22 Nov 2025
21st New York City Short Film Festival
I Don’t Know If I'll Have To Say Everything Again
14:10 > Brazil > 2024 > NYC premiere
Directors: Vitória Fallavena, Thassilo Weber
Synopsis: Fernando meets his mother weekly at a café. Today, he's going to tell her he's getting married.
Good Luck To You All
7:49 > Canada > 2025
Director: Cordell Barker
Synopsis: An animated film created from interviews with key players in the artificial intelligence field.
The Last Word
10:15 > Ireland > 2024
Director: Rory Hanrahan
Synopsis: A woman travels home for her Mothers funeral, unwillingly tasked with writing her eulogy.
2025 Official Selections
Mother is a Natural Sinner
15:00 > Germany > 2024 > US premiere
Director: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija
Synopsis: Unexpectedly pregnant, Hoda starts to examine common beliefs regarding gender roles in her relationship.
Samaa
2:29 > Canada > 2024
Director: Ehsan Gharib
Synopsis: The art of listening with the mind, where unexpected movements and different forms of agitation result in a “spiritual drunkenness.”
The Conscience Files
13:30 > USA > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Brian Bolster
Synopsis: For many visitors to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park, the temptation to procure some of its glittery, colorful rocks as keepsakes has proven to be irresistible.
Three Keenings
10:00 > Ireland, UK, USA > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Oliver McGoldrick
Synopsis: Ian is a struggling actor who finds himself in the unconventional role of a professional mourner.
My Mother is a Cow
15:00 > Brazil > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Moara Passoni
Synopsis: On a family ranch at the edge of the burning Brazilian wetland, Mia is desperate for her mother’s love.
Family Sunday
16:00 > Mexico > 2025 > NYC premiere
Directors: Gerardo Del Razo
Synopsis: On a sunny Sunday, in a housing unit in Mexico City, a merchant has not paid his fee and the sicarios have come to give him an ultimatum.
The Sounds of Things Ablaze
6:35 > Canada > 2025 > US premiere
Director: Hayat Najm
Synopsis: A woman walks down the sidewalk. Her body remains on high alert, remembering the horrors of a war that continues to haunt her.
We Had Fun
18:00 > France > 2025
Director: Linda Lô
Synopsis: In 1987 Bordeaux, while their brother escapes for the weekend, two children left alone chase the wonder of snow into peril.
On Weary Wings Go By
10:00 > Estonia/Lithuania > 2024
Director: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Synopsis: The sun moves low and days get shorter. A porcelain girl wanders the abandoned landscape with no way out.
The Trap
8:55 > Poland > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Vitalii Havura
Synopsis: A mother’s devotion to the occupiers and her son’s defiance collide in Kherson, with consequences neither foresees.
Retirement Plan
7:17 > Ireland > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: John Kelly
Synopsis: At apathy with his life, Ray dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement.