Collections of films
Enjoy the 2023 Show Me Shorts Award Winning Short Films. The Best of the Fest.
Enjoy some of the top short films from this year’s Show Me Shorts Film Festival.
Fast becoming one of the most popular sessions at Show Me Shorts, this annual collection of short films is for children and their families to enjoy together.
Indonesia’s cinema reflects Indonesia itself: a rich melting pot of cultures, languages and world views.
This collection of short films will have you gripping your seat and reaching for more popcorn.
Beyond this world is another. That is the place the characters in these short films are reaching for.
Discover the rising talents of new and established directors in this collection of short films from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Step into stories of queens, dreamers and vengeful angels.
The bonds the characters in these stories share run deep, despite some testing times.
Short films are perfect viewing for children, and these ones have been specially curated for our younger viewers.
The fun films in this collection contain a frenetic energy that makes for an enjoyable watch.
Get comfortable with the uncomfortable truths revealed in this enticing collection of short films.
This collection offers a masterclass in quietly building tension and populating an intriguing world with layered characters.
Films
Muscat
A 16-year-old Moroccan fisherman, Samir, discovers his attraction towards men when he meets a tourist traveling with his wife.
7 Minutes
A desolate train track seems the perfect spot to end it all, until someone else turns up with the same idea. Awkward.
Stella
Stella is out for a special date with her husband Stanley, whose mind is failing. She yearns for connection, capturing brief moments of lucidity before he slips away.
Las Visitantes
Three retired women travel on a bus on their way to Europe. They have been listening to people talking about the wonders of tourism all their lives and are dying to experience it firsthand.
Just Kidding I Actually Love You
A runaway fiancée breaks in to execute an ill-advised romantic gesture, and finds evidence her ex is happier without her.
The Life of Lester Wink
A door-to-door pet insurance salesman with a phobia of talking with strangers must make a sale by 5pm or get fired.
Ministry of Jingle
Melody is the new hire at a Government department in charge of creating public safety jingles about the nation's most pressing issues: bathmats, scam calls, littering.
Swing to the Moon
Living in the forest, little spider Temi dreams of catching the Moon. For that, she will do anything.
The Lost Courier
This film is inspired by the author's real experience of losing a courier parcel. Follow a package as it goes through some incredible things along its journey.
The Polycees
After a run-in with his slimy deputy, the Prime Minister's young daughter is shocked to find a magical creature living in Parliament under her Dad’s desk!
Apocalypse Dog
In a post-apocalyptic universe, Bob and his dog Pasha survive in a wasteland. They are hungry, thirsty and tired. When suddenly, they see a city in the distance!
Harvey
A poetic, luminous look at bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent, told through the eyes of an imaginative child.
Malapan
When two young children discover that their island is running out of the resource that keeps it afloat, they embark on a journey to collect more from the community.
Fraiha
Based on a true story about a 6-year-old girl who is helped to overcome her classroom literacy struggles by her loving mother.
Corvine
An eccentric boy has trouble fitting in at school due to his obsession with crows.
Bolero
Fran is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. This journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax.
Regular Rabbit
A Regular Rabbit battles a comically absurd onslaught of disinformation. The narrator is full of s#!t!! How is this so hard to believe?! Fake news!
Lamb
An ordinary day takes a sinister turn for a woman and her child when a stranger walks into their isolated rural home.
The Last Sunday
When a Samoan teenager realises the financial struggle in his household, an offer too convincing to decline will change his life forever.
Big Bang
Chico earns his living fixing ovens, in which he easily fits into thanks to his small size. Marginalised by a system that values him as a misfit, he begins to start resisting it.