• Cons & Consequences

A collection of films about criminals, accomplices, victims and the often amorphous line between them all.

Short Films

Please Hold the Line

A young female scam call operator in Malaysia is thrust into a terrifying moral dilemma as she desperately navigates a life-changing situation.

Presto

While on a particularly dangerous assignment, a drug dealer is forced to take along his father, a former famous magician named Presto who is now living with Alzheimer’s. Meet the filmmaker: https://youtu.be/XpSueNc-uUw

The Fading

In this dreamlike and anxiety-inducing thriller, a grieving mother is faced with the opportunity to take revenge on a seemingly harmless young man who allegedly killed her son.

ur heinous habit

A blackmail email prompts a filmmaker to explore the intersection of shame and masturbation through a series of zoom conversations with his friends.

Split Ends

In Tehran, a long-haired man and a bald woman get fined over not wearing a proper hijab. Meet the filmmaker: https://youtu.be/52hBQabD3OA

ShortFest 2023