Palm Springs International ShortFest 2021 Announces Lineup of 295 Films

The 27^th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest will screen 49 curated programs showcasing 295 films in-theatre at the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) from June 22-28.

Short films featuring celebrated film and TV actors include Anders T Andersen in The Affected, Pauline Chalamet in After Dark, Spencer Grammerin Beau, Will Ferrell and William Jackson Harper in David directed by Zack Woods, Ellar Coltrane in El Fantasma (World Premiere), Himesh Patel in Enjoy,Flex directed by Matt Porter, Diana Lin in Lonely Blue Night, Riz Ahmed in The Long Goodbye, Maya Moore is the subject in Make Him Known, Charles Rogers in Marvin’s Never Had Coffee, the voice of Jackie Cruz in Nuevo Rico and John Early in The Recorder.

The ShortFest Forum will also take place from June 22-28, with virtual classes and panels featuring industry representatives, filmmakers and additional guests.

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2021 Palm Springs ShortFest films lineup

Animation

À La Mode (France) Director: Jean Lecointre
Affairs of the Art (UK/Canada) Director: Joanna Quinn
After-life Service (France) Director: Coline César, Florent Chaput, Steven Lecomte, Claire Maury, Emilie Milcent, Sophie Payan
All Those Sensations in My Belly (Croatia/Portugal) Director: Marko Dješka (Documentary)
Are You Still Watching? (Australia) Director: Tali Polichtuk, Alex Cardy, Kitty Chrystal
Bad Seeds (Canada) Director: Claude Cloutier (U.S. Premiere)
Bearly (USA) Director: Cherry Zhou
BoxBalet (Russia) Director: Anton Dyakov
Cockpera (Croatia) Director: Kata Gugić
Colorful (South Korea) Director: Jae Hyeon Cha, Byeong Hyeon Hwang
Friend of a Friend (France) Director: Zachary Zezima
Ghost Dogs (USA) Director: Joe Cappa
Good Night Little Tomato (France) Director: Cyprien Nozières (North American Premiere)
Heart of Gold (France) Director: Simon Filliot
Horacio (France) Director: Caroline Cherrier
I, Barnabé (Canada) Director: Jean-François Lévesque
I’m Here (Poland) Director: Julia Orlik
It’s All the Salt’s Fault (Colombia) Director: María Cristina Pérez González (U.S. Premiere)
Love Is Just a Death Away (Czech Republic) Director: Bára Anna Stejskalová
Millennial Prince (USA) Director: Julie Fliegenspan
Misery Loves Company (South Korea/USA) Director: Sasha Lee
Navozande, the Musician (France) Director: Reza Riahi
Night Bus (Taiwan) Director: Joe Chan (U.S. Premiere)
Nuevo Rico (USA) Director: Kristian Mercado Figueroa
Our Bed Is Green (USA) Director: Maggie Brennan
Our Mine (USA) Director: Shayna Strype (California Premiere)
Pigeon (South Korea/USA) Director: Sang Joon Kim (North American Premiere)
Polka-Dot Boy (France) Director: Sarina Nihei
Postpartum (Germany) Director: Henriette Rietz
Self Scratch (France) Director: Chenghua Yang (North American Premiere)
Souvenir Souvenir (France) Director: Bastien Dubois (Documentary)
Step Into the River (China/France) Director: Weijia Ma
A Stone in the Shoe (France/Switzerland) Director: Eric Montchaud (North American Premiere)
Them (Switzerland) Director: Sunitha Sangaré. (International Premiere)
The Train Driver (Germany) Director: Christian Wittmoser, Zuniel Kim (Documentary, North American Premiere)
Tulip (USA) Director: Andrea Love, Phoebe Wahl
The Walk (Canada) Director: Yoakim Bélanger (U.S. Premiere)
We Have One Heart (Poland) Director: Katarzyna Warzecha (Documentary)
What Resonates in Silence (France) Director: Marine Blin
Your Own Bullshit (Poland) Director: Daria Kopiec

Documentary

Águilas (USA) Director: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre
Ain’t No Time for Women (Canada) Director: Sarra El Abed
All Riders (USA) Director: Victor Dias Rodrigues
Beautiful! (USA) Director: Caydon LiRocchi, Liv Layhee (World Premiere)
A Broken House (USA/Lebanon) Director: Jimmy Goldblum
The Brother (Canada/France) Director: Jérémie Battaglia (U.S. Premiere)
Bug Farm (USA) Director: Lydia Cornett
Citizen (USA) Director: Charlie Mysak (World Premiere)
Club Quarantine (USA) Director: Aurora Brachman
The Communion of My Cousin Andrea (Spain) Director: Brandán Cerviño (North American Premiere)
Dying in Your Mother’s Arms (USA) Director: John Beder
F1-100 (USA/Malaysia) Director: Emory Chao Johnson
Faraway (Canada) Director: Aziz Zoromba (U.S. Premiere)
From Devil’s Breath (UK/Portugal/Switzerland) Director: Orlando von Einsiedel (World Premiere)
The Game (Switzerland) Director: Roman Hodel
Homegoing (USA/South Korea) Director: Yeon Park (U.S. Premiere)
Imperial (Switzerland) Director: Coline Confort (North American Premiere)
The Interview (USA) Director: Jon Miller, Zach Russo
Joychild (USA) Director: Aurora Brachman
Junior (Haiti/USA) Director: AJ Wilhelm
Just Hold On (USA) Director: Sam Davis, Rayka Zehtabchi
La Espera (Germany/Brazil) Director: Danilo Do Carmo, Jakob Krese (North American Premiere)
Let My Body Speak (UK/Lebanon) Director: Madonna Adib
The Lord’s Day (Canada) Director: Simon Weizineau
Maalbeek (France) Director: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Make Him Known (USA) Director: Rudy Valdez
Mission: Hebron (Israel) Director: Rona Segal (North American Premiere)
The Nannies (Denmark) Director: Signe Barvild Staehr (North American Premiere)
The Nightwalk (France) Director: Adriano Valerio (U.S. Premiere)
No Pain (USA) Director: John Picklap
Paulette (USA) Director: James Gallagher
The Promised (Egypt) Director: Ahmed El Ghoneimy (North American Premiere)
The Queen of Basketball (USA) Director: Ben Proudfoot
Rachel (USA) Director: Zen Pace (World Premiere)
Scarlet Medusa (USA/Japan) Director: Spencer MacDonald
Scars (Canada) Director: Alex Anna
Seahorse (Germany) Director: Nele Dehnenkamp
Since You Arrived, My Heart Stopped Belonging to Me (USA/Mexico) Director: Erin Semine Kökdil
Sing Me a Lullaby (Canada) Director: Tiffany Hsiung
Snowy (USA) Director: Kaitlyn Schwalje, Alex Wolf Lewis
Son of Sodom (Colombia/Argentina) Director: Theo Montoya
Stanley Stellar: Here for This Reason (USA) Director: Eric Leven
Street Angel (USA) Director: Michelle Sui
Team Meryland (USA) Director: Gabriel Gaurano
They Keep Quiet So We Make Noise (USA/Malaysia) Director: Marlena Skrobe
Three Songs for Benazir (Afghanistan) Director: Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei
The Unchosen One (USA) Director: Ben Proudfoot. (World Premiere)
Unforgivable (El Salvador) Director: Marlén Viñayo
The Void Inside (Germany/Iran) Director: Julian Dieterich (North American Premiere)
When We Were Bullies (USA/Germany) Director: Jay Rosenblatt
Who Do You Protect? (USA) Director: Madeline Kate Kann, Carter Stoddard (World Premiere)

Live Action

1978 (Pakistan) Director: Hamza Bangash (U.S. Premiere)
8007 Marina Apartment (Norway/UK) Director: Thor Brenne. (International Premiere)
Abada (Belgium/France) Director: Jean-Benoît Ugeux (North American Premiere)
Abracitos (Spain/Belgium) Director: Tony Morales
The Affected (Norway) Director: Rikke Gregersen
After Dark (USA) Director: Minka Bleakley (World Premiere)
Alice and the Frog (Poland) Director: Olga Bołądź (North American Premiere)
Along Came a Prince (Romania/Czech Republic) Director: Cristina Groșan (North American Premiere)
Al-Sit (Sudan/Qatar) Director: Suzannah Mirghani
Aly (France) Director: Thomas Wood (World Premiere)
American Eid (USA) Director: Aqsa Altaf
Americanized (USA) Director: Erica Eng
Angh (India) Director: Theja Rio
Aniksha (Canada/Mauritius) Director: Vincent Toi
Anita (India/USA) Director: Sushma Khadepaun
Are You Still There? (USA) Director: Rayka Zehtabchi, Sam Davis
August (Norway) Director: Gaute Rørvik Rosslund (U.S. Premiere)
Ava From My Class (South Korea/USA) Director: Youmin Kang
Bad Omen (Afghanistan/Canada) Director: Salar Pashtoonyar (U.S. Premiere)
Bambirak (Germany/USA) Director: Zamarin Wahdat
Beau (USA) Director: Constance Tsang
Beauty Marks (USA) Director: Gina Hackett (North American Premiere)
Bechora (Israel/UK) Director: Maya Armon (North American Premiere)
Birdie (Turkey) Director: Çağatay Ulusoy
Bits (Slovenia) Director: Áron Horváth
Blind Spots (Germany) Director: Luis Schubert (World Premiere)
Borekas (Israel) Director: Saleh Saadi (International Premiere)
Break In (USA) Director: Alyssa Lerner
Break Point (Austria) Director: Guy Lichtenstein (World Premiere)
Bruised Fruit Tastes Sweeter (USA) Director: Jake Kolton
Bruiser (USA) Director: Miles Warren
Bubble (China) Director: Haonan Wang
Buzzkill (USA) Director: Kathy E. Mitrani
Cabin for Two (USA) Director: Sam Hoiland
Catch a Girl (USA) Director: LeRon E. Lee
Cherry Cola (USA) Director: Amandine Thomas
The Chicken (USA) Director: Neo Sora
Chuj Boys of Summer (USA/Guatemala) Director: Max Walker-Silverman
City Penguin (Germany) Director: Florinda Frisardi (North American Premiere)
Cocoon Love (China/USA) Director: Xiaowen Wang (U.S. Premiere)
Complicated (Israel) Director: Isak Kohaly
Congratulations (USA/Pakistan) Director: Asad Farooqui
The Criminals (France/Romania/Turkey) Director: Serhat Karaaslan
Customs (Norway) Director: Armita Keyani (North American Premiere)
Daily Massacre in Tehran (Iran) Director: Hessam Hamidi (World Premiere)
The Dangerous Type (USA) Director: Tipper Newton
David (USA) Director: Zach Woods
The Departure (France/Morocco) Director: Said Hamich Benlarbi
Dirt Devil 550 XS (Switzerland) Director: Rolf Hellat
Dogs Bark (Spain) Director: Sergio Serrano (North American Premiere)
Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma (USA/Germany/France/Italy) Director: Topaz Jones, Jason Sondock, Simon Davis
Don vs Lightning (UK) Director: Big Red Button, Johnny Burns, Pier van Tijn (World Premiere)
Dosing (UK) Director: Matty Crawford (International Premiere)
Double Happiness (China/USA) Director: Scarlett Li (North American Premiere)
Double Murder (USA) Director: Louise Parker (World Premiere)
Doublespeak (USA) Director: Hazel McKibbin
Drought (Lebanon/UK) Director: Remi Itani
Dustin (France) Director: Naïla Guiguet
Eggshells (Bulgaria) Director: Slava Doytcheva (U.S. Premiere)
Eighteen (Belgium) Director: Olivier Lambrechts, Dimitri Baronheid (International Premiere)
Eine Schokoladen Lampe (Lithuania) Director: Andrius Bartkus (U.S. Premiere)
El Clásico (Mexico) Director: Joel Vázquez Cárdenas
El Fantasma (USA/Mexico) Director: Arturo R. Jiménez (World Premiere)
Endless Video (USA) Director: Gwendolyn Infusino
Enjoy (UK) Director: Saul Abraham
Everything Stays (USA) Director: Cole Bacani (World Premiere)
Everything ALL AT ONCE (Australia) Director: Tamara Hardman (North American Premiere)
Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss (Philippines) Director: Sonny Calvento
Exposed (USA/China) Director: Shuli Huang (World Premiere)
Ferrotipos (Spain) Director: Nüll García
Fervor (Chile/USA) Director: José Manuel Vélez (World Premiere)
Flex (Sweden) Director: Josefin Malmen David Strindberg
Flex (USA) Director: Matt Porter
Forgive Us (USA) Director: D.W. Hodges (World Premiere)
Four Cups of Coffee or Three (Poland) Director: Sebastian Łach (World Premiere)
Fourth of July (USA) Director: Major Dorfman
Fragments (Canada/France) Director: Aline-Sitoé N’Diaye (International Premiere)
Free Flow (France) Director: Sâm Mirhosseini (North American Premiere)
Freya (Canada) Director: Camille Hollett-French
The Girls Who Burned the Night (Saudi Arabia) Director: Sara Mesfer (North American Premiere)
The Girl Who Comes on Thursdays (Spain) Director: Noemi Chantada (U.S. Premiere)
Girl With a Thermal Gun (China) Director: Rongfei Guo
God’s Daughter Dances (South Korea) Director: Sungbin Byun
The Goldfish (USA) Director: Ashley Paige Brim
Good German Work (Germany) Director: Jannis Alexander Kiefer (North American Premiere)
Good Grief (USA) Director: Nastasya Popov (World Premiere)
The Gospel According to Gail (UK) Director: Florence Winter Hill (International Premiere)
Growing Fangs (USA) Director: Ann Marie Pace
Heaven Reaches Down to Earth (South Africa) Director: Tebogo Malebogo
Hector’s Woman (USA) Director: Ricardo Varona (World Premiere)
Her Dance (Israel) Director: Bar Cohen (North American Premiere)
A Holiday From Mourning (Netherlands) Director: Zara Dwinger (North American Premiere)
Home to You (France) Director: Olivier Bonnaud (International Premiere)
Howling (Belgium) Director: Laura Van Haecke (North American Premiere)
I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face (Egypt) Director: Sameh Alaa
I Really Love This Piece (USA) Director: Graham Goldstein
Ieva (Lithuania/Germany/Norway) Director: Vytautas Plukas, Domas Petronis (U.S. Premiere)
If Found (USA) Director: India Donaldson (World Premiere)
Immaculate Virtual (Canada/Germany) Director: Ryley O’Byrne (World Premiere)
I’m Not Telling You Anything, Just Sayin (Croatia/France) Director: Sanja Milardović
Inheritance (USA) Director: Annalise Lockhart
In the Air Tonight (USA) Director: Andrew Norman Wilson
Itch (Israel) Director: Ma’ayan Rypp (World Premiere)
It’s Alright (Lithuania) Director: Jorūnė Greičiūtė (North American Premiere)
Jean (Australia) Director: Alisha Hnatjuk (International Premiere)
Landing Point (UK/China) Director: Sei Hong Cheng (World Premiere)
The Last Marriage (Sweden) Director: Johan Tappert, Gustav Egerstedt
La Virgen, La Vieja, El Viaje (Chile/USA/Spain) Director: Natalia Luque Barrios
Learning Tagalog with Kayla (USA) Director: Kayla Abuda Galang
Lemongrass Girl (Thailand) Director: Pom Bunsermvicha
Lighting Tests (UK) Director: Tom Nicoll (North American Premiere)
The Lights Are On, No One’s Home (USA) Director: Faye Ruiz
Like Flying (USA) Director: Peier “Tracy” Shen
Like the Ones I Used to Know (Canada) Director: Annie St-Pierre
Little Bear (France) Director: Nicolas Birkenstock (North American Premiere)
The Little Prince(ss) (USA) Director: Moxie Peng
Lizard (UK/Nigeria) Director: Akinola Davies Jr.
Lonely Blue Night (USA) Director: Johnson Cheng
The Long Goodbye (UK) Director: Aneil Karia (North American Premiere)
Lost and Found (Switzerland) Director: Paul Choquet (International Premiere)
Lost Kings (USA) Director: Brian Lawes
Love Hurts (France) Director: Elsa Rysto (U.S. Premiere)
Macabre Night (Brazil) Director: Felipe lesbick
Marlon Brando (Netherlands) Director: Vincent Tilanus
Marvin’s Never Had Coffee Before (USA) Director: Andrew Carter
Massacre (France) Director: Maïté Sonnet
Masterclass (UK) Director: Nancy Sullivan
Max Is Bleeding (USA) Director: Jordan Anstatt (World Premiere)
Menarca (Brazil) Director: Lillah Halla
Midwife Man (France) Director: Juliette Denis (North American Premiere)
The Mohel (Canada) Director: Charles Wahl
Monocacy (USA) Director: Lincoln Robisch
Monsters Never Know (China) Director: Yang Ming (North American Premiere)
The Moogai (Australia) Director: Jon Bell
Muscle Memory (USA) Director: Saladin White II
My Own Mecca (USA) Director: Alba Roland Mejia
Neurim (Israel) Director: Shaylee Atary
Night of the Living Dicks (Finland/Denmark) Director: Ilja Rautsi (U.S. Premiere)
The Night Train (Sweden) Director: Jerry Carlsson
No More Parties (Canada) Director: Natalie Murao
Nour Shams (Saudi Arabia/USA/UK) Director: Faiza Ambah (World Premiere)
Nova (Netherlands) Director: Luca Meisters (North American Premiere)
Of Hearts and Castles (USA/Spain) Director: Ruben Navarro
On My Way (Belgium) Director: Sonam Larcin
The Other Morgan (USA) Director: Alison Rich
Palma (France) Director: Alexe Poukine (North American Premiere)
Passage (Germany) Director: Ann Oren
A Period Piece (USA/France) Director: Shuchi Talati
Plaisir (USA/France) Director: Molly Gillis
Play It Safe (UK) Director: Mitch Kalisa
Please Hold (USA) Director: KD Dávila
Private Photos (Brazil) Director: Marcelo Grabowsky (North American Premiere)
Progressive Touch (Austria/Netherlands) Director: Michael Portnoy
Prude (USA) Director: Yana Alliata
A Puff Before Dying (USA) Director: Michael Reich, Mike Pinkney
Raspberry (USA) Director: Julian Doan
The Recorder (USA) Director: Justine Lupe
The Ref (USA/France) Director: Peter Edlund (North American Premiere)
Rehearsal (Nigeria) Director: Michael Omonua (North American Premiere)
Roy (UK/Ireland) Director: Tom Berkeley, Ross White
Salem (France) Director: Sophie Beaulieu
Sales Per Hour (USA) Director: Michelle Uranowit, Daniel Jaffe
Salidas (Germany) Director: Michael Fetter Nathansky (North American Premiere)
The School Bus (Turkey) Director: Ramazan Kilic
Sea Dragon (UK) Director: James Morgan
Seiva Bruta (Under the Heavens) (Brazil) Director: Gustavo Milan
Shoal (UK) Director: Tammes Bernstein
Silence (Norway/Iraq) Director: Brwa Vahabpour
Sisters (Slovenia) Director: Kukla (U.S. Premiere)
Slow Vine (USA) Director: Glenn Fellman
Soak (USA/South Korea) Director: Hannah Bang
So Be It and So It Is (USA) Director: Gianna Badiali (World Premiere)
Solution for Sadness (Spain/USA) Director: Marc Martínez Jordán, Tuixén Benet Cosculluela
Some Manifestations of the South (UK/China) Director: Zhiyi Wang (North American Premiere)
Spotted Yellow (Iran) Director: Baran Sarmad
Staying (Aros Mae) (Wales) Director: Zillah Bowes (North American Premiere)
Stephanie (Belgium) Director: Leonardo van Dijl
Stigma, Style (Singapore/USA) Director: Cheryl Wong Ye Han (World Premiere)
Strike (Canada) Director: Olivier Côté (U.S. Premiere)
A Summer Place (Cyprus/France) Director: Alexandra Matheou (U.S. Premiere)
Therefore, Socrates Is Mortal (Canada) Director: Alexandre Isabelle
There’s Cake (Spain) Director: Clàudia Vernis
The Trucker (USA) Director: Raven Johnson (World Premiere)
Turning to Dust (France) Director: Hüseyin Aydin Gürsoy
Two Bears (USA) Director: Anthony Florez (North American Premiere)
The Unseen River (Vietnam) Director: Phạm Ngọc Lân
Valley (USA) Director: Allan Zhang Tran
Versailles (Belgium) Director: Hyun Lories (International Premiere)
Vlada Goes to London (Israel) Director: Arti Savchenko (International Premiere)
The Voice in Your Head (USA) Director: Graham Parkes
Walk With Kings (Belgium) Director: Guillaume Senez (North American Premiere)
Water (Mexico) Director: Santiago Zermeño
We’re Not Animals (France) Director: Noé Debré
We Won’t Forget (USA/Portugal) Director: Lucas Elliot Eberl, Edgar Morais (World Premiere)
What I See When I Look (USA) Director: Lindsay Calleran
What We Don’t Know About Mariam (Egypt) Director: Morad Mostafa (North American Premiere)
White Noises (France) Director: Thomas Soulignac
Widowers (Australia) Director: Julian Tuna (U.S. Premiere)
Wiggle Room (USA) Director: Sam Guest, Julia Baylis
Winona (Australia) Director: Tilly Robba (World Premiere)
Wolf in Dude’s Clothing (Canada) Director: Solmund MacPherson (North American Premiere)
The Womb (Portugal) Director: Orkhan Aghazadeh (World Premiere)
Yoruga (USA/Colombia) Director: Federico Torrado Tobón
Zona (USA) Director: Masami Kawai