• WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Take a peek over the fence with this collection highlighting the significance and allure of local community, hometown belonging, and the impact of outsiders.

Showtimes

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Festival Theaters 5

11:00 AM Reserve Now

Short Films

AGAINST ONE ANOTHER

During a summer in the south of France, a group of friends desperately search for a pool to swim in. When the owners show up, they do not kick them out, but invite them to stay for lunch.

BUDŌ

On the outskirts of Tokyo lives Miho, a lonely old widow. At the supermarket she meets a hungry stray cat that follows her home, and soon makes himself more comfortable in her little apartment than she could ever imagine.

BLACKOUT

It’s the Eid holiday in an apartment building owned and inhabited by a conservative family. When the elderly grandfather gets sick, his daughters believe that the young woman who rents an apartment in the building is responsible.

WHERE TIME STOOD STILL

A widowed mother and daughter's ascetic life in an isolated village in the Caucasus mountains is interrupted by the arrival of a foreign traveler in need of shelter.

RHODA

After years of living alone, Rhoda takes in a lodger, but the change unsettles the equilibrium of her home.

ShortFest 2025