Author Archives: DCShorts
Streetcar
Claire, the star of a t.v. series, is unable to get an audition for an avant-garde, Eastern European theater director doing a production of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire.’ She uses her influence to secure a guest role on her series … Continue reading
Purple Heart’s Final Beat
An American veteran returns home to find a foreclosure notice and a warrant for his arrest taped to his front door. This film takes us through a story that’s all too common, leading up to this day, and all too … Continue reading
Pink Sweat
Pink Sweat is the hip-hop love story of a very human girl and a very pink puppet.
Clicker Clatter
Clicker Clatter is an animated short that exposes television and TV journalism for the wasteland that it is. From scare-of-the-week programming to Katie Couric’s stupid interview questions, inane drug ads, randy rhinos, “boob terrorism,” and the frustration of scrambled porn, … Continue reading
Boo
Answering the door on Halloween, Kari realizes that the trick-or-treating ‘ghost kid’ may actually be supernatural.
Well-Founded Concerns
Nathan Weller is an unapologetic germophobe. Aside from weekly group therapy, he lives in isolation, happily spending his days in a sealed-off bubble of an apartment. That is, until a plague hits, the outside world succumbs, and a knock on … Continue reading
Worked for Me
Getting over a relationship does not necessarily require medical attention.
Til My Voice Is Gone
Love can happen when you least expect it – even in a nursing home.
The Music Box
A stubborn music box is coaxed open using a most ingenious idea.
Jillian Dillon
Jillian Dillon, a hippoplatypus, discovers that the universe provides solutions to even the most challenging and surreal situations.
Your Lucky Day
Winning the lottery turns into a nightmare when a young man holds an elderly man up for the ticket.
L1feline
A suicide hotline operator has to make the ultimate decision when he gets a call from his past.
Manual Practico Del Amigo Imaginario
At 27, Fernando must choose between finding love and losing Captain Kiloton, his imaginary friend.
Me Time
Steve’s social calendar is getting full. It’s about time he emptied it.
Miracle Fish
On his birthday, Joe’s wish of being the last kid on earth is shattered when he is confronted by a dark event.
Nico’s Challenge
A 13 year-old boy faces special challenges as he climbs Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s highest freestanding mountain.
The Incident at Tower 37
Tower 37: a shimmering water processing station, siphons every last drop of water from a once pristine lake.
F. Word Pizza
A man with no opinions on any topic has an unexpected epiphany about how to express himself.
Forever’s Not So Long
George discovers that the end of the world is the perfect time to lose everything.
Frances and Frankie
Developmentally disabled twins Frances and Frankie struggle for the right to self-determination and a family life.
Hands Solo
The world’s most famous porn star’s career gets out of hand.
Hipster Job
Hipsters, finger mustaches, and the wrath of God.
Chapter 21
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian activist journey to explore common interests among cultural differences.
Cupid
The god of love discovers it takes more than magic to win someone’s heart.
Delmer Build a Machine
The account of the most important event which has ever happened.
Expiration
The expiration date on your milk carton is not a suggestion. Take heed!
Educating Cooper
A troubled high school newspaper editor and the class weirdo discover that there’s no more to learning than attending class.
Bits and Pieces
Mesmerizing mosaics illustrate contemporary Jordanian sentiments, challenging distorted perception of the Middle East.
After Dinner
Don’t you hate splitting the restaurant check?
Wilcox Sex Therapy
An alcoholic sex therapist who sleeps with his clients must reconcile with his estranged son.
Thick As Thieves
While walking through an alley on his way home from his job, a bank teller decides to take up another profession.
The Wall
Two strangers, sharing a tenement wall, struggle through the pain of a common past.
The Lost Archives of Quincy Taylor
Quincy Taylor, the finest cop to walk the LA streets, suddenly disappears.
This Monday
Jack’s new work place is filled with extraordinary co-workers whose funny darak and twisted stories are as questionable as the job itself.
Stasis
An unhappy photographer discovers the ability to stop time when he holds his breath.
The Curiosity of Penny Parker
After a delightful morning, Penny struggles to follow her cell-phone-distracted mother.
The Glitch
A painful headache sends Harry stumbling to his bathroom where he is unsettled to see a stranger viewing him critically from the mirror.
Paul and His Wall
A magical date about a timid recluse who discovers love through a hole in the wall.
Pigeon: Impossible
Walter, a rookie secret service agent is faced with a pigeon trapped inside of a multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Olvidan
Will four friends ever see their beloved soccer ball again when it is confiscated by the mean old lady across the street?
Ride of the Yoga Valkyries
Two women have differing takes on their capacity for yoga.
Sebastian’s Voodoo
A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.
Interpretation
A romantic couple’s brief encounter with several philosophical thugs unfolds in an unusual way.
Jackie’s Spring Palace
Inside Shaun’s head, a movie is playing with no beginning, no end, and not much of a plot in between.
Mama, L’Chaim!
Through pain and laughter, faith and humor, Chaim lives with his mother, a Holocaust survivor, in an elderly home.
Meltdown
Last night’s leftovers are presented with a cold reality.
Miracle Investigators
Veteran miracle investigators must uncover a Vatican coverup.
Nodutgang
A young man and a bank robber must solve their problems before time runs out.
Papiroflexia
Fred, a skillful paper folder, shapes the world with his hands.
Clamp and Grind
A homemade superhero takes to the streets to do battle against the powers of parking enforcement.
DVD
Boy-meets-girl with scene selection / trailers / alternative endings / director’s commentary / eliminated scenes and more
Gwendolyn Dangerous and the Great Space Rescue
Gwendolyn Dangerous must land on the enemy spaceship to rescue her sister Angel, who is being held as a sex slave.
Hey
The journey of a little girl with a special pet toad.
VIOLA: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant
Stumbling on slippery moss at the 4 o’clock bus stop, seven-year-old Viola steps outside her little world for an adventure. A beautiful movie of a life time’s solitude.
The Replacement Child
Todd returns to his backwoods hometown to find a friend’s illness worsening amid spiritual beliefs.
The Trouble with Summer
A lonely man finds true love. But she’s 10″ tall and made of plastic.
Tortilla
A man returns to Mexico to visit his mother’s grave and realizes that a truth that will influence his future.
Uno Degli Ultimi (One of the Last)
Mauro is a 78-year-old Italian farmer who picks olives, grapes, cherries. He wonders why anybody would want to do anything else.
The Inquisitive Snail
When the Inquisitive Snail is dispatched by Luke to spy on the inhabitants of a small town, the Snail soon discovers that all is not what it seems beyond the well-manicured lawns of quaint suburbia.
Parachute
A precocious young boy strikes up an unlikely friendship with a checked-out slacker in his thirties.
Shop & Save
A comedy about a woman out shopping who thinks she’s spotted a big-time celebrity. Maybe the biggest one of all.
Signerz
SIGNERZ follows three street advertising sign holders to expose the myths of the business and ultimately go head-to-head in a street-corner competition for permanent advertising space.
Smack Dem Christian Down
Right-Wing Evangelical hypocrites receive their comeuppance at the hands of singer-songwriter Jay Spears, the Founding Fathers, and the Warren Court, deftly and fabulously separating Church and State.
Surrender Seamen
This piece was commissioned by the Portuguese director Marco Spirito Santo for emotive project and developed in record time.
The Aviatrix
Anne is lonely. She lives with her mother, has no friends, and is fighting cancer. Her escape from reality exists in the form of The Aviatrix, an intergalactic superhero alter ego who rockets through space to fight the powers of … Continue reading
The Confession
An offbeat short comedy about a young man who goes to confession, only to receive some … not-so-spiritual advice.
La Tangente
A young man washing his car offers an attractive woman a ride wherever she wants to go. The two set off on a journey with no plans and no direction, but as their relationship grows can they continue living their … Continue reading
Lil’ Italy
Meet Freddie, Donnie and Louie; three Italian children that desperately want to follow in their Grandfather’s footsteps and become gangsters. But they’ve got to graduate Elementary school first.
Nasuh
The story of a lecherous bathhouse worker who overcomes his carnal desires when hit by a spiritual revelation.
No Parking
Love at first sight when receiving a parking ticket.
Cute Couple
Zach and Kendra were the cutest couple … until Tim and Tammy arrived.
D. Mark: Hip Hop Artist
D. Mark Hip Hop Artist is a satirical yet sensitive portrait of a fictional urban personality whose intentions are easily misconstrued.
Grandma’s Funeral
A Mother and her two grown up daughters prepare for Grandma’s Funeral. Getting dressed in Grandma’s bedroom brings back fond memories of the times the girls used to play there as children. But poignancy turns to laughter when the Mother … Continue reading
Happily Ever After
Did you ever wonder what happens when the last page is turned? ‘Happily Ever After’ allows you to find out by pushing the boundaries of traditional cinematographic storytelling.
How My Dad Killed Dracula
A Halloween practical joke turns a family tradition into a night of comic terror when two young teens don’t believe their cousin’s dad killed Dracula. Insisting on proving it, Dad picks up a shovel and starts to dig
The Collector
Ever wonder what your tools do when the shed door is closed?
Untitled Film No. 9
A lyrical meditation on life.
When I Am on the Moon
There were robots everywhere.
A Day’s Work
Anna’s day begins badly when she is forced to take her son to work, and culminates in a unique glimpse into her inner world.
A Land Called Paradise
In December 2007, over 2,000 American Muslims were asked what they wished they could say to the world. This is what they said.
A Letter to Colleen
Andy London has been haunted by the events of his 18th birthday for years. In this short animated film set in the early 90′s, he writes a letter to Colleen in an attempt to put his demons to rest.
Attack of the Hot Female Alien Man Eaters
Two super-hot female aliens search Earth for men to meat.
Back to Fuschia
In their garden of love he’s sewing seeds of doubt, laced with jealousy. But she has ripe manure to feed his trust and, hopefully, help their relationship flower.
Corner Delancey
An unexpected illness draws a father and son closer to together–even as it pushes them further apart.
The Fifth
Four friends try to find a fifth player for their weekly poker game.
The Hitchhiker
A beleaguered hitchhiker discovers that getting a ride from the woman who just pulled over may require more than he’d bargained for. Two worlds collide in this comedy about what it means to help someone out.
The Run
Jack’s life is turned upside-down when he runs from a shadowy figure.
The Wine Bar
On a winter night in New York City, an average guy wanders into an upscale wine bar and innocently offends the pretty young woman quietly reading next to him. When her hotheaded boyfriend, comes in looking for a fight, Henry … Continue reading
Truth or Dare
Best friends are on a mission to spy on a topless sunbather.
Soft
When a father and son are independently terrorised by the same gang of youths, Dad is forced to deal with fears that he hasn’t had to face since leaving school, rediscovering his fear of confrontation at the worst possible time.
Sunshine Bob
Think a little smarter. Try a little harder.
The Barrows
The Barrows is a bittersweet tale of true love, and hearts entwined for a lifetime, in an imagined ‘what-if’ continuation of the Bonnie and Clyde legend.
The Battle of Cable Street
A grandfather creates a strange, new world for his grandson as he recounts the anti-Fascist movement in London.
The Bleeder
A classic tale of good vs. evil — with nose bleeds.
Smiling Addiction
A short film about the pursuit of happiness and self medication.
Roskosmos
On a secret mission in the late sixties two Cosmonauts suffer massive failure upon reentry to Earth and must deal with the fact that they will never return home.
Robin Williams Has No Top Lip
Overheard in a new york city coffee shop.
Push
Above all things decided the fate and weaves the threads of life, men are actors, famous, and sometimes winning, sometimes meager extras.
Public Art, Private Parts
A short documentary on the “controversial” crocheted sculptures of DC artist Ming Yi Sung Zaleski.
Partially True Tales of High Adventure
Charlie is just an average guy from Muncie, Indiana trying to make it in Hollywood. To survive he’ll need to rely on the gifts of every Irish-American kid from the midwest; the ability to tell tall tales and a love … Continue reading
Angel
A doll collector uses a girl without a spine for a new plaything.
Carla Cope
Carla Cope is the story of life, love and loss during the 9/11 tragedy in New York City. The film follows Carla through the city as she looks back on all she has lost while grappling with the uncertainty of … Continue reading
Being Boston
When Jeff is dumped by his girlfriend he buys Boston, a boxer puppy, to keep him company through the lonely months ahead. However, Jeff’s unpredictable behaviour means it could be some time before Boston makes this man his best friend.
Glimpse
A study of the life of painter Willem de Kooning, and a stream of consciousness narrative concerning the impermanence of life.
Glass, Concrete, and Stone
A short film about buildings that focuses on the aesthetics of leveling.
Fast Love
Can you find love in a fast-food drive in?
Do You Have a Minute
A political satire about two sidewalk activists with opposing views who see if they can find something in common.
John Voltz, Whistler
Jim collects memorabilia about whistling.
Missed Connections
In a world full of options and opportunities, have you ever wondered about the places you never went to? The friends you never got a chance to know? The love you never made the effort to discover?
We Do Flat Tops
A blind barber suffering from Parkinson’s disease finds the courage to take his final bow in life.
A Man in the Attic
An American Muslim ponders, discusses and ruminates on his position in America, and the decline of his people in western civilization.
Un-Natural Sate
A look at DC’s denial of democracy and asks the question of whether or not democracy is a natural part of society.
Venti Vice
The adrenaline-filled adventure of two detectives taking on the hop heads and the dreaded caffeine cartel — it’s the Fuzz vs. the Buzz.
The Time Machine
A young man goes back in time to salvage a less-than-stellar first sexual encounter.
Tree for Two
A quick-tempered witch moves into a new home with her companion dog.
The Leeward Tide
Every so often, a bottle washes ashore with a miracle inside.
The Dawn Chorus
It’s been seven years since the plane crashed, so why are Bonnie and Lloyd will searching for their parents in the wreckage.
Shiner
The lives of an elderly obesessive compulsive hoarder and an abused teenager collide on an ordinary day underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. Two strangers, chained to a terrible past, change each other’s lives forever.
Quite Contrary
Making a good first impression at a job interview is critical, as Mary well knows. But from the start, fate seems to be working against her.
Puppet
A young man who creates a hand puppet that hurts him in increasingly gruesome and bizarre ways. It is a story of desperation, fear, and an ever-present question: does the puppet have a mind of its own.
Multiverse
When two men daydream about the same woman, they enter each others’ fantasies.
Perils In Nude Modeling
A student on the verge o expulsion must choose between life-long ambition and lovel when a nude model makes a dangerous demand.
Masher Computer
A masher trips the light fantastic while traveling across America and the Atlantic.
Lucky Sevens
In his destitute state, an old man decides to risk what little he has left at the local racetrack.
Know What You Mean
A woman struggles to understand her date.
Karma Cafe
A Coffee Shop cashier instills confidence in a lonely, young man seeking love. Are they the words of “The Wise” or simply acts of coincidence?
Jesus Beer
From the Man who washed away your sins comes a beer to wash away your thirst!
Ignotus
A wounded knight recalls the most important moments of his life before his enemies do him in.
New Strings
A mother reconnects unexpectedly with her teenaged son, an electric bass prodigy, through his instrument and his music.
Nebulous 3
An experimental composition of frenetic cycling imagery combined with music. Featuring images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
My Last Confession
In this funny, creepy dark comedy set in the 1960′s a young Catholic boy dreads confessing the most grievous of all sins: “impure thoughts and deeds.”
Hair Lady
A musical exploration of one man’s hair and the woman who wants to collect it.
Home Delivery
A zombie-comedy based on a short tale by Stephen King.
Goodnight Charlie
A growing boy on the verge of leaving the fantasies of childhood behind forever has a last conversation with his teddy bear.
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
The story of Fumi and her extremely unlucky foot, including a shotgun barrage, wild moose attack, and infant electrocution.
Den Førpagters Hus
In Denmark, no one can hear you grin.
Dammi Il La (Run and Look)
The lives of three very different people become interwoven when a Catholic priest stops what he’s been doing, comes down off of his stilts, breaks down, and has to be put back together by a composer.
Checkout
A highly-trained ninja assassin settles for a job as a supermarket stock boy.
Boyfriend Latte
Catherine and Christopher fell in love at first sight. But can a woman and a take-out coffee have a real, long-lasting relationship?
Bone Mixers
A Hollywood agent and a sensitive gay man mistake each other for the person they were expecting to meet.
Available Men
A hollywood agent and a sensitive gay man mistake each other for the person they were expecting to meet.
A Short History of Sweet Potato Pie and How It Became a Flying Saucer
Here is the true story of Pearl Mallory who works as a cook at the St. Mary’s Court Retirement Home in Washington, DC.
A Christmas Carrot
When Ramona finds herself stuck in an uncomfortable situation, she turns to her grandma to help her solve the problem without anyone finding out, and they spend Christmas Eve together in the process.
Who Makes Movies?
Illegal downloading doesn’t hurt the producer or the movie studios. It hurts the guy with his hand in the mix, the guy who has his finger on the pulse of society–the fluffer.
Super-Anon
There’s a group of people overlooked by the media, who have an amazing story to tell. Downtrodden and ignored, they wrestly with living in the shadow of a greater sibling, fear of losing a loved one, keeping a deep secret, … Continue reading
Space Attack!
Under the command of intrepid explorer Captain StarKing, the crew of the might Big Throbbing Rocket find themselves engulfed by a deadly space nebula. Suddenly, they are attacked by the terrible Sauceroids of Saucerplex-9 and doom seems certain.
Slap
See what happens when people don’t tell the truth and start spreading rumors.
Modus Vivendi
An artist’s passage through several mystifying setting leads her to a transformation.
Lucky
In a Florida condominium community, Ruth and Harry spend their time doing romantic things like going to the podiatrist and the early bird special. All is bliss, until one day Harry brings home the wrong kind of tuna.
Australian Summer
Joe Herman are two homeless men whom, through Joe’s nightly stories, travel the world and experience everything that reality has deprived them of.
Clean
Dulce discovers a wallet full of money and struggles with the moral dilemma of whether or not to keep it.
Cost of Living
What would you pay to live forever?
Handshake
An innocent greeting is quickly transformed into a sick, tangled struggle for survival, illustrating the twists and turns of love at first sight.
Virus
Andrew gets a strange e-mail attachment from his love Amber. When his virus scanner tells him there’s nothing wrong with it, he assumes it’s safe.
The Furniture
“The furniture does not want to kill me.”
Sipay Khorlo: The Wheel of Life
Lobsang Samten, formerly a Buddhist monk, practices the meticulous art of Tibetan sand painting as he visits Helena, Montana, to create an intricate mandala called the Sipay Khorlo or the Wheel of Life.
Signs
The daily grind of city living can transform the mildest person into a self-absorbed, arrogant jerk. The signs and machines have had enough and are fighting back.
Joy
Sara Hickman’s award-winning short film about Joy, a homeless woman she befriended.
I’m Here
Ella wakes up in an enclosed space with nary a clue for how she got there.
Bush for Peace
Bush’s own words are used to create a picture of what could be if our president had a different agenda.
My Friend Peter
With the assistance of his best friend (a monkey puppet), Gerald meets another shy soul.
The Duel At Blood Creek
When a you choose a popular dueling spot to settle your quarrel, others might intrude. Winner, DC Shorts 2011 Audience Favorite Award
All of Me: Sex Over Seventy
A frank exploration and celebration of the sex lives of the elderly
No Baque – Soatá (On the Beat – Soatá)
The joys of Brazilian music and dance are explored through a unique animation of natural elements.
Abduct Me!
Strapped to a lab table, a man meets a beautiful, but naive, alien abductor-in-training.
Sold
Maya, a young journalist, has inadvertently been kidnapped into a human trafficking ring while working undercover.
Amazonia
Setting out to find lunch, a tree frog quickly learns that the hunter sometimes becomes the hunted.
Wiccan Tease
Wiccan teen Morgana has cast a magical spell on Rain, but will she return his advances?
Tell-Tale
An ice-cold femme fatale and her apparently naive husband deny the salacious crime they’re accused of.
Naiá e a Lua (Naia and the Moon)
Based on an indigenous tale from the Amazon Rainforest, a girl falls in love with the moon after learning how the stars were created
Oh Baby, I Love You!
Valerie takes to her friends to help her overcome a sexual tick that’s been plaguing her recent romantic endeavors.
Barko
A lonely puppy finds himself working the circus with a crowd of rambunctious poodles.
In a Heartbeat
Overcoming her shyness and fear, a girl takes action against the school bullies.
One Shoe Blues
Blues Legend B. B. King cannot find one of his shoes. Sock puppets co-star.
Playing P.O.W.’s
Through a game they used to play together, Jayson attempts to rescue his Grandpa Orv from the nursing home.
Something Fishy
For seven year-old Maxine, playing with her goldfish is all a game; until somebody gets hurt.
Kidwalker
An out-of-work twenty-something gets more than he can handle when he opens a child walking service.
Escape of the Gingerbread Man
A saucy retelling of the adventures of everyone’s favorite cookie boy.
What to Bring to America
An Ethiopian immigrant is pressed by family and tradition to make a decision as the moment approaches for her daughter’s genital cutting. Winner, DC Shorts 2011 First-Time Director Award
Brookton Hollow
Kyle encounters a mysterious boy who introduces him to a new form of love, and possibly a way to save his friend.
Sambatown
A love triangle among the beauty and music of Carnival.
Man With a Bolex Movie Camera
A manually operated 16mm film camera hinders the creative process when a young couple attempts to make their first sex tape.
Still in Motion
A man with Parkinson’s disease uses dance and movement to cope with his illness.
Perspective
A woman gets dumped by her boyfriend in a restaurant amidst violent, monster-ridden chaos ensuing right behind her.
Gear School Plug & Play
After ‘borrowing’ a spaceship, three students are summoned to the director’s office, where they offer a rather unconvincing excuse.
Arranged Marriage
Complete strangers negotiate and learn what makes a successful relationship.
0507
Sometimes an iPhone makes your life that little bit harder…
Tasnim
A feisty Bedouin girl insists on visiting her father in the Shig — the mens-only tent where village business is discussed.
Workhorse
A hard-working financial analyst on an internet date is drugged by an unexpected perpetrator.
Fatum!
After reading bad news in the morning paper, a man becomes a victim of his own fears.
Cataplexy
A man with an unusual medical condition is embarrassed to discover the call girl he hired is an old friend. DC Shorts 2011 Audience Honorable Mention
Out of the Shadows
After being selected for a green card lottery, Jin must decide between his future and his family.
My Good Fortune
Paulie travels from Newark to small-town Georgia to confront a fortune cookie writer who has given up hope.
Buon Giorno Sayonara
Language is no barrier for a recently dumped Japanese woman and Italian man as they create the perfect afternoon.
The Nature of Fall
When the expected return of his brother is cancelled by a sudden change in plans, Ryan sets out to keep his brother from returning to the military.
