
“It's Good to be Bad” by Anne Berry and Marlise Chu
It's Good to be Bad is an experimental fashion micro short film that uses an old Hong Kong café as a playful sandbox for exploring hyperbolic and liberating representations of different personas.
Latest Submissions
This is our curated list of the latest short films, documentaries, animations and music videos from today’s independent filmmakers. Take some time and add these to your queue - these films demand your attention.
Short Films
A troubled countryman refuses to evacuate his rural property as a catastrophic bushfire blazes towards him. He must abandon what he believes to be true, in order to save himself.
Two jealous, biohacking podcasters attempt reducing their "footprint" by living under the same roof.
With his beloved family trade targeted by a right-wing government with a long-standing hatred for the arts, a Mime performer desperately rallies the troops for a silent revolution, vowing to save the art form from facing the final curtain.
Annayude Yatra "Some journeys are necessary" The film explores tender human relationships from the lens of a woman protagonist.
A film that explores how the act of being alone is essential to deal with the chaos of the world around us.
Jack Hayes a car dealership owner takes Montana, a prospective client, on a peculiar test drive, which inadvertently intertwines their fates together.
Music videos
The music video follows a young woman who, each time she enters a liminal dreamscape, seeks out a faceless companion who visits her in her dreams. The two embark on a peaceful journey, relishing in the friendship that they have...until she wakes up.
A night of dancing turns into a fierce reckoning when a group of women confronts unwanted male advances—unleashing a raw, collective rage that transforms the club into a battleground of empowerment.”
Thoughts of death are spinning in the nomad's head.
Was he real or was it a mirage?
FARAONIKA gambles everything—her possessions, her identity, and even her chihuahua—in a desperate pursuit of beauty, hyaluronic acid and luck.
"Próxima Parada" is a surreal and atmospheric journey through a nocturnal bus ride, where enigmatic characters and dreamlike moments blur the line between reality and mystery.
A tormented young woman crafts a ski mask as her descent into paranoia leads to a fiery showdown that tests her grip on reality.
documentaries
A Synonym For Art is a short documentary series centering Black experiences told through the personal stories etched in the subject’s tattoos. In this episode, Rodgric J. shares his personal journey of grief and Black existence in the South.A Synonym For Art is a short documentary series centering Black experiences told through the personal stories etched in the subject’s tattoos. In this episode, Rodgric J. shares his personal journey of grief and Black existence in the South.
A New York institution hidden in plain sight.
When Antonio loses his sight as a side effect of his heart medicine, his sister Rosie puts her entire life on hold and moves down to Texas to care for her brother. Memories from the past surface, from their childhood as a Mexican migrant family, to the abuse and abandonment of their father, and their continued steadfast love from their mother until her passing. Family members continue to choose the quiet and often bittersweet work of caretaking, passed down through time.
A short about youth and loneliness, comprised of individual portraits of people navigating their 20s.
“Milk” is a moving short film about a Nigerian woman's first weeks of motherhood. It shows the quiet challenges of nourishing a child while facing tradition, uncertainty, and limited resources.
A group of eighteen-year-olds share a unique window into their personal reflections on life as they graduate high school, revealing their collective thoughts, hopes, and fears about the world and their futures.
Art & Experimental Films
This film was created in June 2023 during one of the most challenging times in my life, immediately following a battle with stage 4 cancer. As I navigated the aftermath of illness and trauma, art became my way of processing the darkness and rediscovering my light.
“It's Good to be Bad” is an experimental fashion micro short film that uses an old Hong Kong café as a playful sandbox for exploring hyperbolic and liberating representations of different personas.
Through an abstract lens, the film explores the art of upcycling, transforming what exists into something new.
Time, rhythm, perceptions, sensations and the changes that are imposed on us or that we create for ourselves.
Aria is grieving the recent loss of her best friend Jess. Recounting moments from the past hint to the circumstances that led to her death.
A group of young people with restless minds wrestles with doubt, ambition, and the search for meaning. As an intimate dialogue unfolds between inspiration and hesitation, the lines blurs between self-expression and self-sabotage.
"Tides of Freedom" is a poetic exploration of self-discovery. The film delves into the process of reflecting on memories and finding liberation in one’s inner spirit.
When a high-school principal hears of an encroaching threat, an escaped convict who has been somehow silently breaking into teenage girls' homes in the night, he becomes overly protective of one of his closest students.