Atlanta Shortsfest Online Films

 Directed by Rita Heer 

Germany, India, United Arab Emirates - Narrative - 22 min.

With her 40th birthday looming, a single, working-class woman must decide whether to freeze her eggs.

 Directed by  Robin Drummond 

USA - Dark Comedy - 28 min.

In this modern adaptation of Herman Melville’s 1853 satire on capitalism, an employer slowly descends into madness after a mysterious new hire begins responding to his requests by saying, “I would prefer not to.” What on earth could he mean?

 Directed by Simone Terranova 

USA - Drama - 19 min.

In the unscrupulous city of Chicago, John and Eliana, two Italian American siblings, are struggling with the everyday life since John, a former professional boxer, is willing to do anything to have his sister operated on to recover her sight.

 Directed by Ambe J. Williams

USA - Comedy - 19 min.

Ben is on the rebound. Ty is on the apps. Ty is seriously sexy, seemingly perfect, and somehow interested in the somewhat confident Ben. At the urging of his roommate, Pierre, Ben heads to Ty’s apartment in Manhattan with the instruction to say “yes” at every opportunity. Little does Ben know, his “yes” will be put to the test. Twists, turn-ons, and hilarity ensues when Ben learns that Ty has more up his sleeve than a casual encounter…

 Directed by Juan Javier "Javo" Aguirre

USA - Narrative - 20 min.

 DREAMER follows the heartbreaking and redemptive journey of Teresa, a 9 year old crossing the U.S. – Mexico border with her mother, Maria. After evading an initial immigration roundup, Maria and Teresa attempt to surrender but are coldly abandoned in the desert. After Maria dies from dehydration, Teresa is left orphaned and traumatized. Taken in by Officer Malone, Teresa begins a new life in the U.S. Twenty five years later, now a compassionate doctor, Teresa unknowingly reunites with the man who once showed her kindness; Grandpa Joe (formerly Officer Malone) in a powerful, full-circle moment that bridges past and present with quiet grace.

 Directed by Michael Clark Haney

USA - Narrative - 30 min.

Martha, a housewife, arrives at community college for her first evening class in psychology. As the sun sets, she's joined by Rick, a friendly younger student. They wait for their instructor, growing increasingly certain that no one else is coming. When Martha decides to leave, what seemed like a scheduling error reveals itself as something far more calculated - and the empty classroom becomes a trap with no escape.

 Directed by Elena Isabel Walter, Emanuel Luca Fusillo

Germany - Drama - 20 min.

After his 10-year-old son Leon is diagnosed with cancer, André’s world falls apart. Distrusting doctors who recommend chemotherapy, he turns to the internet and becomes convinced the illness is caused by vaccines. As he spirals deeper into conspiracy thinking, he believes he’s found both a cure and a hidden truth. Planning to flee to Paraguay with Leon, André records a message to expose it all. When police arrive, his plan unravels, leaving one question: can he still save his son?

 Directed by Lianzi Fields

USA - Drama - 22 min.

Decades after an eccentric father builds his adopted Chinese daughter a playhouse to shield her from a world that won't accept her, dementia forces her to become the architect of his fading memory.

 Directed by Nicholas vongremp

USA - Dark Comedy- 22 min.    

Based on a true story, "Good Not Great" follows Matt Pavich, a comedian from Queens, as he navigates life with bipolar disorder. After a breakup sends him into a drug-fueled spiral, he finds himself in a mental hospital for the eighth time. Through sessions with a new therapist, we see his journey: the struggles of his mental health, his comedy career, and the manic episode that brought him here. Despite the challenges, Matt has found success in his career, though staying grounded remains his biggest test.

 Directed by Lizzy Plimpton

USA - Drama - 13 min.    

During her final night of pregnancy, a young woman named Grace, alone in the sweltering city and haunted by dreams of the future, finds comfort in the surprising kindness of two strangers — Shai, the salty owner of her local bodega, and Red, a tough city kid.

 Directed by Mahdi Hadizadeh

Iran - Experimental - 13 min.    

 Holy Death is a modern adaptation of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
When Death appears before a man, he offers him one final chance: answer three profound questions about life, and return to the world of the living. To earn his redemption, the man must journey through the afterlife—facing the Devil in Hell, Death in Purgatory, and the Angel in Heaven. As each realm tests his soul, he is forced to confront the essence of sin, morality, and the true meaning of existence.

 Directed by Scott Sikma

Canada - Drama - 18 min.      

Tyler has a lot of love to give, but none for himself. After years of depression and anger, he hits rock bottom and, after losing the person closest to him, makes a life-ending decision. Caught between life and death, he’s visited by Mikey, his closest friend and former partner, who shows him the real impact his choice would have on the people who love him. Faced with that truth, Tyler must decide whether to fight for his life or give in to the darkness.

 Directed by Franky Demoulin

France - 24 min.

 A rave party at the seaside. After a fight with his best friend Paul, Ivan meets Ariel, a young woman who came with the Stranger – the devil probably.

 Directed by Austin Cauldwell

USA - 18 min.

A quiet, unseen young woman is stuck in the repetition of an unremarkable life—until a VR platform offers an escape: the chance to become the version of herself she’s always imagined. At first it feels comforting, even empowering. But as her virtual persona begins to thrive, the line between illusion and reality blurs. Her real life starts to unravel. What begins as fantasy turns to obsession in this haunting sci-fi about digital identity, emotional isolation, and the quiet violence of vanishing into who we wish we were.

 Directed by Gabriel Urbano

USA - Narrative - 18 min.

Five minutes before she is set to perform on the biggest stage of her career, pop musician Alison receives news that her girlfriend is dead. The performance dissolves into a psychological breakdown that ends in a tragic accident.

Swimming in the sea between life and death, she is taken to a mysterious healer named Cora in the mountains. While there, Alison embarks on a journey of recovery and reconciliation through the embodying power of dance. Will Cora help Alison put back together the fragments of her soul?

 Directed by Michelle West 

USA - Drama - 24 min.

Based on a true story set in 1933, 13-year-old Betty discovers a mysterious secret in her family's decrepit home. She soon realizes it's tied to a painful history, and it's up to her to create the healing the women in her family so desperately need.

 Directed by Nofisat "Love Nafi" Almaroof

USA - Drama - 29 min.

Love Song is a drama that explores the intersections of ambition, intimacy, love and legacy, as a music producer wrestles with who he is and who he is expected to be.

 Directed by Clayton Brown

USA - Drama - 24 min.

Sonia has returned to her family’s country house to sell it, hoping to leave behind the nearby train tracks where her deaf son died. But instead of closure, her nights are invaded by vivid, unsettling dreams in which David is still alive—beckoning her from the woods, leading her toward the tracks, always just out of reach, wanting something she cannot understand. With each encounter the visions grow more insistent, blurring the boundary between dream and waking life, memory and haunting. Pere Marquette is a lyrical and unsettling exploration of grief, longing, and the mysteries the dead leave behind.

 Directed by Anthony Tueni

 Belgium - Narrative - 25 min.

When his mother finally gives in, and gives him augmented reality glasses, Max meets “Poumpo”, his new virtual best friend.
Thanks to him, his life gets back on track.
But their relationship soon takes a worrying turn...

 Directed by Anthony Tueni

  Argentina - Sci-Fi- 19 min.

Two unconventional (and clumsy) young scientists attempt to replicate the experiment of the wise Dr. Gaillard, who sought to discover the origin of consciousness. Following his notes and leftover archival material, they will soon find that the experiment actually had a much darker purpose.

 Directed by  Sonny DeSanto, Ian Corbin

  USA - Dark Comedy- 22 min.

After a workplace incident, a newly promoted boss becomes the target of his office’s robotic vacuum.

 Directed by Peter Alexander McPhee

   Chile  - Comedy- 22 min.

Nicolás is a young actor working at a casting agency, and an international blockbuster about the end of the world seems as his great chance to finally stand in front of the camera. Throughout a day of endless auditions, Nicolás devises risky strategies to be finally seen. But as he gets closer to achieving it, the line between passion and obsession begins to blur.

 Directed by Ronald Zuidinga

    Netherlands - Narrative- 20 min.

When Herman’s granddaughter forces him to rehearse his funeral, the man who’s been dodging death has no choice but to confront it — in front of the whole family.

 Directed by Chris Paul Russell

    USA - Sci-Fi- 24 min.

When a duffle bag explodes into existence over the Nevada desert, Dyson Wheeler — set to be hanged — seizes his chance at escape, killing his captor with the shovel he was just using to dig his own grave.

Free to carry on living, Wheeler sets out to avenge the death of his beloved wife Rachel, and in the process, create our particular pocket of space-time, The Future That Matters To Us.

The Lord of All Future Space & Time is a classic western tale of revenge interrupted by sci-fi insanity. It's a tall tale in a short film, a fast-paced comedy asking the big questions about time, grief, love, and the meaning of life itself.

 Directed by Brian Bill

    USA - Documentary  - 35 min.

The Tide is Out. The Table is Set. Filmed on location in Southeast Alaska, Tide and Table follows the journey of Chef Alisa Jestel—a woman who doesn't just cook with the land and sea, but lives in deep rhythm with it.

This is more than a food documentary. It's a portrait of a place. A community. A way of life.

Set in Petersburg, Alaska—a commercial fishing town tucked into the Tongass National Forest—the film captures the raw beauty, seasonal rhythms, and tight-knit bonds that define life on this edge of the world.

From foraging and fishing to local feasts and heritage parades, Tide and Table invites you to taste what it means to live close to your ingredients—and even closer to your community.

 Directed by Andy Hofman

USA - Dark Comedy - 30 min.

Wyatt never questioned that his smartphone had replaced his right hand. It felt like a fair trade. Always there, always connected.

But after a series of mishaps lands him in a strange in-between world of reality and screens, he’s detained by a mysterious figure and forced to confront what he’s become. As he tries to escape and reconnect with the real world, one question lingers. Will anyone notice he’s gone, or want to follow?

Us + Them is a modern love story about our bond with technology and what we risk losing along the way.

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