Short films

Transformation

In the far future, the last Drakzuls, highly intelligent beings, had to flee from their homeland, their planet destroyed by their enemies. They are searching for a new world to survive. And they found it.

Marcel Barsotti / 0:12:39 / Germany / Sci-Fi / 2024

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Cinematic Tokyo Competition Best Short Award / Governor of Tokyo Award

GAIJIN

"GAIJIN" by Michele Motzo is a short film featuring seven brief stories in Tokyo. A fragmented, surreal, philosophical narration guides the short film, jumping from one story to another. All the while, a giant head fluctuates in the night sky, wondering about human beings.

Michele Motzo / 0:18:30 / Japan / Experimental / 2025

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A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers

Taiwan, 1980s. Hot summer day, watermelon juice, and a teenage girl's sexual awakening with her celluloid fantasies. Shot on 16mm.

Birdy Wei-Ting Hung / 0:12:00 / Taiwan, United States　 / Experimental / 2024

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These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

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Focus on Brazil

A Bird Called Memory

A bird called Memory has forgotten how to come back home. Lua, a trans woman, searches for Memory in the streets, but the city can be a hostile place.

Leonardo Martinelli / 0:15:00 / Brazil, United Kingdom / Drama / 2023

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Gender Reveal

Rhys, a dedicated people pleaser, winds up at their boss’ gender reveal party with their two partners. The trans throuple soon realizes that they are dealing with more than they were prepared for and their ability to survive the event comes into question.

Mo Matton / 0:12:32 / Canada / Comedy / 2024

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Holy Curse

During a visit to India, 11-year-old Radha grapples with their gender identity as their family subjects them to manipulative orthodox rituals, believing these will dispel an alleged ancestral curse affecting Radha's thoughts.

Snigdha Kapoor / 0:15:48 / India, United States / Drama / 2024

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Best Actor Award Live-action Competition Asia International

TRAP

On a dark night, taxi driver Young-ho picks up a suspicious passenger heading to a reservoir. The passenger's cryptic remarks unsettle Young-ho.

Eunyoung Oh / 0:15:59 / South Korea / Thriller / 2024

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Best Actor Award Live-action Competition Japan

ABYSS

UTA, a delivery man living on an isolated island in Japan, arrives at the scene with his cowherd TAKESHI to clean up after his girlfriend NANA, who has committed murder. the three go into the forest to remove the body and dump it in a bottomless pit that TAKESHI saw when he was a child.

Tekkou Nogami / 0:14:16 / Japan / Drama / 2024

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Future is Panorama

When Siham, an immigrant in Germany, discovers her daughter is hiding from danger at the hands of right-wing terrorists, she plunges into a desperate quest to save her, despite police inaction.

Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / 0:15:04 / Germany / Thriller / 2024

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The Comments Section｜Meat & Livestock Australia

【Client】Meat & Livestock Australia
【Agency】Droga5 Australia, part of Accenture Song
【Production】The Sweetshop

In the film we see a series of scenes that became centres for debate and division in Australia. Some serious (clean energy debate), others asinine (dog grooming).
As each of these scenes appeared, The Comments Section, represented as physical stadium seating, filled with a host of divided characters.
Every line spoken is a real Australian comment sourced from online comments sections.
It seems like Aussies are divided on every topic until, as we reach a crescendo, one remarks “there must be something that unites us”.
At this point we reveal Sam Kekovich and lamb - the same thing that unites the nation every year.
He tells Aussies to “get out of the comments and into the cutlets” and they do.

Max Barden / 00:03:00 / Australia / Branded Movie / 2025

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