Narrative Short Films / Cannes International Film Week

Narrative Short Films / Cannes International Film Week

The Cannes International Film Week is an online streaming film festival meant to showcase innovative world cinema from around the world by up-and-coming artists.

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Narrative Short Films / Cannes International Film Week
  • A Mother Goes to the Beach (Portugal) by Pedro Hasrouny

    Teresa, a single mother spends a day at the beach with her six-year-old son, Benji and her sister Marga, who is back to Portugal for a summer vacation. The day becomes very stressful with her sister's constant speech about her son's achievements and her criticisms towards Benji.
    Running time: 00:...

  • Nico (United States) by Max Olson

    Nico is a surreal drama that follows a recently transitioned trans man throughout one night as he struggles to be seen as himself. When his grieving elderly neighbor, Helen, mistakes him for her recently deceased husband, Nico is offered a ready-made masculine identity to slip into and a connecti...

  • Latchkey Kids (Norway) by Sindre Mangen Haram

    When twelve-year-old Erik is forced to choose which parent should have to move out during an ugly divorce, he struggles in the aftermath of his decision and how it ends up altering his relationships not only with his parents, but his two younger brothers as well.
    Running time: 00:21:16

  • Amidst (Finland) by Pia Andell

    Everything is perfect, and then, boom!
    Running time: 00:29:59

  • Violet (Germany) by Laura Engelhardt

    12-year-old Dan suffers from scoliosis and has a difficult relationship with his single mother Nadja, who works night shifts to earn a living. The most important person in Dan's life is Anna, who is paid by Nadja to look after him. Anna is like a sister to Dan. But for some time now, he has been ...

  • My only enemy (Poland) by Piotr Bieliński

    After a tragedy Andrzej is trying to move on. But revenge stands in the way of life. Only one question remains - a shotgun or a hammer?
    Running time: 00:18:00

  • Eva (Germany) by Laura Elisabeth Staab

    “An action is causally connected if it cannot be thought away without the specific outcome ceasing to exist,” says Eva, a young prosecutor, quoting the cold logic of law texts. How does it apply to your life, your couple and your longing for motherhood? Drifting in the city from encounter to anot...

  • The melody of ashes (Switzerland) by Jonathan Moratal

    Being haunted by the past can lead to an inferno.
    Running Time: 00:02:20

  • Log Bridge (Hong Kong) by Wai In Lam

    Two female high school students went to play in the mountains after school, but their apparently close relationship was actually rife with power struggles, and after the illusion of their friendship was shattered, their conflicts eventually surfaced.
    Running time: 00:11:45

  • Wena (China) by Natalie Kung

    Wena, a domestic helper who works in a middle-class family in Hong Kong, takes care of a child Natalie who lives in the shadow of her parents’ tense marriage. Natalie builds a strong bond with Wena in spite of the constant sowing of discord from her demanding mother. On the other hand, Wena is ba...

  • The Heart of Texas (United States) by Gregory JM Kasunich

    Janie May, an aspiring country singer stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck grind, gets big news that she’s a radio contest finalist while finishing her overnight shift at a local diner in Waco, TX. She must race to the station to sing for hometown country music hero Harlan Thompson in hopes of winni...

  • REEP (United States) by Jakub Blank

    In the rural South, a young man’s quiet ritual unravels into a harrowing clash of piety and depravity, as hushed tension builds to a shocking, visceral crescendo.
    Running time: 00:22:00

  • Cock (Norway) by Robin Jensen

    Two sweaty men end up at odds with each other in a crowded sauna. A short film about prejudice and politics. And cock.
    Running time: 00:06:30

  • Butterscotch (United States) by Mayank Deogaonkar

    Butterscotch is a story about acceptance. Dr. Maya Sharma, a single mother and physician by profession, has her daughter, Dia Sharma’s, life planned out for her. Dia is supposed to go to medical school and become a doctor, like her mother. One day, Maya is surprised to see an acceptance letter fr...

  • Vic's Vac Shack (United States) by Will Dorney

    A vacuum repairman who blackmails customers faces his day of reckoning.
    Running time: 00:15:22

  • Annie (United States) by Niall Cunningham

    Annie and Simon are building a home and farm on an unoccupied property in Vermont. But the isolation and pressure inherent in their idealistic task begins to weigh on Annie and she starts to question whether she can stay in the relationship with Simon.
    Running time: 00:17:00

  • First Night (United States) by Haneol Lee

    A newly immigrated Korean father goes into a deli trying to order food for his family– only with the help of a dictionary.
    Running time: 00:11:43

  • Detour (Denmark) by Adam Brix

    Johan has been waiting for this moment his entire life: He has finally found his father. He fails to build up the courage needed to confront him and just when he's about to leave - the man has a heart attack and drops to ground. Johan must now save him and face a scenario where he may never get t...

  • You, Me, and That Chair (Australia) by Trivita Tiffany Winataputri, Matt Wallace

    A devoted father in his late 60s is confronted with the imminent growth of his son.
    Running time: 00:11:07

  • 3, 2, 1, 0 (Korea, Republic of) by Mingun KIM

    Three best friends, Gyu-bin, Yu-hyeok, and Dong-hyun, get stranded on a deserted island after an accident during their trip. The three of them stay positive and work together to survive. But gradually, they start to keep an eye on each other.
    Running time: 00:15:37

  • One Night (Italy) by Alessio Vasarin

    During one night, Julius tries to confide in his friend Lara. His effort to tell the truth collides with the unspoken of both.
    Running time: 00:17:00

  • Holy Filament (United States) by Arkan Zakharov

    An avant-tech-noir outing for the AI generation, Holy Filament spends one day with a humanoid automaton (Emily Van Raay) as she challenges the confines of existence on a future Earth. Here, humans are long extinct, the machines they created left to churn through an undying cycle of progress. Intr...

  • Knife, Chocolate (Iran) by Hooshmand Varaei

    The son of the family is antisocial, psychotic, skeptic and sexist who judges women by the smell of their cosmetics! He believes that the smell of a decent woman’s cosmetics is different from an indecent one! He even classifies bees.
    Running time: 00:15:00

  • Little Yellow Flower (Taiwan) by Chien-Ping Lin

    Photo Retoucher A-nan returns to the old house that saddens him. The eerily beautiful yellow flowers on the loofah trellis attract a whole nest of ants. As a child, A-nan accidentally killed all these yellow flowers when spraying insecticide on them to kill the ants. In a rage, his father beat hi...