Amidst financial struggles, Majid comes up with a risky ploy in order to better the lives of him and his family. Exploring themes of poverty, gender inequality, and youthful naivety, FUNFAIR is a slow burn that suddenly builds to one of the most memorable final scenes in our shorts program this year.

FUNFAIR

Amidst financial struggles, a young man concocts a scheme to better the lives of his family, but it comes with a cost that...

A Hong Kong hitman retires as a fisherman on the peaceful Grass Island with his mother. One day, his Chinese apprentice shows up, tasked to kill him before the last ferry departs. The ex hitman is not surprised by her return and asks for one last favour.

THE LAST FERRY FROM GRASS ISLAND

A Chinese hitman shows up at her former master's home on Grass Island, tasked with killing him.

After a night of partying, Alex wakes up in her bed and sleeping next to her is her roommate Leo. She doesn't remember how she ended up in the bed, but Alex does. Things start getting complicated as it seems like this has happened before. As of this morning, nothing will be the same between the two. Will they just remain friends or is there something else going on?

LEO & ALEX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Two roommates wake up in the same bed after a night of partying and they are forced to reevaluate their relationship.

THE SILENCE OF THE RIVER is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short (Live-Action or Animated). Juan is a 9-year-old kid who lives with his dad in a floating house on the Amazon river. He spends most of his day exploring alone while his dad sleeps since he works as a fisherman at night. Through a dream-like journey into the Amazon rainforest, Juan follows his dad one night and discovers the truth about him in this beautifully shot Peruvian film.

THE SILENCE OF THE RIVER

On the Amazon river, Juan follows his father fishing one night but soon discovers the truth about his dad in this dream-like Peruvian...

A foreigner in Ghana gets an assignment from his gang to find kids for a risky job that will take place later that evening. While spending the day with two energetic children, Prince and Matilda, he starts to question his decision and how it will affect their lives. Belgian director Anthony Nti returns to his birth country of Ghana to film this beautiful and harrowing story of youth, desperation, and hope.

DA YIE

In Ghana, two children spend the day with a gang member who treats them to food and fun, but he has ulterior motives...

A troubled boy living on the streets of Dublin finds himself in hot water when he gets in a fistfight, and soon realizes that a fast-paced, free-roaming life with his friends might not always lead to the best choices.

SHERGAR

A boy living a fast-paced life with his friends on the streets of Dublin finds himself in trouble after a fistfight.

Between working as a nurse and taking care of her uncle, a poet living with memory loss, Nadege lives a dull life and lacks the confidence to get what she wants from life. She then discovers a new passion that awakens a hidden side of her...the world of wrestling. WANTED: STRONG WOMAN is a fun, beautiful, and emotional short film that is bristling with poetry, wrestling, and feminine strength.

WANTED: STRONG WOMAN

A nurse living a dull life finds new meaning and confidence when she discovers a passion for wrestling.

CHEN CHEN is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Best Student Short Film Award. While taking care of his home-ridden brother with cerebral palsy, Chen is made aware that, despite being disabled, his brother has the same sexual urges and desires as everyone else, something that no one had ever considered. Heart-wrenched and empathetic, Chen decides to take his brother out of their home to let him experience what life is like in the real world, leading to an adventure full of unforeseen consequences.

CHEN CHEN

Chen attempts to help his house-ridden brother with cerebral palsy explore the outside world, leading to an adventure full of unforeseen consequences.

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