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SHORT40 — Official Selections 2025
Films that choose the time they need, no rush, no stretch, just story.

Short40 brings works that feel complete, expressive, and fully formed, whether narrative, documentary, or experimental.

A landscape where filmmakers build depth, explore ideas, and shape cinema on their own terms.

Created by creatives. Crafted by destiny. Rooted in instinct.
Juliette's Miracle on St. Nick Juliette's Miracle on St. Nick

Juliette's Miracle on St. Nick

When a kind elderly woman receives a visit from a magical cat, she is granted one final night of youth, transported to a 1970s Harlem jazz club filled with music and peace, before a mysterious crow arrives to bring the night to an end.
21 minutes
Mashhad Mashhad

Mashhad

Set in the holy Islamic city of Mashhad in Iran, the film follows a spirited young ghetto girl, naive to the great lengths her family must go to keep their identity a secret. Unbeknownst to her, an innocent day of play with a neighborhood friend puts her and her family's life in jeopardy. What unfolds is an extraordinary story of religion as oppression, and faith as survival, and a retelling of Iran's long lost ethnic group.
20 minutes
Michael Michael

Michael

MICHAEL is a psychological short film that takes us into a journey of storytelling itself. Revealing how a writer’s world, both external and internal, can shape, distort and redefine the stories they tell.
In a world filled with noise, conflict, contradiction and confusion, a disillusioned author, on his friends advise, escapes from the chaotic city life to a village in search of tranquility, clarity and inspiration. But instead of peace, he encounters a strange, unsettling tale, one that blurs the lines between memory, imagination and reality.
Through Ravba, the mysterious caretaker of the house, the writer learns of his tragic love story while working in circus- Ravba’s forbidden affair with Jenni, the wife of a circus owner named Michael. When their secret is exposed, a chain of violence and revenge unfolds.
As the lines between Ravba’s memories and the writer’s imagination blur, the story takes on a life of its own. Is it a story that has happened with Ravba or a creative invention or something in between? MICHAEL invites the audience to decide if this is what he discovers real or just a figment of his imagination or somewhere in between
39 minutes
THREE WISHES. ONE TRUTH. THREE WISHES. ONE TRUTH.

THREE WISHES. ONE TRUTH.

Autumn, 1984. Valeria is ten years old; she and her brother live the constant distress of their father's violence and their mother's submission and complicity. Valeria is forced to hide what's going on. On her birthday, her best friend reveals a secret: at the sound of music boxes, the saddest truths can be told, as they hurt less. Valeria has a plan now. Will it work?
17 minutes
Tuesday Blues or DON'T LOOK BACK Tuesday Blues or DON'T LOOK BACK

Tuesday Blues or DON'T LOOK BACK

A poem put to film. A young man wandering through Paris, facing himself, the world, and existence.
28 minutes
What Will People Say? What Will People Say?

What Will People Say?

In Ahmedabad, India - a city scarred by the 2002 riots - Gulnaz breaks barriers as a community radio jockey.
Gulnaz is the first female breadwinner in her family and the first woman in her area to work outside the home. Despite having no formal education in media, she became a voice for many. Through her show Shahernama, she challenges patriarchy, amplifies the voices of the marginalized and fosters interfaith understanding in an increasingly divided society.

Amidst her fight for social change, Gulnaz also grapples with her own struggle for freedom and autonomy. This is the story of a young Muslim woman daring to dream differently in a patriarchal society determined to silence her.
40 minutes

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