Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her from her family only have interest in profiting off the peculiarities of her bound feet.
After losing her job, a flailing millennial is forced to move back into her childhood bedroom and navigate life with her dysfunctional parents. Determined to take on a lover, she re-connects with a middle school crush.
Her dress is far too lavish and the toilet cubicle way too small for the bride to fit in. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood alarmingly good. Something is about to burst: The groom’s delusion of grandeur? The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her stepfather’s patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife?
With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers, Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi, take on the role of voter and whittle the 45-title shortlists down to the 15 short films they think should advance to the nominations round.
Barber Bo Dollis teaches his proteges, Corey, Alvon, and JaCorey, the virtues of being a Mardi Gras Indian, a centuries-old subculture in New Orleans that shapes the minds of the youth community through mentorship, artistic expression, and cultural practice.
Amidst mounting pressures, a food deliverer (Laith Nakli) has his morality tested when he finds a pair of keys left on the outside of a customer's door, culminating in a night of anxiety and self-discovery.
Every January 6th, families in the Inuit community of Nain, Canada, celebrate Nalujuk Night, when eerie figures in tattered fur clothing arrive to reward the good and punish the bad.
**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
A look back at the year that was 2023 and all we achieved on Short of the Week & Shortverse.
An ode to the mundanity and madness of the high street, told through the window of a West African hair salon. It’s the everyday antics of a bustling Highstreet.
