The jury has made their selections, the Audience Choice votes are in, and the S/W team has chosen the one standout short from our 2024 coverage to receive the Trailblazer prize. That means it’s officially awards time!
Set in a Tokyo-esque alternate reality, the film follows the life of two strangers as they unknowingly become entangled in a fisherman’s life long obsession.
Summer of 1982. Teo claims he has found a wormhole. His brother Óscar does not believe him... at least not for now.
When an elderly Chinese man's cultural naivety gets him in trouble, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behaviour understood.
The 2010s was the decade that streaming video exploded into the mainstream, read how Short film drove improvements in streaming quality, shaped how films are made, defined new genres, and changed how we think about film releases.
A young man visits his parents in Norway with his pregnant Spanish wife. Expectations run high, but in the short ride from the airport, it becomes clear that this won't be the harmonious family occasion everyone hopes for.
The story of a resilient Indigenous family, their journey through life-altering tragedy, and the community that helped them reconnect with their Lakota heritage.
CURRENTLY OFFLINE - In outback Australia a wild camel is captured and fitted with a tracking device known as a Judas Collar. A scripted, no-dialogue, live action short that explores the story of a camel used to betray her kind.
**Now Available on VoD only** - An Oscar Nominee in 2016, Chau, a teenager living in a Vietnamese care center for kids disabled by the chemical Agent Orange, struggles with the reality of his dream to one day become a professional artist.
