Playlist
The 2016 Short of the Week Awards
Our annual celebration of the short films that delighted us the most from this calendar year.
Drama
Kevan Funk
Destroyer
Torn between his guilt and the fraternity of the team, a young athlete struggles to reconcile his feelings after witnessing a heinous act at a party.
Dark Comedy
Kali Kahn
Father's Day
A teenage girl’s day at the pool goes awry after her dad takes interest in a young woman sitting poolside.
Drama
Kathy E. Mitrani
Buzzkill
A young girl desperately tries to fit in with a group of South Florida teenagers.
Documentary
Brandon Kapelow
An Act of Service
Rob, a fire captain living in the Mountain West, has been diagnosed with PTSD after experiencing a series of traumatic events at work. In an attempt to better manage his symptoms, he decides to undergo a new form of treatment: ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
Dark Comedy
Markus Rainer Englmair
Milk & Blood
In a small family owned icelandic dairy farm, tensions run high as a lactose intolerant son takes revenge on his verbally abusive father.
Documentary
Federico Urdaneta
Green Bank Pastoral - A Fragment
The portrait of a small Appalachian town where a group of electro-hypersensitive refugees live by the shadow of the world’s biggest radio telescope.
Fantasy
Bradley Tangonan
High Rider
Embark on strange and beautiful journey in this fairytale adventure about a girl who skateboards to work high
Drama
Oliver Goodrum
Iniquity
Michael is on the brink of a new start in life: a first real relationship and a stable job in a town where no-one knows him. Until his name returns to the news and his dream of anonymity crumbles, leaving him scrambling to keep his past hidden — and his new life safe.
Drama
Rob Chiu
Division of Gravity
The formation of love, and then its disintegration. The cycle of a relationship, told with beauty and empathy.
