This is a list of notable independent short films. A short film refers to a film that is generally anywhere under 1 hour in length.
Film | Year | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producers(s) | |
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How Not To Date While Trans | 2022 | Nyala Moon | Eileen Makak, Chien-Yu Wang | [1] | |
Touch | Justin Burquist | Evette Betancourt, Christopher Holloway | [2] | ||
A Rodeo Film | 2021 | Darius Dawson | Ryan Binse | [3] | |
Leylak | Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos | Mustafa Kaymak | Scott Aharoni, Mustafa Kaymak, Dennis Latos | [4] [5] | |
Libertyville | Devin Scott | Suzana Norberg | Robert Norberg, Suzana Norberg, Wally Schlotter, Jeanne Scott | [6] | |
Pulp Friction | Mark Atkinson, Tony Olmos | Mark Atkinson | [7] | ||
We All Die Alone | Jonathan Hammond | Jonathan Hammond, Ryan Roach | Ryan Binse, Jonathan Hammond, Carla Nell, Yasmin Preciado, Shannon Taylor | [8] | |
Dirty | 2020 | Matthew Puccini | Cecilia Delgado, Matthew Puccini, Jeremy Truong | ||
Laura Hasn't Slept | Parker Finn | Jessica Bonander, Tristan Borys, Sean Dacanay, Jonathan Fass, Parker Finn, Lew Temple | [9] | ||
Leave 'em Laughing | Chris Cashman | Chris Cashman, Carlo Coppo, Christopher Lusti | Mark Atkinson, Dave Branfman, Chris Cashman, Carlo Coppo, Christopher Lusti, Annie Willett | [10] | |
The Power Agent | Mark Atkinson | [11] | |||
Things We Dig | Pia Thrasher | Courtney Eastman, Jeremy Katz, Stephen Mickelsen, Miguel Rodriguez, J.R. Thrasher, Pia Thrasher | [12] |
Film | Year | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producers(s) | |
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Abigail | 2019 | Max Hechtman, Christonikos Tsalikis | Jason K. Allen, Max Hechtman, Meryl Hechtman | Max Hechtman, Christonikos Tsalikis | [13] |
Feeling Through | Doug Roland | Doug Roland, Luis Augusto Figueroa, Phil Newsom, Sue Ruzenski | [14] | ||
Lavender | Matthew Puccini | Casey Bader, Corey Deckler, Tyler Rabinowitz | |||
The Neighbors' Window | Marshall Curry | Marshall Curry, Jonathan Olson, Julia Kennelly, Elizabeth Martin | [15] | ||
Rendezvous | Seth Kozak, Damian Veilleux | Seth Kozak | Seth Kozak, Bob Kovacs | [16] | |
The Color of Me | 2018 | Sreejith nair | Sreejith Nair, Fahima Mohamood | Rohit Gupta, Sreejith Nair | [17] |
Daisy Belle | William Wall | Caroline Amiguet, Ginger Holland, Beryl Huang, Jean-Francois Cavelier, Marisa Kapavik, Matt Sivertson, Edward Wall, Kimberly Wall | [18] | ||
The Dark Resurgence: A Star Wars Story | Michael McCumber | [19] | |||
Deviant | Benjamin Howard | Benjamin Howard, James Hall | Brian DeGour, Benjamin Howard, Ricardo Osuna, Wally Schlotter, Rich Underwood | [20] | |
The Fifth of November | Javier Augusto Nunez | Qurrat Ann Kadwani, Javier Augusto Nunez | Christopher Holloway, Qurrat Ann Kadwani, Javier Augusto Nunez | [21] | |
Mum | 2017 | Akash Mihani | Jackie R Bala | Akash Mihani | |
My Nephew Emmett | Kevin Wilson Jr. | Lauren L. Owen, Kevin Wilson Jr. | [22] | ||
Undocumented | 2016 | Chris Cashman | Chris Cashman, Michael Pancer | Chris Cashman, Enrique Morones, Michael Pancer, Guadalupe Valencia, Riley Wood | [23] |
Bardo | Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos | Petros Georgiadis | Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos | [24] | |
Hush | Michael Lewis Foster | Eric Casalini, Michael Lewis Foster, Ghadir Mounib | [25] | ||
Our Barrio | Ryan Casselman | Ryan Casselman, Yvette Angulo | [26] | ||
The Phantom Hour | Brian Patrick Butler | Brian Patrick Butler, Luke Anthony Pensabene | [27] | ||
Thunder Road | Jim Cummings | Mark Vashro | [28] | ||
Reformation | 2015 | Hoyon Jung | Joshua Fulton | ||
Adventures of Malia | Shubhavi Arya | ||||
Prego | Usher Morgan | ||||
Baari | Jatinder Preet | Balram | Iqbal Lahar | ||
Boudoir | 2014 | Gina Lee Ronhovde | Angela Barrett, Josh Eisenstadt | ||
The Case of Evil | Jana Hallford, Neal Hallford | [29] | |||
Stark Electric Jesus | Hyash Tanmoy
Mrigankasekhar Ganguly |
Hyash Tanmoy, Arindam Biswas | |||
The A.R.K. Report | 2013 | Shmuel Hoffman | Asher Crispe, Harry Moskoff, Layla O'Shea | Harry Moskoff | |
Alfie | Thomas Mathai | Thomas Mathai, Sreeraj Nadarajan | |||
An Obsolete Altar | Hyash Tanmoy, Mrigankasekhar Ganguly | Hyash Tanmoy | |||
I Love Her | Darya Perelay | ||||
Whiplash | Damien Chazelle | Jason Blum, Nicholas Britell, Helen Estabrook | |||
Ninety Seconds | 2012 | Gerard Lough | Gerard Lough, Michael Parle | ||
Curfew | Shawn Christensen | Damon Russell, Mara Kassin, Andrew Napier | |||
Shabbat Dinner | Michael Morgenstern | Eleni | |||
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons | 2011 | Ari Aster | Alejandro De Leon | [30] [31] | |
I'm Here | 2010 | Spike Jonze | Vincent Landay | ||
The Heiress Lethal | Michael Brueggemeyer | Marianne Bates | Tony Mingee | [32] | |
Sleeping with Charlie Kaufman | J Roland Kelly |
Xtranormal
Osipa Media |
Film | Year | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producers(s) |
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Amanecer | 2009 | Alvaro D. Ruiz | Luci Temple, Janet Duncan [33] | |
Another Day Another Life | Rohit Gupta | GiriMohan Coneti | Rohit Gupta | |
Her Name is Laura Panic | Adam Wingard | |||
The Old Man and the Seymour | Giancarlo Fiorentini, Jonathan Grimm | Giancarlo Fiorentini, Jonathan Grimm, Kevin Hill | ||
Saber | Adam Green | Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt | ||
Shrove Tuesday: The Legend of Pancake Marion | Lee Andrew Matthews | |||
Veenavaadanam | 2008 | Sathish Kalathil | Sathish Kalathil | Sathish Kalathil |
1000 Year Sleep | 2007 | Adam Wingard | Adam Wingard | Adam Wingard |
Laura Panic | ||||
The Sons of Eilaboun | Hisham Zreiq | |||
Grace (short) | Paul Solet | Rebecca Perry Cutter | ||
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan | 2006 | Mike Flanagan | Mike Flanagan, Jeff Seidman | Sea Cerveny, Amy Winter |
Nicky's Game | 2005 | John-Luke Montias | Peter Alson | Matthew Parker, Matthew Strauss |
Twitch | Leah Meyerhoff | Sean Warner | ||
Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story | 2004 | John Esaki | Amy E. Kato | |
Day of Independence | 2003 | Chris Tashima | Chris Tashima, Tim Toyama | Lisa Onodera |
Two Soldiers | Aaron Schneider | Chris Tashima, Tim Toyama, Bob Ducsay, Kate Miller, Betsy Pollock, Andrew J. Sacks, Aaron Schneider | ||
Remembrance | 2001 | Stephanie Morgenstern | Stephanie Morgenstern, Mark Ellis | Paula Fleck |
Rejected | 2000 | Don Hertzfeldt | ||
A Sense of Entitlement | Mark L. Feinsod | Scott J. Kemper | ||
Shooter | Mark Morgenstern | Denis McGrath |
Film | Year | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producers(s) |
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Reflections | 1999 | Pogus Caesar | Windrush Productions UK | |
Sleeping Beauties | Jamie Babbit |
Andrea Sperling
Victoria Robinson | ||
Me and the Big Guy | Matt Nix | Matt Nix
Max Stubblefield | ||
Visas and Virtue | 1997 | Chris Tashima | Chris Tashima
Tom Donaldson |
Chris Tashima |
Cutting Moments | 1996 | Douglas Buck | ||
An Eye on X | 1995 | Pogus Caesar | ||
Multi-Facial | Vin Diesel | |||
Requiem | Elizabeth Sung | Peter Tulipan | Mel M. Metcalfe III | |
Denko | 1993 | Mohamed Camara | Dominique Andreani |
Film | Year | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producers(s) |
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Within the Woods | 1978 | Sam Raimi | ||
Ars | 1959 | Jacques Demy | ||
Rally of The Giants [34] | 1980 | Beryl Armstrong [35] |