Short films
Short films of forty minutes or less.
3 Feet is the adventurous journey of Gonzalo, an imaginative and tenacious 10-year old facing the most difficult task of his life: get to school with clean shoes in order to prevent being separated from his best friend (his soccer ball), until the end of the year.2018Short3 Feet
A man in a striped suit walks until he encounters a wall that will not let him pass. He desperately tries to overcome this obstacle1998ShortThe Wall
The tragic tale of two unlucky amphibians and a series of escalating blunders that ends their flirting for good.2016ShortDarrel
In a remote village where the rain never stops, six-year-old Kyna spends her days playing happily, protected under her father Din's umbrella beard. One night, her beloved dog Nana disappears. To find her, Kyna must face her biggest fear: the rain.2020ShortUmbrellas
On the eve of its demolition, Berta visits the old theater where her grandmother used to work. She finds out that it's not completely abandoned - Mortando Malone and Big Blue Cat, her old imaginary friends, are there to help her solve an impossible case: recapture her capacity to dream.2019ShortBlue & Malone: Impossible Cases
Prisoners, two sisters share their life in a strange place. The mundane routine, along curiosity, will bring Prita to break the boundaries of the secure place.2011ShortBlack Doll
Atzimba is going to marry Jose. Her father sends his future son-in-law to take care of various duties. But the young man's cleverness doesn't do a lot of good.2008ShortThat Lazy Boy
Mother and Daughter are roped for life by an eternal bond that heals and hurts, and that is perpetuated when Daughter becomes a Mother.2022ShortRoped
Two small brothers endure their days through imaginary adventures and fantasies, but eventually the game gets interrupted and they are led back to a harsh reality from which they can’t escape2023ShortAugmented Reality
A sweet old lady is living alone in her farm, waiting for the arrival of death to meet her beloved husband again. One night, while sleeping, her life fades out and she is invited to cross death's door. Bue when she is about to do so, the old lady wakes up inside a hospital's ward, as an arrogant doctor has taken her back to life and he will fight hard against death to recover the old lady's life at any cost.2009ShortThe Lady and the Reaper
Through a child's imagination, it tells the story of a man who, after falling prey to his fears, must cross a strange world, a universe full of magic, where he will be presented with his fears and conflicts from the past and where he must find solutions to his destiny in order to discover his own identity.2024ShortIn Half
Fruits are one of the good things in life. This film is dedicated to their tanginess and sweetness, a jumpy animation of fruits dancing to the rhythm of the song “El mango” by the Venezuelan singer Jesús Sevillano.2014ShortÑam
In a busy life, Copi is a father who tries to teach the right way to his son, Paste. But - What is the correct path?2015ShortAlike
A Soviet Union astronaut dog explores space and misses home, not expecting what the void has in store for him.2024ShortLaika
The old witch from the forest is looking for love in several wrong places.2011ShortThe Witch
The life and adventures of Pedro Becerra, a generous-hearted Andalusian bandit, and the account of his troubled love story with the beautiful Margarita…1968ShortEl corazón de un bandido
Adelina, going for the first time to a museum, discovers her artistic side.2019ShortAdelina
Trapped in her routine, Mari Pili spends her days bored in the park feeding the birds. One day, a group of crows starts returning the favour by bringing her little presents. Surprised, Mari Pili decides to give them better food, making the crows improve their gifts too.2024ShortTreasure
Old Jacinta knits non-stop longing for a visit2008ShortJacinta
The tropical rainforests of Mexico and Peru. A unique poetic reality. The eternal dance of life and death as experienced by magical creatures of porcelain - animals, birds, insects and flowers – fragile and resilient at the same time.2019ShortWinter In The Rainforest
A lively animated tale that draws inspiration from Michoacan craftsmanship to express the jovial spirit of Mexican life.1998ShortDegeneration
A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.2021ShortThe Beast
In a city transformed by a diluvian cataclysm in the distant future, a young indigenous shaman woman's vision is strangely related to a similar vision of an old man's deceased wife across a vast span of time. In their visions the world's future shall be revealed.2008ShortIn August
After falling from a tree, Lea, a lonely and sturdy feral cat, is cared for by Ciro, a rag doll, who takes her home and introduces her to his family of repaired things.2020ShortWild Lea
After witnessing an old dark stormy cloud painfully rain and die in sorrow; Noma, a puffy white cloud realizes that Mixtli, her daughter, a dark stormy cloud, is in danger of raining prematurely.2024ShortNube
For our hero, every day looks the same. Or maybe they are too much alike: the same routines repeated over, and over again. One day, a simple wooden sign written "Park" will shake everything up.2020ShortMe
Join Pocoyo and his friends on a new fun-filled circus adventure! One day a group of curious aliens arrive in Pocoyo's world. Pocoyo soon realizes that these new friends are not just any aliens; in fact, they are circus aliens! Their new friends treat Pocoyo and the gang to a free day at the circus, where Pocoyo and his friends must work together to help save the show! Will they do it? Find out in Pocoyo & the Space Circus!2008ShortPocoyo & the Space Circus
A and N, a couple of peasants create an informal metallurgy workshop in the outskirts of Bogotá in the hope of a better life. The social, environmental and organic consequences they must endure in order to adapt to the industrial capitalism that storms Latin America affects dramatically their relationship and their history.2022ShortYugo
Jorge, an Argentinian writer in the 40ʼs, and Luis, a Mexican game developer in the 2020ʼs, investigate a mysterious question: What is Tlön? What is Uqbar? As each of them finds new answers, Tlön’s mystery will unveil bit by bit, exposing them to a revelation that will change their lives...2023ShortTlön
In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again.2021ShortLoop
In a world saturated with media information, EL escapes into a fantastic space thanks to his ability to draw. Among the cracks in the city, a plant emerges from his drawings but the social order eliminates it, motivating him to become EL INTRONAUTA, the inner space navigator.2020ShortThe Intronauta
A young King Arthur is awoken from his sleep by bad dreams, about a boy who is made king because he pulls a sword from a stone. He goes to Merlin to seek his counsel, and Merlin begins a story of his own, about a young boy with strange abilities and visions. The boy, called Emrys, is feared in his village called of as a demon. Eventually, King Vortigern comes and forces his village to build a tower for him. However, the tower crumbles. His wizards advise him to find a demon boy and spill his blood upon the ground. However, when the boy is brought before Vortigern, he predicts that there is a pool of water beneath the foundations of the castle that weaken it. The workers find a pool of water and two strange stones, from which two beasts emerge, a white and a red dragon.1991ShortMerlin and the Dragons
The life of the composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist Violeta Parra, in stop-motion animation.2016ShortSinging With Meanin
In a not very distant galaxy, an empire will try to nail their flag.2004ShortConquerors
Primos is a story of binaries, leaded by fantastic apes. A tale of two visions of one place. Matter and spirit come together to transform the nature of these apes.2018ShortPrimos
Two men accidentally exchange briefcases. One contains a videotape that will lead the new owner to embark on an unexpected journey to figure out what is in it.2018ShortKnockstrike
Amid David’s disbelief and stupefaction, 'Sandwich Cat' explains himself: he’s an alien who has swapped minds with his cat. He will spend a day with David and, depending on what he observes and hears, he will decide whether or not to destroy the human species. David, unsurprisingly, goes nuts.2023ShortSandwich Cat
An old man crosses the desert with a valuable load, a row of cages with cherubs of sublime songs; when one of them is carelessly abandoned, he reveals the divine power to give life to lifeless beings and things.2009ShortCages
In a small town, time stops for a father who has lost his son.2013ShortThe Waterwheel
Picchu is a story that follows the journey of an Andean girl named Mayu and the unconditional support of her mother. The path will not be simple. Mayu will rely on her determination and her mother's teachings to overcome her fears and doubts to fulfill her destiny. Picchu reflects the reality of many children around the world.2022ShortPicchu
In a black-and-white world, divided between two types of beings –“Us” and “the Others”–, Violeta inadvertently invokes a mysterious being that takes her on a journey in which she will discover a magical secret hidden between the black and the white.2023ShortColor-less
A toad bikes back home in order to water his plants.2019ShortWalter
A young hopeful Knight reports for duty at the King's court. Little does he know that slaying dragons might not be his biggest challenge.2024ShortFreelance
A female capybara and her cubs are fleeing from a hunter who has settled in the lagoon where they live. Their search for shelter takes them to a nearby chicken coop, but the chickens, seeing their routine threatened, reject the capybaras and react by setting boundaries to keep them at a distance. The curiosity of the youngest, a puppy and a chick, will make them transgress the boundaries and take some risks in order to get to know each other. The situation will lead to an unexpected end that will change the lives of both species and, perhaps, that of some other animals.2024ShortCapybaras
A little girl will have to sing to the mythical goddess of water so that this valuable liquid can reach her community.2022ShortThe Myth of the Water Goddess
It's a starry night in a poor neighborhood in Latin America. Óscar is sleeping in his room when a sudden wind wakes him up. From his window he sees a little goldfish in a dirty puddle gasping for air. Óscar will try to save the goldfish through a rampant adventure full of mysterious challenges.2016ShortWater Path for a Fish
Confrontation between creation and intolerance2004ShortDe Raíz
A mysterious man offers Peter an eternal bag of gold in exchange for his shadow. A year later, Peter will only be able to recover his shadow for his soul.2008ShortThe Incredible Story of the Man Without a Shadow
Gartxot is a Twelfth Century minstrel from the Pyrenees who is sent into exile by the new Abbot of Roncevallis. This Abbot's goals are to capture Gartxot's only son, Mikelot, and forcefully convert him into a singing monk. After being captured and tortured, the child manages to escape and sings once again beside his father having him promise to never allow them to lock him up in the monastery again. Their songs become a symbol of the struggle against oppression. Time and time again with the help of folk, they manage to shake the authorities off. In the end, as authorities manage to surround them, Gartxot remembers his promise to his only son leading to a tragedy that to this day is remembered2010ShortGartxot
An imaginary insight into Pablo Picasso's creative mind and painted creatures and characters. We enter in his head and walk with him the intricate maze that was his imagination to find the creatures and stories that populated his psyche and came out when he painted a canvas. His imagination is presented as the myth of the maze and the Minotaur, and some of the characters in the piece are in Picasso's real paintings - his famous dove, the Minotaur, and the ladies of Avignon, among many others.2004ShortMinotauromachy
In the middle of the forest, a bonfire will define the fate of Fayna, a young, colorless girl.2022ShortFayna
A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that his strength lies in recognising his own vulnerability.2005ShortBlindman's Bluff
Cast away on a desolate beach, Ricardo toils tirelessly on a massive lighthouse that he believes holds the key to his rescue, neglecting his daughter whose own plans might derail her father’s dreams.2024ShortShimmer
The story of a writer who, after having great success with his first book, has a disastrous creative block. So much so, that not even pencils want to write for him. In his anguish, a delivery girl arrives at his door and gives him a mysterious box. After inviting her in to have a coffee, they share a pleasant conversation about fame and success. What’s in the box? Nobody knows what inspiration can be wrapped in.2020ShortWho Are You?
A little cat that lives on a dying planet has to start a long journey. On this voyage he will face dangers and adventures, but will ultimately return home. This is a metaphor about life as a circle that began when we were just children at home. Based freely on the 2nd century poem 'The hymn of the pearl'.2013ShortA Lifestory
In the Middle Ages, when the dreaded plague ended the life of so many people, a young apprentice painter who lives with his teacher will find a way to deal with it.2009ShortThe portrait of the pestilence
In an old Mexican neighborhood, Elena is alone in her world. Felix causes a miracle when he arrives to her life and shows her how to access to other universes. Sharing with him those secret places will do the girl recognizes that her world can be longer and deeper than previously she thought, and that a blind boy like Felix is much more than just his visual impairment.2016ShortElena and the Shadows
In times of war, a child plays a soldier. One day he finds an injured man and decides to take care of him. Reality soon ends with the game.2017ShortFrontera
Andrew Oehler, illusionist and tailor's apprentice, born in Germany, departs to travel the world in search for his dreams. He takes his magic lantern and finally arrives in Mexico in 1805 bedazzling people wherever he goes. Can a few lights and mirrors provoke the wrath of the Inquisition?2009ShortLa Linterna Mágica a la Inquisición
Reflections on childhood, individualism and existentialism in the form of visual poetry.2007ShortThe Biggest Flower in the World
Animation short made entirely with sand on glass recorded frame by frame without post-production.2009ShortTake It Easy
Ian was born with cerebral palsy. All he wants is to make friends, although it seems impossible to achieve when discrimination and bullying keep him away from his beloved playground. However, this young boy is determined and won't give up easily. The emotional animated short film shares a story about a boy with a disability called IAN. Ian's mother created IAN foundation to fight against the lack of information and knowledge that often lead people with disabilities to be bullied and isolated. The short Ian rises from the need and goal of this foundation to reach every home with an inclusion message. Sheila, Ian's Foundation founder and works to make society understand that when talking about inclusion there is no time to waste. This award-winning film was written and produced by Gastón Gorali and Oscar winner Juan José Campanella's Buenos Aires-based animation studio took home the top prize at LA Shorts International Film Festival and several major international awards.2018ShortIan
The story of Lupe & Bruno, she is in love and he doesn't seem interested. The story unfolds at the public transport stop as they grow up.2005ShortLupe & Bruno
A salesman comes to town offering an extraordinary merchandise: to realize the dreams of its inhabitants, though, for a small fee. However, the locals do not have time to fantasize, more busy with their chores.2012ShortThe Smoke Seller
Based on a Puerto Rican folk tale, the story begins when Mañito, an owl, is invited to a festival. Not feeling happy with the way he looks, Mañito borrows some bright colored feathers in order to attend.1990ShortThe Owl's Feathers
A hole can be interpreted in many ways, and so can these 4 ways of covering it1996Short4 maneras de tapar un hoyo
The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of human-made decay. In the blink of an eye 66 years pass by and a savings bank replaces a church.2020ShortIn Ictu Oculi
Juan is a child who doesn't have any friends. La Nube is a cloud who doesn't have any cloud friends. They find each other and become friends. However, Juan grows up and gets lost in the grey adult world.2014ShortJuan and the Cloud
Don Ramón travels in search of fortune to the border between Mexico and the United States. Together with other friends, they will cross illegally, and a surprise will take them further than expected...2000ShortA Jump from Here to There
A flat tire shocks a passenger. Stopped at the roadside, she thinks about her life while the driver changes the tire, unsure if this is the right path.2024ShortThe Change of the Wheel
Marco is a boy who dreams of flying. But in the world he lives in, his feet feel glued to the earth. A conceited crow helps him to find out how children can fly2008ShortDe Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
In November 1936, a few months since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the government of the Second Republic moves to Valencia. In this situation, several Valencian artists and intellectuals decide to build four fallas — satirical plasterboard sculptures created to be burnt — to mock fascism.2013ShortFallas 37: el arte en guerra
Terrestrial life reached a very distant planet after a long odyssey through space, via microorganisms in meteorites. The night is eternal. Humans want to reproduce their past lives, but their baggage includes ancestral fears and absurd rules. The sky is falling.2024ShortAll Futures
A story of tenderness and fantasy that really make us reflect on our lives and the parts of ourselves that we have lost. It is the story of Lili, an introverted 11 year old girl who uses her imagination as a refuge from the world around her; a world that has been falling apart due to the disappearance of her father, her mother’s indifference towards her, betrayed friendship, and disappointment in love. But everything changes when she cries herself to sleep under a strange tree, under the watchful eye of Mr. Crow. Through this tree, Lili’s soul travels to a timeless world that is populated by lost souls, even as her body lays slumbering on the roots of the tree.2019ShortThe Tree of Lost Souls
One Sunday in 1991, Félix and his sister Gemma, at the request of their mother, cycle through the streets of Santos Lugares, in search of their father. Félix believes that his dad got a job on the planet Mars.2021ShortDad Got a Job in Mars
A turtle lives peacefully at the bottom of the sea, until an apparatus accident forces him to fight to survive and undergo the physical and environmental changes that human unconsciousness has produced.2019ShortThe Plastic Turtle
A father tries to make his little daughter understand the reason for his political imprisonment. The jungle serves as an allegory of society and the hunter as its danger.1972ShortIn the Jungle There Is Much to Do
In the most important match of his life, the once mighty masked luchador, Son of Jaguar, faces his legacy, his family, and what it means to be a part of something bigger than himself.2017ShortSon of Jaguar
A composer is afflicted by a strange illness: he can hear every noise in the world. Through his music, he will find a way to keep the noise under control.2013ShortNoise of the World
The story of five fingers participating in an arm wrestling match2018ShortHeroes
A shadow puppet artist must choose between what he loves and what he desires most. His wire puppet show makes the people of his town very happy. As his show grows, he has to face the biggest and most difficult decision of his life.2009ShortMr. Wire's Nostalgia
A journey through the conflicting relationship between a man, his social environment and codes.2022ShortPassenger
What happens when a port crane and a cute giraffe fell in love with each other?2006ShortThe Crane and the Giraffe
Twin rabbits Metstli and Toshtli are taking instant photos when Zacatuche, his youngest brother, tries to join them.2013ShortRabbit On the Moon
A stubborn fish collector faces his own boundaries in this maritime story.2014ShortEl don de los espejos
Journey to Mars (Viaje a Marte) is an animated stop motion short film. This independent production, which was made in Argentina, is the result of two years hard work. Since then, it has won 50 awards in different festivals around the world, competing in many cases against real action productions. The short tells the story of Antonio, a boy from the 60s, who is a great fan of science fiction tv serials and space trips. In view of the child's passion, his grandfather decides to take him to Mars in his tow truck.2005ShortJourney to Mars
The life of indigenous migrant children in Mexico who work in the tomato fields.2004ShortOur Story
A 1-minute cart ride through the mental shopping mall of attention deficit disorder. Inspired by found sound of a shopper’s vlog, hand-drawn without a light table, and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.2014ShortFocus
L'Hermite returns and will seek his revenge in the sequel to Piratas en el Callao2024ShortPiratas en el Callao y el Regreso de L'Hermite
A kid find his passion through the experience of his grandfather, all of those teachings come alive in a truly wonderful way.2019ShortHome of my Memories
When an imaginative little girl discovers that her older brother might have superpowers, she sets out on a quest to make sure everyone else sees him as she does.2019ShortMy Brother Luca
The incredible skills of a man with corn.2011ShortHotcorn!
It is the story of a child who overcomes the adversities of fate thanks to an inner force that protects him from the evil that reigns in a world inhabited by unscrupulous beings. His dream of playing the final of the FIFA World Cup in a light blue and white shirt will accompany him throughout his life. A story that shows the dark side of football.2001ShortPlata segura
An original and particular moving night at the opera.2010ShortAt the Opera
A man lost at work is bound to be present2025ShortDesconectado
A tour of the director's home in the midst of a pandemic mixes spaces, sounds, lines and events that make up a whole, capturing the essence of these current times.2023ShortConviértete en quien eres
Short film animated with the "scratch on film" technique, scratched directly on 16mm film and then toned with solvent inks. The soundtrack belongs to the Bongo Band.1969ShortBongo Rock
