1. The Focusing Effect
For his final project for film class in college, Kevin Morris, with the help of his girlfriend Julie and his roommate Jay, is making a documentary in which ex-couple share their breakup stories individually. When he comes across a disturbing secret involving one of his subjects , he goes against his better judgment and shares it with Ashley's ex-boyfriend, James. But when the results are anything but satisfying, things start to get dangerous as James acts more ominous and it seems the lives of Kevin, Julie, Jay, and Ashley are soon in question.
2. The Beast (La Bestia)
A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. Le ruban (红发带)
China, in the early sixties: an angry mob is persecuting a rich landowner. Mei, a young worker, who is part of the crowd. Suddenly she recognizes the victim who she secretly loves. Frightened of revealing her feelings, Mei doesn't know what to do.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Woodman is My Name
A young man's obsession with capturing the beauty of his wooden figure gets in the way of his personal life, his passion for his art driving a wedge between himself and his best friend.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. The Reflection
A social worker recounts the case of Ella Jackson, a girl who sees a man standing behind her in the mirror
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. Supermarket Sweep
(Supermarket Sweep)
It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.
7. Protozoa
Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hell out of a cracked guitar. We quickly realize the emptiness of the dump parallels the emptiness of Dave’s life which consists of smoking weed, staring at television screens and watching school children. Dave’s friend Pete is shortly introduced, along with their friend, Ari, who despite calling her pals losers, doesn’t seem to accomplishing much herself. These three are going nowhere fast. They’re the amoebas of life… protozoa….
It has an average vote of 5.05 on TMDB.
8. The Curse of Professor Zardonicus
A young man recruits a film student to help him prove the existence of an urban legend.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. Mi (မီ)
The story revolves around the life of Mi, a free-spirited young woman in the very conservative 1940's Burmese society, and her many lovers. She drinks. She smokes. She thinks you're a joke. She's also traumatized, insecure, and very tired in life. She's like a butterfly ... a butterfly pinned to a cardboard. Will she risk tearing her delicate wings to free herself?
10. Fake Me A Happy New Year (Četri mielasti)
Anita and her children, Santa and Kristaps, live in an apartment in Riga. Every year, they celebrate New Year’s Eve with grandma, uncle Peter and a feast fit for kings…
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
11. I Am (I Am)
Her self-chosen solitude in the thick forest comes to a sudden end for Noé, when she finds the broken body of a female android. While she slowly approaches the mechanic woman, Noé’s past is revealed and brings up questions about how alike she and the android can become.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
12. Paseo por una guerra antigua (Paseo por una guerra antigua)
Madrid, Spain. A mutilated man, a war veteran, walks, leaning on a crutch, through the stadium of the Ciudad Universitaria, a place that still preserves in walls and buildings the terrifying traces of one of the bloodiest battles of the Spanish Civil War.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
13. En el río (En el río)
(En el río)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. The Lesson (Lekce)
When two teenage girls plot to steal liquor for themselves, their plan goes awry when they decide to visit their old piano teacher who's developed dementia.
15. Los opositores (Los opositores)
(Los opositores)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
16. Water for Elephants
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
It has an average vote of 6.943 on TMDB.
17. Some Boys Don't Leave
Some Boys Don't Leave is the story of what happens when the break-up happens but the break does not. 'Boy' is forced to come to terms with the fact that 'Girl' no longer wants him around. The only problem is he just can't seem to leave their once shared apartment. 'Girl' decides to keep living her life around him; while he remains, watching at a distance. In time, each decides to go in his or her own distinctly different directions. 'Boy' soon finds that sometimes the greatest distance we are asked to travel is one within ourselves.
It has an average vote of 6.656 on TMDB.
18. The Nettle (Kopřiva)
Nikola is about to join his girlfriend at her father’s house for a summer holiday, but after wearing makeup for the very first time, he begins a startling and life-changing process of self-discovery.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
19. A Part
A make-or-break audition for Todd Wieczorek, an LA-based actor, forces him to confront his troubled past.
20. Isaiah vs. The Hodag
A young man living with his parents in Wisconsin comes face to face with a terrifying monster while searching for the elusive cryptic known as the Hodag.