Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: SCENE FROM A FUNERAL
Best Performances: PHONE CALL
Best Cinematography: EXPRESSION
Best Music Video: FLORES
Best Student Film: SWISH
Best One Minute Film: FIRST MEMORY
Best Documentary: BRITANNIA COURTS
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
SWISH, 5min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Andrew Roland
Two brothers grow up in the sport of basketball, pushing and challenging one another. Until one day, one gets killed. Years after grieving, it drives the remaining brother to keep the standard and work ethic that he and his brother shared.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
FIRST MEMORY, 1min., USA, Drama/Comedy
Directed by Chip Hackler
Memory’s a funny thing.
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SCENE FROM A FUNERAL, 5min., USA, Drama
Directed by Cat Rhinehart
A woman’s biological clock chimes in at her father’s funeral.
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PHONE CALL, 5min, USA, Comedy
Directed by Zoe Kim
Why everyone with a Korean mom needs to go to therapy.
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FLORES, 4min,. Germany, Music Video
Directed by Asbirg Anderson
Artur is strolling around the city of Münster. ‘What shall I do?’ he asks himself – ‘Live wild and dangerous’ was the response. Three encounters help him to be courageous.
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AT BRITANNIA COURTS, 4min,. Canada, Documentary
Directed by Thais Despont
Founded in 2017, local skateboarders transformed the Britannia Tennis Courts into a skatepark, now known as the Britannia Courts Skatepark. It is a constantly evolving space rooted in DIY urbanism that is built by and for the community. The Small Places team produced a short video on the Britannia Courts in 2022, spotlighting two skateboarders who met at the skatepark and became friends through supporting each other in developing new skills and tricks.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ALIEN, 1min., Poland, Experimental
Directed by Rafa Baszczyski
Reflections of a man, indigenous by nature, standing by the surface of water at a beautiful sunset do not fill with joy, but rather with bitter sadness.
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LIGHT SCULPTURE, 5min., United Arab Emirates, Experimental
Directed by Ghinwas Salem Marof
A person (the sculptor_cinema) sits sideways on a chair and in front of him is a table on the right side of the screen and a small circle of light is drawn on the left side (which expresses the beginning of the formation of the idea)
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SALT, 3min., Germany, Fashion
Directed by Dominik Hill
“Salt” tells the story of a group of people, who put away their fear of the elemental forces of nature and instead rediscover natural power, returning a bit to their own roots.
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Jeff Hilliard – Finger Bang Your Day, 4min, USA, Music Video
Directed by Jeff Hilliard
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THROUGH THE STAR, 4min., Netherlands, Music Video
Directed by K.K. Electronics
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EXPRESSION, 2min., USA, Drama
Directed by Kyle Briot
A young woman talks to a professional about her past, but all is not as it seems.
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Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival 