Leon is old and his body is failing. He sleeps and dreams of love, freedom and sausages. A real dog’s life.

Dream on Leon

Winner at Palm Springs ShortsfestTo help her friend cope with the endless factory work, Alba tells the beautiful story of a sea-girl who was forced to make seaweed dresses because the rulers had stolen her voice.

Stained Skin

Elia Kazan (voiced by John Turturro), the informer who “named names” to Congress of suspected communists in Hollywood, directed On the Waterfront. Carl Foreman (voiced by Edward Norton), who was blacklisted and had to move overseas, wrote High Noon. This film imagines a conversation between the two using their own written words, as the film commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist.

High Noon on the Waterfront

Winner at Palm Springs Shortsfest and many others﻿The Union Street Boys were the meanest, mightiest child gang of 10-year-olds in South Brooklyn. Or at least that’s how they remember it.

The Originals

Winner of the Busan IFF Grand PrizeA nine-year-old effeminate boy, Shahrokh, humiliated by his family and friends, decides to adapt to his new identity in an inspiring way.&nbsp;

Adjustment

Nominated for a 2023 Academy AwardIn this funny and touching short, Turlough and his brother with Down Syndrome, Lorcan, reunite following their mother’s death. But when the pair discover an unfulfilled bucket list belonging to their late mum, their pained reunion takes an altogether different course.

An Irish Goodbye

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