A young man needs help to puzzle out the device he’s been given to help him cope with a recent loss.
2021, USA, 27 minutes
Directed by Adam Cox
Category: 2021 Festival
Salamiboy
A teen boy is humiliated when a unique body feature of his is exposed on social media.
2020, Denmark, 12 minutes
Directed by Theis Holmstrup, Jes Bergholt Bach
Winner: Wrongest Award
Book
A sad sack finds some small solace from his miserable life in a peculiar book.
2021, USA, 4 minutes
Directed by Anthony Oberbeck
Winner: Cringetastic Award
Home by Eleven
After a night out with his deadbeat friends, a teen worries that his mother will detect his debauchery.
2020, USAA, 10 minutes
Directed by Adam Walker Federman, Tommy Hallal
Existential Donut
Stuck in a life of soulless routine, a man agrees to help a talking donut reunite with its lost hole.
2018, USA, 14 minutes
Directed by Jason Pierre
Period Piece
A woman struggles to cope with a harsh period.
2021, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Sarah Elizabeth Grace
@scroll_alice
Digital voices celebrate the joys of social media, but a shadow of anguish creeps into the jubilee.
2021, United Kingdom, 4 minutes
Directed by Céline Ufenast
Parked
A seemingly simple task sends a young person into a downward spiral of panic.
2021, USA, 4 minutes
Directed by Yoon Hei Cho
Bag Your Face
When high school hooligans hijack the town’s shipment of acne medication/antidepressant, some inflamed classmates concoct an elaborate revenge.
2020, USA, 20 minutes
Directed by Keith Eyrich
Floaters Dot Com
Two brothers find themselves at odds when one of them is caught ripping off the shadowy organization they work for.
2021, USA, 30 minutes
Directed by Stephen Girard
Winner: Audience Favorite Short Award, The Golden Tentacle
Ball Lightning
A pair of scavengers discover something strange after wandering onto the property of a mysterious technician.
2021, USA, 18 minutes
Directed by Gavin M. DuBois
Monkey
A monkey enjoys a dance with a serpentine friend.
2020, USA, 1 minute
Directed by Fritz Masten