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.
Piss on Patriarchy
Marie is driving on the highway and needs to pee urgently, but the toilet at the rest stop is broken. An increasingly absurd odyssey through a toxic male biotope begins.
F**k me, Richard
A romance-obsessed loner finds herself swept up in a passionate long-distance love affair. Richard is perfect in every way, except that he may be a scammer.
Martingale
Océane has finally found a job for the summer and with it, the martingale (probability theory) to make the ideal man fall from the sky.
My Eyes Are Up Here
A disabled woman sets off on a mission to get the morning after pill. The only thing in her way is... everything.
House of Whoreship
Brothel worker Violet returns to work post break-up only to find her recent ex-girlfriend hustling the same shift.
The Miracle
40-year-old Irma goes on a vacation to an all-inclusive resort. Soon after her arrival she realises the place is meant for young families.
Kingmaker - Tami Neilson
This music video for Tami Neilson's Kingmaker features a group of women, alive and powerful, rising from the ashes of the old colonial institutions that once oppressed them.