2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

Global Shorts

We love celebrating our global filmmaking community. From the bold to the intimate, we’re certain that this fine collection of international films will stay with you long after you leave your seat (or pew).
*NOTE: This program contains films with the Content Warnings: Self-Harm and Sexual Assault/Abuse

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  • Made of Flesh
  • Misophonia
  • At a Glance
  • Shattered Glass
  • An Island Drifts
  • Bachelorette Party

Made of Flesh

*Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Abuse
With a touch of blush and a few drops of lip gloss, Lucie is getting ready to start her training day to become a hostess at a motor show. A lifelong car enthusiast, she has the secret hope of being noticed by the prestigious EBBE brand. However, she is unaware that the training has only one true goal: to make her and the other 15 girls into premium women.

  • DIRECTOR
    Florence Rochat, Séréna Robin
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    15 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    French
  • COUNTRY
    France

Misophonia

*Content Warning: Self-Harm

Yoni, a young man dealing with Misophonia, is re-experiencing major events from his past. The 28-year-old confronts the trauma that re-surfaces from when he was a soldier in a military activity. As he hopes to free himself from the pain and find redemption, he explores the depths of his own mind and soul. 

  • DIRECTOR
    Laron Shwartzman, Ori Dishi
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    16 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    Hebrew
  • COUNTRY
    Israel

At a Glance

*Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Abuse
During his evening shift, pizza delivery guy Izem suspects domestic violence is taking place behind the doors of a wealthy customer. Do the police believe his warning? At a Glance is about a quest for connection by people from various social backgrounds, who are challenged to shake off their prejudices. For Izem and his customers, this is not without risk.

  • DIRECTOR
    Ruud Satijn
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    16 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    Dutch
  • COUNTRY
    Netherlands

Shattered Glass

*Content Warning: Self-Harm
On the floor lies a shattered champagne flute. Caterina stares desolated at the fragments of the glass, in the majestic ballroom adorned beautifully for the party. She humiliated her husband, Vincenzo, in front of everybody with an ill-considered phrase. She will realize her wrong ways and she will have to find a way to regain his attention and his trust.

Bicchèri - Trailer from Esen Studios on Vimeo.

  • DIRECTOR
    Federico Fasulo
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    6 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    Italian
  • COUNTRY
    Italy

An Island Drifts

*Content Warning: Self-Harm
Set in Singapore, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them. The story holds a mirror up to society, where a mistake can derail a life in an overly pressurized world.

  • DIRECTOR
    Vivian Ip
  • YEAR
  • RUNTIME
    19 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Singapore

Bachelorette Party

Maïa will soon get married. It’s an opportunity to get together with friends, during a weekend in the countryside. But the party gives way to melancholy: Maïa realizes all that she is burying with her life as a young girl.

  • DIRECTOR
    Lola Cambourieu, Yann Berlier
  • YEAR
    2021
  • RUNTIME
    30 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    French
  • COUNTRY
    France
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