• Mind Over Matter

From surreal to silly to serious, these films ask you to set your sanity aside and explore the labyrinth of the human psyche.

Short Films

Control

A depressed woman contemplates ending her life, if she can just get everything in order first.

Impossible Figures and Other Stories II

A woman trips and falls while rushing around the house. Upon getting up, she discovers her home is built upon paradoxes, patterns and illusions.

The Lost Dreams of Naoki Hayakawa

Art director Naoki Hayakawa works 16 hours daily in a creative, neo-totalitarian advertisement company where the divide between his dreams and reality are beginning to be erased.

Monsieur Hernst

Mr. Hernst has forgotten everything, even his own identity. His doctor tries to recover the memory of the event that made him forget.

Railment

In a delirium of color, line and movement, a nondescript figure endures a harrowing train ride through a lonely urban landscape.

Through the supermarket in five easy pieces

In this whimsical piece of choreography, a family runs the gauntlet in one of the world’s most challenging environments: the grocery store.

2017 ShortFest Archive