• Animal Instincts

Cats, dogs, early man and everything in between! This eclectic lineup explores our complex relationships with the animal kingdom.

Short Films

Call of Cuteness

Cat videos will never look the same after this disturbing, grotesque and hypnotic depiction of the power and pleasure behind them.

Edmund the Magnificent

When news breaks that the county pig fete is being revived, the once-legendary Farmer decides to take one final chance and invest his life savings in a thoroughbred piglet.

Hypertrain

On a train trip through spatial and temporal dimensions, a traveler suddenly comes across himself.

Mutt

A family's plan to stage an intervention unravels.

Next Time

On a cold prehistoric night, a woman wanders too far from her camp... In the menacing woods, she discovers something that could change the fate of humanity.

Poles Apart

In a harsh Arctic landscape, a hungry and solitary polar bear (voiced by Helena Bonham Carter) has to decide if a naïve Canadian grizzly bear is food or friend.

Tsuki

Samael and Benjamin spend their days playing with their dog Tsuki and their three new bunnies until, during a family lunch, the bunnies disappear.

Ugly

An experimental animated short about a Native American chief and an ugly cat trying to find peace in an evil neighborhood.

Wild Skin

The quiet life of a solitary young woman is disturbed when she discovers a baby python in her apartment, but it lets her express who she truly is.

2017 ShortFest Archive