The 2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners with Retirement Plan directed by John Kelly winning Best of the Festival Award.
Short Films
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31st Palm Springs ShortFest Winners – John Kelly’s Retirement Plan Wins Best of the Festival Award
Retirement Plan by John Kelly
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31st Palm Springs Intl ShortFest Unveils Lineup Featuring Chloe East, Rosie O’Donnell, John C. Reilly and More
Interloper starring Chloe East and Ryan Simpkins The 31st Palm Springs International ShortFest taking place June 24-30, 2025 has unveiled the lineup of 51 curated programs showcasing 311 films from 64 countries and territories, including 45 World Premieres. Featured in the films are Alan Cumming, Bella Ramsey, Chase Sui Wonders, Chloe East, Chris Pine, Demi Singelton, Haley Joel Osment, Ian McKellen, Jane Levy, John C. Reilly, Pauline Chalamet, Reggie Watts, Simon Rex and more.
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2025 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards Announces Shortlisted Filmmakers
2025 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards shortlist The 2025 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards announced the 30 shortlisted filmmakers across four categories – Fiction, Non-Fiction, Animation, and Student.
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Filmmaker Maren Ade to Preside Over Jury of Cannes Short Films and La Cinef Competition
Maren Ade (Denis Makarenko | dp) Filmmaker Maren Ade will preside over the short films and La Cinef Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival taking place from May 13 to May 24, 2025. The jury also includes director, screenwriter and producer Reinaldo Marcus Green, actress, singer and songwriter Camélia Jordana, producer, photographer and former Director of the Filmoteca Española José María Prado and director and screenwriter Nebojša Slijepčević.
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2025 Tribeca Festival Unveils Short Film Lineup, Whoopi Goldberg’s Curated Animated Shorts Program
Whoopi Goldberg (Jean Nelson | dp) The 2025 Tribeca Festival taking place June 4–15 in New York City, announced its short film lineup, featuring narrative, documentary, animated works, and music videos.
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‘Saigon Kiss’ ‘Do Something’ ‘Panadrilo’ Among Short Film Winners of 37th Filmfest Dresden
Saigon Kiss by Hồng Anh Nguyễn (courtesy Filmfest Dresden) Saigon Kiss from Hồng Anh Nguyễn has won the €20,000 Saxon Film Promotion Prize in the National Competition at the 37th Filmfest Dresden international short film festival. in Dresden, the capital city of Saxony, which ran from April 8 to 13, 2025.
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Sundance Short Film Winners: Theo Panagopoulos’ ‘The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing’ Wins Grand Jury Prize
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing by Theo Panagopoulos. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by National Library of Scotland The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, directed by Theo Panagopoulos took home the Grand Jury Prize in the short film competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
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‘Debaters’ Trailer – Alex Heller’s Comedy Short Film Premieres at Sundance
Debaters directed by Alex Heller (Dagmar Weaver-Madsen | fullspectrumfeatures) Directed by Alex Heller (The Year Between) following her feature film directorial debut, Debaters is a comedy short film telling the story of high school debaters and their unqualified adult judges played by Succession’s J. Smith-Cameron and Oscar-winning director Kenneth Lonergan. The film is set to have its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Reveals Shorts Lineup
THE LILY by Quintessa Swindell (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Marian Peciar and Lukas Steinmaier) The 2025 Sundance Film Festival announced the 57 short films screening as part of eight curated Short Film Programs presented by Vimeo that will include fiction, nonfiction, and animated titles from the U.S. and international.
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IFFR Unveils First Titles in Short & Mid-Length Strand + Matthew Lax and Timoteus Anggawan Kusno Focus Programs
a river holds a perfect memory directed by Hope Strickland (courtesy IFFR) International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025 unveiled the first selections for the Short & Mid-Length strand including ten world premieres and two international premieres.
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RIP. Mary Bernice McGee, Motorsports Pioneer and Star of ‘Motorcycle Mary’ Documentary Dead at 87
Mary McGee in February 1961. (Photo courtesy of The Family of Mary McGee.) Mary Bernice McGee, the legendary motorsports pioneer, and star of the documentary Motorcycle Mary died on Wednesday, November 27, at the age of 87.
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Alfonso Cuarón-Produced ‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Animated Short to Premiere on Disney+ | Trailer
An Almost Christmas Story (Disney) Produced by five-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón (Roma, Gravity), An Almost Christmas Story is the third and final installment in his holiday shorts collection for Disney+. The first short in the series, Le Pupille, earned an Oscar nomination in 2022, while last year’s The Shepherd was shortlisted – both in the Live Action Short Film category.