2021 ShortFest Archive
Short Films
A Syrian architect and artist stuck in the U.S. on a single-entry visa eases his homesickness by sculpting life-like renditions of the home he left behind.
In competition for Bridging the Borders Award.
Speaking only his native language, a Guatemalan teenager begins his new life in rural Colorado. A true story inspired by their real lives, this is the first film made in Chuj, a Mayan language.
In competition for Best of the Festival Award and Young Cineastes Award.
Art, animation, archival footage and digital video are interwoven in this transnational meditation through time and space of an international art student carrying a heavy burden.
In competition for Best Student Documentary Short, Best LGBT+ Short, and Young Cineastes Award.
During the coronavirus lockdown in the U.S., an immigrant couple from South Korea struggles to define where home is.
In competition for Bridging the Borders Award and Best Student Documentary Short.
A remote piece of no-man´s land exists in a dusty, barren area between a railway line and a highway. Hushed and anxious, a caravan of people, each with their own quiet story, sit among the flaring campfires awaiting an uncertain destiny as they plan to cross the U.S. border.
In competition for Best Documentary Short.
Rocío is a Colombian immigrant living in New York away from her family. While working, she must rely on technology to say farewell to her grandmother from a distance.
In competition for Best Student U.S. Short.