he weighed nearly 500 pounds. Eventually, he becomes a minus-weight and floats off into outer space.

The Beckett Affair(fr)

Rod Cooper, an American agent of the CIA, is sent to Paris to discover if colonel Segura, head of a clandestine organization which proclaims itself anti-Castroist, is playing a double game at the expense of the United States. He first tries to make contact with Ms Beckett, who should tell him. Segura's intentíons, but the woman is found killed. Subsequently, Rogerson, another American, presents Cooper to Segura himself and so Rod can enter his organization. Here he discovers that the colonel tries to attract a certain number of Americans to use them in an attack against the president of a state of southern America and thus promote communist expansion. Segura soon discovers Rod's real identity and tries to get rid of him; but the agent manages to reverse the situation and kills Segura in a shoot-out.

Joy in Hong Kong(fr)

Joy flies to Hong Kong, where she meets her best friend Alain. With him, she visits the hottest districts of the city. She is kidnapped and imprisoned in a brothel and has to pay a high price for her freedom.

The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'(en)

Follows the cast and crew of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome filming in the heat and dust of central Australia.

Long Shot Louie(en)

A dark, gritty drama that wraps around Louie Lazaro. a drug addict and a male dancer. As he tries to escape the evils of his past.

Kitten in a Cage(en)

When Julie escapes from a mental institution, she seeks refuge with her boss and friend, a nightclub owner. However, they all have to fight for their lives when a group of jewel thieves come after them.

Kaantha(ta)

Set in the backdrop of a film set, in the 1950’s in post colonial Madras, the film is centred around the professional rivalry between a film-maker trying to make his seminal film and the top reigning actor who the director once introduced. The rivalry spirals around the leading actress, a debutante and as the relationship between the three.

In Paris Parks(en)

This short film displays the dynamic movement of people as they enter and exit parks in Paris.

13(ja)

The film is a continuous time-lapse with multiple exposures of the sunset from the same angle and position on 16mm film. The shoot was done in a span of 5 years. The title 13 is because the time-lapse has a 13-second interval per frame.

Rémi(fr)

Rémi is a young boy. He spends his holidays at his mothers restaurant, in countryside. It's summer time. He is going to make a strange meeting.

The Dachshund(de)

They’re small, clever, and incredibly strong-willed: dachshunds. Their soulful gaze wins hearts and fuels their lasting popularity. Once royal hunting dogs, they now take on unusual jobs—like Strolchi, a miniature dachshund who sniffs out woodworm in historic buildings. The bond between humans and dachshunds goes back to Celtic times. Archaeologists have even found joint burials of people and dachshund-like dogs. Versatile and charming, they thrive as city pets, hunting companions, and even racers—like those at the annual Wiener Race in Kirchheimbolanden. Beloved far beyond Germany, dachshunds have fans in France too, with events like Paris’s “Sausage Walk.”

Dear Students(ml)

The Flag of Iron(zh)

Loyal gang member Iron Panther takes the heat for his boss after a dustup with their rivals, only to end up betrayed in this vintage kung fu yarn.

The School Children(es)

Volunteers(sh)

In this amusing antiwar comedy, seven inept and reluctant soldiers land on a desert island to carry on with the fighting. Just after their parachutes have collapsed behind them on the beach, helicopters approach and land nearby. Out pops a bevy of beautiful women sent to entertain the troops, which they do, and then they leave. From that point onward, there are a series of misadventures

Years of the Beast(en)

A college professor, his wife, a young girl, and a drifter are suddenly faced with a society where money is worthless, food is scarce, your neighbor is your enemy, and oppression reigns. The four must survive a world of earthquakes, natural disasters, looters, corrupt officials, and the Antichrist in power.

Main Street on the March!(en)

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.

She(en)

A frantic young woman struggles against an unstoppable inner voice that defies logic, rhyme or reason, which finally drives her to the very edge… literally.

I Am the Doorway(cs)

A sci-fi horror film based on the story by Stephen King. A first person POV perspective allows the audience to get inside the head of an astronaut trapped in a spaceship, as a strange virus grows inside him, altering his mind. To save himself he must take drastic action.

Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart(en)

Mickey and his friends take a close look at important street safety situations and tips.

SERTÃO 2138(pt)

In a dystopian Earth, a brilliant scientist is finally granted entry to the Space Station. Just when everything is ready for her long-awaited departure and new life, a mysterious mission interrupts her plans.

The Uncanny Valley(en)

Desperate for a clue to a mysterious case, an Investigator pushes for a last-minute interview with his only witness: a corrupt A.I. Now the Investigator has 10 minutes to find out what the A.I. knows before it is dismantled by the scientists.

Anxious Body(xx)

When living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines encounter, a new direction is born.

Hillbilly Blue(en)

Crawdad Eustace is fed-up with being treated as food and goes with possum pal Mordechai on a cross-country trip to New Orleans.

Blackout(en)

While on a routine mission, an astronaut soon finds herself battling for command, facing forces known -- and unknown -- intent on destroying her.

Star.Wav(en)

After prophesying the end of humanity, a reclusive conspiracy theorist receives a troubling call into his radio show.

New Babylon(en)

An impossible city is built up out of enormous rotating rings, steering the lives of its lonely inhabitants. New Babylon is a visual trip through an oppressive night in which contemporary, individualistic life is reflected in a circular metropole.

Parasomnia(es)

Pal(en)

Pal is a short animated film that explores the heartwarming and emotional relationship between a dog and his human.

In My Life(en)

A new-to-town carer forms an unlikely bond with her first patient, an elderly man with onset dementia, and together they find ways to reconcile with their pasts and help each other overcome their sense of loneliness.

Beachworld(en)

After crash landing on a desert planet, the two survivors struggle with their sanity.

Beached(en)

8,000 years in the future, two crewmembers, Rand and Shapiro, survive the crash-landing of their spacecraft on an uncharted planet made up entirely of sand.

Beachworld(en)

Thousands of years into the future a spaceship traveling through a miscalculated wormhole crashes on a distant planet. The crew struggle for survival among the shifting sands, and encounters with other worldly visitors.

Smoking Kills(en)

A young man sees someone smoking and decides to deal with him.

NARRANEXT(fr)

A communication firm's personal narrator project goes off the rails when a strange transmittable anomaly forces the narrators to reveal publicly their clients deepest insecurities.

Playing God(it)

Fragile clay Sculptures come to life in a bare workshop, craving more than just existence. When their Sculptor abandons them, they must discover the power of belonging.

Ugly(en)

'Ugly' is a film that follows Colton Clements, a young man who goes on a journey to discover the emotional and psychological effects the media and advertising has over women. Colton sets out to discover why the media pushes an image of the 'perfect' woman, and what effect this image has on the mindsets of women who are exposed to it. On his journey he meets and interviews a modeling consultant, an anorexia survivor, a therapist, and 'America's Next Top Model' Cycle Ten winner, the plus-sized model Whitney Thompson.

Harrowdown Hill(en)

Visually compelling and quietly intense, Harrowdown Hill is a bird's eye view of some of society's biggest challenges, including governmental secrecy, disinformation, climate change and petroleum consumption