The 2021 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its juried award winners on Sunday night.
Winner: “Unforgivable” , Directed by Marlén Viñayo.
While everything is going down the drain, Jeanne’s only concern is to photograph Kiki, the class mascot.
Winner: “Step into the River” , Directed by Weijia Ma.
At the time of the attack of the Mongols, a young musician and the love of his life were separated from each other.
Special Mention: “The Interview” , Directed by Jon Miller and Zach Russo.
Late in the evening in a small Turkish town, a young couple are trying to find a hotel room to spend the night together, but they face rejection from every hotel for not having the required marriage certificate.
Special Mention: “The Girls Who Burn the Night” , Directed by Sara Mesfer.
Family expectations and financial strain force James to confront the transactional nature of religion, and the realities of maintaining old traditions in a modern world.
In Paris, Aly, a young asylum seeker from Guinea, is invited to a party.
“The Long Goodbye” , Directed by Aneil Karia.
Her melancholy blooms into bright and colorful “flower people,” dancing around wishing for a meteorite to end the world.
After getting caught in a fight, Vahid needs to sell one of his kidneys to avoid a long prison sentence.
Winner: “El Clásico” , Directed by Joel Vázquez Cárdenas.
Slightly bored in the new environment of fields and farms, the sisters look forward to the weekend when their fathers come to pick them up.
Realizing he has no means of recourse in the fully automated and privatized justice system, he attempts to reach a human who can set things right.
When this very thing happens to Nousha she enlists the help of her best friend Oliver, and they set out on a mission to delete the text.
Special Mention: “Snowy” , Directed by Kaitlyn Schwalje, Alex Wolf Lewis.
Best LGBT+ Short Winner: “Eggshells” , Directed by Slava Doytcheva.
Special Mention: “F1-100” , Directed by Emory Chao Johnson.
Best Midnight Short Winner: “Night Bus” , Directed by Joe Hsieh.
As the dick monsters realize they’ve been exposed to Venla in ways they didn’t intend, they come after her and Venla must confront an explosive nightmare of genitals and gender roles.
“Bambirak” , Directed by Zamarin Wahdat.
It’s not easy, but as a pediatric palliative care physician, she works to ensure that terminally ill children receive quality end-of-life care.