Short film

The Beyond the Short Indie Short Film winners showcases incredible works of narrative short films from a diverse, talented group of filmmakers, directors, actors and crew. Explore our entire curated catalog of indie short films from rising filmmakers.

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“On Purple” by Joe Quartararo

After coming home to find her partner in a bad mood, a poet shares her daily writing, only to be given a poem in return.

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“Claire, Sara, and Mary” by Gianna Kelliher

Sara and Mary are roommates who are cordial for the most part until Sara brings home Claire. Claire begins to wear Mary's clothes and eat her food. Claire and Mary succumb to a state of extreme sloth and immaturity until it's not clear to Sara who's who.

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“In Absence” by Paul Nevison

A quiet son on the cusp of adolescence becomes the fragile glue holding his shattered family together after his mother's sudden death-until a heart-wrenching misunderstanding forces him to shoulder the blame in his grieving father's existential standoff with a silent God.

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“Hex the Patriarchy” by Anne Brashier

Sick of being bullied by their classmates, two queer high schoolers Bex and Wren strike back like anyone else would: with witchcraft.

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“The Mute” by Mason Cade Packer

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.