7 Nov 2026
22nd New York City Short Film Festival
I Don’t Know If I'll Have To Say Everything Again
14:10 > Brazil > 2024 > NYC premiere
Directors: Vitória Fallavena, Thassilo Weber
Synopsis: Fernando meets his mother weekly at a café. Today, he's going to tell her he's getting married.
BEST LGBTQ
Good Luck To You All
7:49 > Canada > 2025 > NYC premiere
Director: Cordell Barker
Synopsis: An animated film created from interviews with key players in the artificial intelligence field.
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL MENTION – MOTHER IS A NATURAL SINNER (Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, Germany)
BEST LGBTQ+ – I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL HAVE TO SAY EVERYTHING AGAIN (Vitória Fallavena, Thassilo Weber, Brazil)
BEST STUDENT – THE TRAP (Vitalii Havura, Poland)
AUDIENCE AWARD PROGRAM A – WE HAD FUN (Linda Lô, France)
AUDIENCE AWARD PROGRAM B – FAMILY SUNDAY (Gerardo Del Razo, Mexico)
The Last Word
10:15 > Ireland > 2024 > North America premiere
Director: Rory Hanrahan
Synopsis: A woman travels home for her Mothers funeral, unwillingly tasked with writing her eulogy.
2025 Official Selections
Mother is a Natural Sinner
15:00 > Germany > 2024 > US premiere
Director: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija
Synopsis: Unexpectedly pregnant, Hoda starts to examine common beliefs regarding gender roles in her relationship.
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL MENTION
Samaa
2:29 > Canada > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Ehsan Gharib
Synopsis: The art of listening with the mind, where unexpected movements and different forms of agitation result in a “spiritual drunkenness.”
BEST OF FEST – FAMILY SUNDAY (Gerardo Del Razo, Mexico)
BEST ANIMATION– THE SOUNDS OF THINGS ABLAZE (Hayat Najm, Canada)
BEST COMEDY – RETIREMENT PLAN (John Kelly, Ireland)
BEST DOCUMENTARY– THE CONSCIENCE FILES (Brian Bolster, USA)
BEST DRAMA – THREE KEENINGS (Oliver McGoldrick, Ireland/UK/USA)
BEST INTERNATIONAL – MY MOTHER IS A COW (Moara Passoni, Brazil)
The Conscience Files
13:30 > USA > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Brian Bolster
Synopsis: For many visitors to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park, the temptation to procure some of its glittery, colorful rocks as keepsakes has proven to be irresistible.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Three Keenings
10:00 > Ireland, UK, USA > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Oliver McGoldrick
Synopsis: Ian is a struggling actor who finds himself in the unconventional role of a professional mourner.
BEST DRAMA
My Mother is a Cow
15:00 > Brazil > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Moara Passoni
Synopsis: On a family ranch at the edge of the burning Brazilian wetland, Mia is desperate for her mother’s love.
BEST INTERNATIONAL
Family Sunday
16:00 > Mexico > 2025 > NYC premiere
Directors: Gerardo Del Razo.
Synopsis: On a sunny Sunday, in a housing unit in Mexico City, a merchant has not paid his fee and the sicarios have come to give him an ultimatum.
BEST OF FEST & AUDIENCE CHOICE PROGRAM B
The Sounds of Things Ablaze
6:35 > Canada > 2025 > US premiere
Director: Hayat Najm
Synopsis: A woman walks down the sidewalk. Her body remains on high alert, remembering the horrors of a war that continues to haunt her. BEST ANIMATION
We Had Fun
18:00 > France > 2025
Director: Linda Lô
Synopsis: In 1987 Bordeaux, while their brother escapes for the weekend, two children left alone chase the wonder of snow into peril. AUDIENCE CHOICE PROGRAM A
On Weary Wings Go By
10:00 > Estonia/Lithuania > 2024
Director: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Synopsis: The sun moves low and days get shorter. A porcelain girl wanders the abandoned landscape with no way out.
The Trap
8:55 > Poland > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: Vitalii Havura
Synopsis: A mother’s devotion to the occupiers and her son’s defiance collide in Kherson, with consequences neither foresees. BEST STUDENT
Retirement Plan
7:17 > Ireland > 2024 > NYC premiere
Director: John Kelly
Synopsis: At apathy with his life, Ray dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement. BEST COMEDY