• PARABLES, FANTASIES & FABLES

Suspend disbelief and lose yourself in this selection of imaginative and otherworldly shorts.

Showtimes

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Festival Theaters 6

Short Films

THE BRIDE’S CURSE

On their first night of marriage, a wife tells her husband about an ancient curse on the women in her family that threatens a very specific calamity should their husbands lie. Skeptical, the husband decides to test the truth of the story.

RADIX

Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.

MY MOTHER IS A COW

Left in her aunt's care on a ranch at the edge of a burning wetland, 12-year-old Mia is desperate for her mother's touch. But in this volatile world, with the impending threat of a deadly jaguar, love comes in unexpected form.

AUTOPHAGY

A disease ravages a town, the affliction slowly morphing citizens into an octopus. With societal hatred towards those suffering building, a couple faces a choice: afford the medication to carry on living, or drink the water and suffer being shunned.

HIMALIA

On an idyllic farmland, a child fascinated by a single, ever-flowing sunbean unlocks an otherworldly journey through light, time, and wonder.

HEAVEN IS NOBODY’S

A boy journeys through a nightmarish maze of streets to find a cure for his mother as a dancing curse descends on the city.

NO ROOM

In a world where cars have legs and use the pavement as they please, a leisurely stroll can be stressful. Is there any way to share the road when there is no room?

ShortFest 2025