DRAMA SHORT FILMS
A collection of the best drama short films from around the world today.
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ONLY HERE AND NOW short film watch, 20min., USA, Romance
Wartime, 1942. When 18 year old newlyweds Marjorie Hua and Private Tom Carlson arrive at the small inn for their honeymoon night, they're forced to wait for their room. While waiting, their anxiety builds. Tom leaves for the war in the morning and what will their future hold? Will this first nigh...
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APPARITION GLIMMER short film watch, 5min., Drama
https://instagram.com/devin_christian_
Meanwhile winding down at her home. Yeilda finds her lost foster sister at her doorstep. Their past has caught up to them. Frantically trying to figure out what to do. The connection between them has brought them together again like nothing never happened.
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THROUGH ROSE COLORED LENSES short film watch, Romance / Drama
https://instagram.com/h0mb3
In the midst of a toxic triangle with the love of his life, and her abusive boyfriend, Shawn Anderson, a college student blinded by love, is seeing his world fall apart.
Unable to help Shawn see the toxicity of this relationship with Kayla Murrieta, his best friend L...
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ALMOST THERE short film, 5min., Japan, Action/Drama
Two refugees from a broken land have to fight their way into civilization.
http://www.quietflame.org/almost-there
Directed by Chuck Johnson
Director Statement:
As an immigrant to Japan myself, I created this film to be a visual representation of the struggle of immigrants and refugees told t...
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MOSAIC short film, 8min., USA, Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Frank, a tile and mosaic specialist receives a mysterious videotape that turns his life into pieces.
Directed by Keith Qi Chen
Key Cast: Jay Pratt
Cinematographer: Guy Staley
Sound Designer: Ling Zhu
Produced by Simon Jones
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023224/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1
Director ...
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THE GIRLS OF BATHROOM B short film, 5min., Canada, Comedy/Drama
Tensions ebb and flow during a busy morning in 1980 as impatient teenagers wait to use the girls' bathroom.
https://www.saleigh.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sal.eigh.info/
https://www.instagram.com/sal_eigh/?hl=enDirected by Sal Eigh
Director Statement
Products of economic uncertainty or pol... -
PULLING THE GOALIE, 23min., Comedy/Drama/Sports
INFERTILITY ON ICE: A beer league hockey player struggles with infertility.
"Avsharian has cleverly framed his film about male infertility from a conventionally male perspective using hockey as a metaphor to provide both context and levity. Sport provides an immediate connection to an uncomfort...
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THE COAT ROOM, 10min., TV Web Series / Comedy / Drama
The Coat Room is a comedic web series about a troubled woman in lingerie who traps herself in the coat room of a party, hoping to entice her one true love. Instead, she keeps running into guests (1 guest per episode) who just want to get their coats.
The series stars Second City writer-performer...
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AND WE COLLIDE, 19min., China, Romance / LGBTQ+
Inspired by the local rocket launch site, And We Collide depicts an unexpected tropical encounter. This is a story about two men, two worlds and one real rocket.
https://www.threeowlsstudio.com/work/andwecollide
Directed by Dongni Lanca Li
Cast: Huang Kejing, Wang Yancheng. Sun Jiatong. Ye Zi
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VIRGINIA, FOREVER, 16min., Mystery / LGBTQ+
A woman mourns the mysterious disappearance of her wife.
Directed by Daria Rountree
Written by Jordan Campbell
Cast: Brit Landa, Taylor Carr
https://90degreefilms.wixsite.com/virginiaforever
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CROSS, 16min., USA, Drama / LGBTQ+
A Korean immigrant mom in the US goes through a journey against her religious faith to embrace her only son who is discovering his sexual orientation.
Writer/Director: Hyunjin Lee
Cast: Cindy Choi, Vinh Nguyen, Bomin Kim, Ja Eun Koo, Jason Tian
Director Statement
Who can easily say what is ri...
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ADONAI, 9min., USA, Drama / Inspirational
After a devastating accident, a man decides that the only way forward is to take his own life. That attempt is undoubtedly thwarted by a gorgeous party goer who interrupts those plans. Her fortunate emergence allows time for a glimmer of hope but it’s her mysterious departure that ultimately leav...
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WISH YOU WELL, 29min., Drama / LGBTQ+
Hope Oliver grows up in the suburbs of Portland where she attends high school. In her final year of school, she has endured enough bullying to send her over the deep end. Hope is a ticking time bomb. When Hope’s older sister dies unexpectedly, Hope becomes completely unhinged. Days later, Hope ta...
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BODIES OF WATER, 14min., USA, Drama / LGBTQ+ / Romance
It's 1982, Marsh is 24 years old, and he struggles with a tormenting secret. Feeling disconnected human relationships others take for granted, Marsh treads water in the often painful doldrums of everyday life.
One night, a spark ignites Marsh's imagination of what could be and he embarks on a pr...
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SHUKRAN HABIBI, 35min., Finland, Drama/Romance/LGBTQ+
Refuge man Mohamed finds a special connection with Kristian, a finnish family man.
Directed by Ville Tanttu
Cast: Bakr Hassan, Patrick Henriksen
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STOCKHOLM short film, 10min., UK, Drama/LGBTQ+
A young gay man embarks on an unusual first date in a conquest to take control of his past.
http://www.silverprincepictures.com/stockholm
https://www.instagram.com/silverprincepictures/
https://twitter.com/silverprincepicDirector Statement
‘Stockholm’ is the story of a young gay man who embar...
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A KEPT BOY, 32min., USA, Drama/LGBTQ+
"A Kept Boy" is inspired by true events.
At the age of 17, Jason meets Anne, 35, a bubbly and joyful woman who hires Jason. A unique friendship flourishes as Anne helps Jason to break out of his shell. This is until one night when Anne decides to take their friendship to an unexpected place by t... -
ANYTHING FOR MY MOTHER, 13min,. USA, Drama/Family
Mercedes is a loving Mother with an aggressive cancer. The family is going through financial struggle that causes conflict specially between her two sons Franco and Agustin.
https://www.instagram.com/alexmeridy/
Directed by Alex Meridy
Written by Giovanni Navarro
Executive Producer: Jennifer ...
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HANN short film, 13min., USA, Romance, Drama, LGBT
Andri, an anxious teenage boy, hides and represses his sexuality in fear of his masculine father's reaction but, on the eve of Andri's first date, he finds a clever way to reveal his secret.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saPvavEHTKo
https://facebook.com/hannshortDirected by Runar Thor Sigurb...
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COUNTING short film, 10min., USA, Romance/LGBTQ+
In 1951 Violet and Milly make a love promise over a penny. In 2015, the promise comes due, and Violet must face a heartbreaking reality.
https://facebook.com/Countingthemovie
Directed by Dan Pal
Written by Kari Morris
Cast: Kenzie Seibert, Carolyn Reynolds, Joan McGrath
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THE MIDNIGHT TRIP short film, 7min., USA, Experimental/Drama
On his way through the desert at night to an important business meeting a man’s car breaks down and he is forced to confront his own past and to reconsider his values.
http://www.lobofilmproduction.com/
https://www.facebook.com/lobofilmproduction/
https://www.instagram.com/lobofilmproduction/D...
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BETWEEN THE CREAG AND THE SKY short film, 20min., Environment/Drama
Attempting to find a re-connection, a father takes his estranged teen daughter on a trip into the wilderness.
Screenplay and Direction by
Kurt GerardAdapted from
Jessica Morgan's
The Space Between the Sand and the SeaProduced by
Kirchner Films
with support from Missouri State University Coll... -
MAGPIE, 2min., Canada, Experimental
An interpretation of Catriona Wright's poem "Magpie" which explodes domesticity.
http://www.kevinandrewheslop.com/film
Cast: Ruth Douthwright, Niki Carr
Director Biography - Kevin Andrew Heslop
Kevin Andrew Heslop is a polydisciplinary doofus whose debut collection of poetry, the correct fury... -
A FOREST short film, 11min., Argentina, Experimental/Drama
The past and the present are intertwined in an old abandoned house in the middle of a forest. Into the trees, Martin walks. A tragedy. Into the trees, into the trees. Based on the song "A Forest" by The Cure.
Directed by Adriano Curci
Produced by Christian Sotelo
Director Biography - Adriano C...