DRAMA SHORT FILMS
A collection of the best drama short films from around the world today.
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MILD short film, 4min., Australia, Documentary/Drama
Campbell Sims expresses on what it's like to grow up having a learning difficulty in and out of school, whilst talking about how different things such as art has helped him get through life.
Directed by Daniel Woods
Cinematography: Thomas Snowden
Editor: Matt Temby
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LATE NIGHT SWIM short film, 21min., USA, Romance/Drama/Comedy
"Late Night Swim" is an introspective psychedelic narrative about a man drifting through his days, until his vibrant ex-girlfriend appears in a dream, only to wake him up to life.
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VAINSANITY, 7min., USA, Drama/Experimental/Action
A man attempts to get the best out of himself for himself.
Writer/Director: Pierre Schlumberger
Produced by Danielle Afori
Cast: Josh Hardwick
Cinematographer: Christopher Pilarski
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MEASURE, 2min., UK, Horror/Experimental
A woman contemplates how to end her relationship with her wayward partner.
Director Statement
I am interested in exploring the boundaries of fantastic genre and experimental film, both in form and content.Writer/Director: Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Cast: Victor Correia, Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Cinematogr...
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MISSTEP, 3min., UK, Drama/Fantasy
A banker is on his way to work when a careless trip on a railway platform forces him to question his prejudices.
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Writer/Director: Sam Brewster
Cast: Alexander Allin
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WINE AND EGGS short film, 5min., Turkey, Crime/Drama
A woman watches out the window of in the house. The excitement that she had when her husband's knock the door shows us that days end would be different than other days.
Writer/Director: Sertac Bozkurt
Writer: Hanife Sahin Bozkurt
Cast: Deniz Okay, Soner Cuger
Cinematographer: Nazim Yilmaz
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WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID short film, 4min., Drama/Family
A family is in pain after losing their mother and wife. Will these family members say what they desperately need to say? Or will their fractures deepen?
Director Statement
I wrote and produced WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID because the dining room table is the center of so many families. It's sometimes... -
AN OPEN LETTER short film, UK, Black & White/Family/Drama
In 1950s London, two brothers reunite after their mom has been hospitalized. Will they be able to break through their communication barriers and become the family they need?
Directed by Omri Dayan
Produced by Jonathan Thompson
Cast: Jordan Samuel Jackson, Talan Cracknell
Director Statement
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WITHER short film, 8min., USA, Drama
Wither is a story about finding light in darkness.
Key Cast: Summyr Wright-Nelson, Cornelius Bryant, L.V. Hamer
Director Biography - Keisha Cox
Keisha Cox grew up near East Saint Louis, IL and studied theatre and film at Howard University in Washington, DC. She is particularly fascinated wher... -
10 SECONDS, 6min., Bulgaria
During a boxing match, Alexandra is knocked down. To return to the match, she must first overcome her past and present. Vision and words intertwine in Alexandra's mind where the real battle take place.
Director Statement - Evgenia Taneva
The short film “10 seconds” is about the internal battle...
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Eggs and Soldiers, 20min., USA, Drama
A single Irish Dad forgets the tree on christmas eve. Ned the older son's humanity is challenged when he risks everything to give his younger brother Marco a real Irish Christmas.
Director Biography - Imelda O'Reilly
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Tumbling Towards Home, 14min., USA, Animation/Documentary
Tumbling Towards Home is a coming of age story about Malcolm Adams, an Irish immigrant who moves to New York in 1989 to study acting under Alan Langdon. He works through the grief from the loss of his mother and his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman. This leads to his decision of where to put his hat...
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CRUEL WORLD, 16min., Canada, Drama/Thriller
As he drives down an old dirt road John has one thing on his mind: "Reunite with the woman he loves".
The journey is prolonged when his SUV runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere. Luckily a mysterious old man intervenes and points him in the right direction.
He arrives at a campground in sear...
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WINDOWS, 9min., USA, Thriller
A conflicted man about to commit murder desperately hopes a stranger can convince him otherwise before it's too late.
Written & Directed by Timmy Walczak
Cast: Anthony Consolo, Timmy Walczak
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IMAGINARY FRIEND, 17min., USA, Thriller
IMAGINARY FRIEND is a short film following a detective who reluctantly agrees to help her niece, a young girl experiencing vivid nightmares. While the 'help' begins as a lighthearted joke, strange details and events suggest something more ominous is at hand.
Written & Directed by Jason Sanchez
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Löffel, 21min., Germany, Drama
Günther is planning his death. He´s living in an old-age-home and can´t move his fingers anymore. For a long time he was collecting tablets and right now he has enough to commit suicide - if there wouldn´t be Heinz. The new roommate easily takes away Günther´s tablets. Heinz annoys Günther hardly...
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THE COLOR OF ME, 20min., USA, Drama
An adopted African-American named Lewis Clark, falls in love with a young woman named Lisa Adams, who has an unusual condition. Every hour, her skin magically changes color and she turns into 5 different races. Lewis and Lisa struggle with their relationship as Lisa continuously changes skin colo...
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BOOKENDS, 6min, USA, Romance/Drama
An empty-nester couple rekindle their flame after realizing how much love and care, though they express it in totally different ways, they have for each other.
Written & Directed by Lai Jiang
Cast: Shelly Kurtz, DeeDee Michaels
Cinematography: DeeDee Michaels
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CALL COHO, 16min., South Korea, Drama
Coho is a proxy driver who gets paid to drive other people's cars so that they can freely go drinking. His clients only think they see a man who is all out of luck but what mysterious past is he actually hiding?
Director Statement
This movie was inspired by the tragic Sewol Ferry accident that r... -
MONTH TO MONTH, 13min., USA, Drama/Fantasy
A traveling musician (Paul Bergmann) decides to try his luck in Los Angeles, but when supernatural things begin to happen at his new apartment, his life is forever altered.
Written & Directed by James Ersted
Cast: Paul Bergmann, Ivan Katz, Christine Donlon, Jake Bellows
Cinematography: Jeffrey...
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, 4min., Canada, Experimental
A man grieves the end of a relationship on a walk at night during a global pandemic.
Director Statement:
i don't know what i'm doing is an experimental film about a young man grieving the end of a relationship. The film was shot in one day in the middle of lockdown in Toronto with only a 3 per...
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8 3/4, 10min., USA, Family/Comedy/Drama
Armed with a formidable knowledge of Italian cinema, an irrepressible eight-year-old boy helps his grandfather recover from a catastrophic loss.
Written & Directed by SHAWN M CHEATHAM
Cast: Austin Cheatham, William Cheatham, Sarah Cheatham
Score: Andrew Braun
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VIRTUOSO, 15min., Italy, Sci-Fi/Drama
As a father battles with his Parkinson's in order to play the song his son once played so well, he's interrupted by his android servant, intrigued by the piano. Rollo, the servant, masters the tune to please his owner, but instead brings back memories best forgotten.
Directed by Nico Amedeo
Wri...
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A TURBAN & A BEARD, 9min., Canada, Drama
Witness three stories told over two decades shedding light on Sikh hate crimes in one nation. It doesn’t matter who’s in the White House. White supremacy is still all around us.
Medium Film Synopsis:
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