The Size of Things - Co-presented Boston Latino Int’L Film Festival

Carlos Felipe Montoya

12 min | 2021 | Colombia | US Premiere

Diego lives with his father in a house without things, without furniture, without anything. One day he finds a chair deep in the woods and a desire of possession arises. Diego takes the chair back home but the father orders him to return it. Later that night, the father recognizes the boy ́s feeling of dearth and allows Diego to go and bring the chair home. When Diego returns to the forest something has happened, something really big. 

Awards: Special Jury Prize Generation K-Plus - 69º Berlin Int’l FF (Berlin Germany)

Official Selections: BOGOSHORTS Sessions (Bogotá Colombia), 13º Int’l FF for Children and Youth (Sousse Tunisia), 65º Int’l Short FF (Oberhausen Germany), 25º Mostra de Cine Latinoamericano de Catalunya (Lérida Spain), Irish Film Institute - Family Festival (Dublin Ireland).

The Van

Erenik Beqiri

15 min | 2019 | France/Albania | New England Premiere

The Van finally stops, the doors open and the son comes out alive. A few more fights and he will be able to pay his way out of Albania, and hopefully, take his Father with him. 

Awards: BEST NARRATIVE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST ACTOR & BEST SOUNDTRACK – Arouca FF (Portugal), BEST SOUND EDITING AWARD & JURY AWARD FOR BEST FILM – Short Sounds FF (United Kingdom), BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - SHORT OF THE YEAR (Spain) – Seanema FF

(Montenegro), BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AWARD – Batroun Mediterranean FF (Lebanon), Show Me Shorts FF (New Zealand), BEST SHORT FICTION FILM – Urban Films Festival (France), BEST DIRECTOR Sulmona Int’l FF (Italy), Ikuska – Muestra Int’l de Cortometraje de la Bahia de Pasaia (Spain), among numerous others.

Official Selections: Linz Int’l Short FF (Austria), SOO FF (US), Zaporizhzhia Int’l FF (Ukraine), Portobello FF (UK), Himachal Short FF (India), Galichnik FF (Macedonia), Ariano Int’l FF (Italy), San Francisco Frozen FF (US), Provinziale FilmFest Eberswalde (Germany), among numerous others.

Archibald's Syndrome

Daniel Perez

20 min | 2019 | France | US Premiere

Archibald was born with a curious malediction: he cannot make any gesture without someone nearby repeating it. Living on the outskirts of society, through desperation he has made up his mind to rob a bank. He then encounters Indiana, a young woman who has always managed to elude any form of control.

Awards: Silver Busho Prize – Busho FF (Budapest Hungary), Prix du Meilleur Son et du Meilleur Scenario – Sicily FF (Italy), Prix du Meilleur Court du Mois de Juillet – Moscow Shorts (Russia), Prix du Public – Festival Int’l du Film de Nancy (France).

Official Selections: Festival Int’l du Film de Comedie de Liege (Belgium), Trouville Off-Courts FF (France), Buenos Aries Int’l FF (Argentina), among others.

Full Picture

Jacob Reed

12 min | 2020 | US | East Coast Premiere

Santina has been in a wheelchair since she was six years old. With meetings, hangouts, and classes happening virtually due to the Coronavirus quarantine, she's experiencing something new: Choosing when (or if) to disclose her disability.

Awards: Best Doc Short - Sam Luis Obispo Int’l FF (CA US)

Official Selections: Slamdance FF (Salt Lake City, Utah, US)

Good Girl

Raheleh Karami

13 min | 2021 | Iran | US Premiere

Karami tells the story of a good young girl who is forced to face in silence the drama that life places before her. 

Awards: Best Film - Shamseh Film Festival 

Official Selections: Whitney FF (UK), Ischia Global Film & Music Fest (Italy), Linz Int’l Short FF (Austria)

The Treatment

Álvaro Carmona

9 min | 2020 | Spain | East Coast Premiere

A clinic offers what you’ve always wanted… for a low price. But what is the catch?

​Awards: Best Actor/Audience Award/Best Actress/Best Script – Ponme Un Corto Festival (Spain), Best Short Film - Il San Silvestre de Guzman Short FF (Spain), Best Screenplay – European Short FF Villamayor de Cine (Spain), Audience Award – Most Festival (Spain), Audience Award – Festival de Cine de la Almunia-Fescila (Spain), Audience Award – Festival Int’l de Curtmetrtges de Formentera (Spain), Audience Award – Taos Shortz FF (US), Audience Award – Ibiza Short FF (Spain), among others. 

Official Selections: Salute Your Shorts FF (US), Papaya Rocks FF (UK), Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage (Switzerland), Akbank Short FF (Turkey), Budapest Short FF (Hungary), Short Film Competition: Miradas/Blecker (Luxembourg), among others.

The Others

Umar Eken

7 min | 2020| Turkey | New England Premiere

A poor, old man goes out late into the night to collect garbage but this night he is unsuccessful. He finds that he is not alone in the street… a young man is also collecting garbage, arriving at all the stops before the old man passes. 

Official Selections: Workers Unite FF (NYC US), Adana Golden Boll FF (Turkey).

Remove the Trash

Alexey Protsenko

3 min | 2021 | Russia | US Premiere

Not throwing away your trash has consequences. 

Official Selections: Wirksworth 3 Minute FF (UK), Lift-Off Global Network (UK).

A Complete Woman

Ceres Machado

11 min | 2019 | Spain | Massachusetts Premiere

Berta and Hugo are two strangers who meet in a hotel room. Their lives have nothing in common... but they are closer than they think. 

Awards: Best Short Film - Amarcort FF (Italy), Short Film Contest Talento Andaluz: Origen (Spain), Festival of Huelva Ibero-American Cinema (Spain), Audience Award - Ibiza Short FF (Spain), Best Equality Short, National Short Film Competition (Spain), among others.

Official Selections: Portobello FF (UK), Kursaal FF San Sebastian (Spain), Orlanchana Festti (Mexico), The Latino & Iberian FF at Yale (US), Diverse Cinema (Colombia), Filmzeitkaufbeuren (Germany), among others.