2020 Finalists

A man walking home at night in Tel Aviv spots his stolen bicycle locked to a pole. He calls the police, determined to reclaim what’s his. When the bicycle’s current…

A boy's secret love for his closeted bully drives him into an unconventional road to confession and its consequences. Country: USA Runtime: 13:12 Festival Year: 2020 Historical data reconstructed from…

Aava has but one wish: to get a dog. Meanwhile, her parent's marriage is falling apart. Director: Teppo Airaksinen Country: Finland Runtime: 11:00 Festival Year: 2020 Historical data reconstructed from…

On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. The journey — which should take minutes — becomes…

After an unsuccessful attempt to renew his automobile registration, Dejan falls into a bureaucratic trap that tests his determination to be a responsible father. Country: North Macedonia Runtime: 18:45 Festival…

Two detectives craft an intricate interrogation technique to intimidate an apparent witness to police corruption. Director: Jake Robb Country: Australia Runtime: 5:35 Festival Year: 2020 Historical data reconstructed from archive.org…

A stick-wielding squirrel conducts a nocturnal chorus of opera-loving forest creatures. Country: France Runtime: 1:40 Festival Year: 2020 Historical data reconstructed from archive.org snapshots of the Manhattan Short Film Festival…

At death's door, a thriving businessman meets his old dog Grey, which he heartlessly threw out on the street many years ago. Director: Nikita Khozyainov Country: Russia Runtime: 13:50 Festival…

A teenage girl gets involved in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client, and gets stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences. Director: Sonia K. Hadad…