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).
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).
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.
Zhinous Pedram
17 min | 2020 | Iran | US Premiere
A taxi driver sleeps in his car during the pandemic to keep his wife safe.
Official Selection: Linz Int’l FF (Austria)
Paco León
10 min | 2020 | Spain | US Premiere
Luis lives by himself, and he is handling the quarantine quite badly. One day, while he is in the bathroom, he hears a voice coming from the air vent, calling for him. It’s Rosa, an enthusiastic neighbor who starts invading his privacy every time he goes into the bathroom. Luis puts up with every conversation with the politeness of a selfless neighbor but, for him, it’s a nightmare. Charming, seductive, amusing and profound!
Mark Knight
9 min | 2020 | US | New England Premiere
The Great Atchafalaya Basin showcases the efforts to save the Atchafalaya Basin, highlighted with stunning visuals of this largest wetland in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of Mexico converge. Despite being the most important habitat for migratory birds in the Northern Hemisphere, one of the most productive wetlands in the world, and the last of its kind in North America, the Atchafalaya Basin is under siege.
Awards: Best Short Film – Discovery Int’l Fest of Film & Story (Online), Mile High Int’l FF, Hollywood Gold Awards (US), Imagine Rain Independent Film Awards (CA US).
Official Selections: Florence Film Awards (Italy), Int’l Short Film Awards, New York Movie Awards (US), Milan Gold Awards (Italy), Tokyo Int’l Short FF (Japan),
Pat Battistini
5 min | 2019 | Italy | East Coast Premiere
While on her way to a business meeting, Ms. Rossi makes a brief stop in a small Italian village where her drive takes an interesting detour. Shot in the mountains of Italy in a town called Monchio delle Corti.
Awards: Best Int’l Short - Twin Falls Sandwiches FF (Twin Falls, Idaho), Best Comedy Short/Audience Choice Award - Sedona Int’l FF (Sedona, Arizona), Best Lead Actress/Comedy - X World Short FF (Rome, Italy).
Official Selections: Beaufort Int’l FF (South Carolina), Love Your Shorts FF (Sanford, FL), Borrego Springs FF (CA).
Hasan Najmabadi
15 min | 2021 | Iran | East Coast Premiere
Six teenage boys in a remote village decide to work in the village cages to rent an 8 mm PROJECTOR from a tour guide in order to raise the money they need to rent a PROJECTOR.
Awards: Best Short Film - Rome Int’l Movie Awards (Italy)
Official Selections: Batumi Int’l Art-House FF (Georgia), Gold Coast Int’l FF (US), Int’l Youth Festival of Short Films (Russia), Ahmedabad Int’l Children FF (India), Int’l FF for Children and Young (Iran).
Diego Mandelman
3 min | 2017| Argentina | US Premiere
A kiss is a world of sensations that is projected in the mind and body. The unconscious begins to fly along with the adrenaline.
Cagil Bocut
14 min | 2021 | Turkey | US Premiere
A modern Turkish family expects an exchange student from France who will be a companion to their 10-year-old daughter for the summer as well as helping her improve her French speaking skills. What a surprise to open their door to find Hafid, a Syrian who lives in France. Frustrated with precious young man, they don't find him "French enough” and the comedy begins.
Official Selections: Diaspora Int’l Short FF (Turkey).
Avishai Sivan
33 min | 2021 | Israel | US Premiere
For the first time in years, secular Noah meets his Hasidic siblings in the heart of the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem. A tense gathering to disclose the recently deceased patriarch’s will.
Awards: Best Short - Jerusalem Int’l FF (Israel), Most Promising Director - Tel Aviv Int’l Student FF (Israel),
Official Selections: Ischia FF (Ischia Italy)
Daniele Pignatelli
6 min | 2020 | Italy | US Premiere
During the lockdown, the Cinema sends a video-letter to humankind: the theatres are closed, sets are locked and the Cinema can no longer create new dreams.
Official Selection: Unified Filmmakers Festival (Germany)
Lamberto Guerra
20 min | 2020 | Spain | US Premiere
One night. Three women. Three generations. A grandmother, a mother and a daughter are about to lose Lila, the pet that has joined them for the past 20 years. This will expose their unresolved conflicts: their fears, their mistakes, their secrets... And how much they need each other. Tonight, they not only face a bitter farewell, but a decision to continue walking alone or to reunite.
Official Selections: San Sebastian FF (Spain), Festival Int’l de Cine (Spain).
Dariush Alizadeh
20 min | 2019 | Iran | US Premiere
A gold bangle can solve a problem or can make one.
Javier Marco Rico
10 min | 2018 | Spain | US Premiere
Far out at sea, a cell phone floating inside an air-tight bag starts to ring. When a fisherman responds, he opens himself to the painful reality of immigration.
Awards: Best Short – Festival International De Curtas Do Rio De Janeiro (Brazil), Le Grand Prix International – Brussels Short FF (Belgium)
Official Selections: Asiana Int’l Short FF, Kaohsiung FF (Taiwan), Festival Du Cinema Int’l En Abitibi-temiscamingue, Leeds Int’l FF.
Sungbin Byun
25 min | 2020 | Korea | US Premiere
A transgender female dancer, Shin-mi, gets a call from the Military Manpower Administration, to attend for the Military Service Examination. Shin-mi, with everything in readiness, takes her steps to the Military Manpower Administration.
Awards: Best Short - Seoul Int’l Pride FF (Seoul Korea), International Audience Award - Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short FF (Clermont-Ferrand France).
Official Selections: Bogota Short FF (Bogota Colombia), Toronto Reel Asian Int’l FF (Toronto
Canada), Jogja-NETPAC Asian FF (Jogja Indonesia), Festival Yous Courts Aix-en-Provence (France), ifva Awards (Hong Kong), In the Palace Int’l Short FF (Sofia Bulgaria).
Julian De Luca, Juan Cruz
14 min | 2020 | Argentina | US Premiere
Co-presented with the Boston Latino International Film Festival
A boy and his old neighbor, have problems of coexistence giving rise to a small silent war in everyday life until she finally moves and he inherits a new neighbor.
Official Selections: Kingston FF (UK), Int’l Youth FF – Light of the World (Russia).
