**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** (playing Trailer) - Upon discovering that management is closing down the factory, a desperate employee kidnaps the toddler of the director in order to negotiate.
The search for affordable housing and pressures created by gentrification lead to a unique predicament for a young artist.
Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with a day on the streets of Washington, DC. Created in collaboration with local high schoolers, the film is an unflinching portrait of the lived experience of teenagers finding their way through an overburdened public school system.
With nominee voting for the 2022 Academy Awards opening tomorrow (Thu 27th Jan), we highlight the five standout films from each short film category.
A young hustler runs throughout the city of Chicago making sales out of his “mobile gift shop”.
When a girl's mission to become the smartest person in the world stalls after her head becomes too full, her mother buys her a backup one.
Laia from Spain and Emil from Iceland are students in Munich. After having sex a couple of times, Emil professes his love to Laia—but she panics and runs away. Now the two have to figure out whether they are more than just a summer fling in this sexually frank, but sweetly tender and funny short film.
Two teenagers navigate some serious and ludicrous obstacles as they try to lose their virginity in this frank and revealing portrait of first-time sex
When young Atari Withers gets annoyed with the little robot that follows him everywhere, he tries to leave it, sell it and smash it up—but this robot is more than just a toy.
