Palm Springs International ShortFest is showcasing 333 films including 42 World Premieres, 32 International Premieres, 42 North American Premieres and 13 U.S. Premieres with films coming from 62 countries around the world. There are 55 curated programs, which will screen June 19-25, at the Palm Springs Cultural Center in Palm Springs. More than 5,300 of the festival submissions will be available in the Film Market for industry attendees to view.  The complete line-up is available at www.psfilmfest.org.

“We’re thrilled to be sharing this year’s lineup,” said ShortFest Festival Director Lili Rodriguez. “With an increase in submission numbers, we knew we’d have our work cut out for us, but the programming team has narrowed down the selection to a wonderful collection that includes some of this year’s festival favorites as well as amazing new discoveries. We were so impressed by the quality of these stories and we can’t wait to pack into theatres and share them with our audience this summer.”

This year’s list of films include the following:

WOLRD PREMIERES

·         Are You Still Singing? (USA), Directed by: Gillian Barnes

·         August Sun (UK), Directed by: Franco Volpi

·         Babygirl (Australia), Directed by: Lara Gissing

·         Bertie (UK), Directed by: Garry Crystal

·         Broken Bunny (Canada), Directed by: Meredith Hama-Brown

·         The Christmas Fish (Czech Republic), Directed by: Cole Stamm

·         Cornflower (USA), Directed by: Sam Evoy

·         Dead to the World (UK), Directed by: Freddie Hall

·         Delivery (USA), Directed by: Joe Boothe

·         Dima (UK), Directed by: Remi Itani

·         Dulce (Colombia), Directed by: Guille Isa, Angello Faccini

·         Fence (Kosovo), Directed by: Lendita Zeqiraj

·         The Fish & the Sea (Canada), Directed by: Phillip Thomas

·         Freaks of Nurture (Canada), Directed by: Alexandra Lemay

·         Good People (USA), Directed by: Gregory Kohn

·         How to Swim (Israel), Directed by: Noa Gusakov

·         The Invader's Song (UK), Directed by: Emma Swinton

·         It's a Match (USA), Directed by: Ron Najor

·         Keep Coming Back! (Canada), Directed by: Brendan Brady

·         Last Requests (USA), Directed by: Courtenay Johnson

·         Library of God (Norway), Directed by: Stian Hafstad

·         Mammoth (USA), Directed by: Ariel Heller

·         The Master of York (UK), Directed by: Kieron Quirke

·         The Mute (Vietnam), Directed by: An Pham

·         My Ex-Girlfriend Is a Shovel (USA), Directed by: Dezi Gallegos

·         Nettles (USA), Directed by: Raven Jackson

·         Open Wide (UK), Directed by: Behnam Taheri, Gideon Beresford

·         Perisher (Australia), Directed by: Gabriel Hutchings

·         Pink Lemonade (USA), Directed by: Christian Sprenger

·         A Place to Stay (USA), Directed by: Charlie Polinger

·         Prey (USA), Directed by: Bill Whirity

·         Provence (Belgium), Directed by: Kato De Boeck

·         Punta Cana (USA), Directed by: Andree  Ljutica

·         Release (China), Directed by: Henry Liu

·         Shooter (Australia), Directed by: Andrew Carbone

·         Talent Night at Auschwitz: Bunk Five (USA), Directed by: Max Rifkind-Barron

·         Tomorrow the Sun (Switzerland), Directed by: Quentin Tomshire

·         Two Puddles (UK), Directed by: Timothy Keeling

·         The Villa (France), Directed by: Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud

·         Wait for Laugh (USA), Directed by: Patrick Franklin

·         Yellow Line (France), Directed by: Simon Rouby

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES

·         The Artist Has a Baby (Sweden), Directed by: Sanna Lenken

·         Bailaora (Spain), Directed by: Rubin Stein

·         Black Lips (Australia), Directed by: Adrian Chiarella

·         Denmark (France), Directed by: Max Mauroux

·         Dieter Not Unhappy (Germany), Directed by: Christian Schäfer

·         Eloise (Sweden), Directed by: Johan Rosell

·         Emma and the Fury (Germany), Directed by: Elisa Mishto

·         Falling (France), Directed by: Benjamin Vu

·         Fitting (Australia), Directed by: Emily Avila

·         Flightmode (Norway), Directed by: Liv Mari Mortensen

·         In the Arms of the Sea (Russian Federation), Directed by: Dmitry Moiseev

·         Kevlar (Sweden), Directed by: Tuna Özer

·         Let’s See How Fast This Baby Will Go (Australia), Directed by: Julietta Boscolo

·         Mamartuile (Mexico), Directed by: Alejandro Saevich

·         Melodi (Singapore), Directed by: Michael Kam

·         Mobile (Norway), Directed by: Truls Krane Meby

·         Mother & Baby (Ireland), Directed by: Mia Mullarkey

·         Mwah (Australia), Directed by: Nina Buxton

·         Once Upon a Time My Prince Will Come (France), Directed by: Lola Naymark

·         Prince’s Tale (Canada), Directed by: Jamie Miller

·         Pure Bodies (Belgium), Directed by: Bérangère Mc Neese, Guillaume de Ginestel

·         Raymonde or The Vertical Escape (France), Directed by: Sarah Van Den Boom

·         Red Ink (Australia), Directed by: Alex Ryan

·         Satán (Switzerland), Directed by: Carlos Tapia González

·         The School Nurse (Sweden), Directed by: Anna Brodin, Frida Sandberg

·         Suck It Up (France), Directed by: Jan Sitta

·         Sump (UK), Directed by: Mike Wozniak

·         Trois Pages (Canada), Directed by: Roger Gariépy

·         Verde (Colombia), Directed by: Victoria Rivera

·         Waiting Room (Netherlands), Directed by: Simone van Dusseldorp

·         Well Done (Israel), Directed by: Aryeh Hasfari, Omer Ben Simon

·         A Worthy Man (Denmark), Directed by: Kristian Håskjold

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES

·         An Act of Love (Australia), Directed by: Lucy Knox

·         Adam & Esra (Austria), Directed by: Achmed Abdel-Salam

·         After/Life (USA), Directed by: Puck Lo

·         Benidorm (France), Directed by: Raphaëlle Tinland

·         Bilby (USA), Directed by: Pierre Perifel, Liron Topaz, JP Sans

·         Bogdan and Rose (Poland), Directed by: Milena Dutkowska

·         Bog Hole (Norway), Directed by: Torfinn Iversen

·         Bordalo II: A Life of Waste (Ireland), Directed by: Trevor Whelan, Rua Meegan

·         Chuchotage (Hungary), Directed by: Barnabás Tóth

·         From Above (Austria), Directed by: Felix Krisai

·         Graduation`97 (Ukraine), Directed by: Pavlo Ostrikov

·         Happy Today (France), Directed by: Giulio Tonincelli

·         Hash Key (France), Directed by: Erwan Alépée

·         The Hitchhiker (France), Directed by: Julien Decoin

·         The Hooligan Soul (Brazil), Directed by: Marco Antonio Pereira

·         Imfura (Switzerland), Directed by: Samuel Ishimwe

·         Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) (Austria), Directed by: Lukas Marxt

·         Kiem Holijanda (Netherlands), Directed by: Sarah Veltmeyer

·         Lobster Dinner (Italy), Directed by: Gregorio Franchetti

·         Manicure (Iran, Islamic Republic of), Directed by: Arman Fayaz

·         Molt (Sweden), Directed by: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

·         The Moonshiners (Finland), Directed by: Juho Kuosmanen

·         My Best Friend’s Shoes (India), Directed by: Ajitpal Singh Dhaliwal

·         A Mythology of Pleasure (Germany), Directed by: Lara Rodríguez Cruz, Jule Katinka Cramer

·         Nose Nose Nose Eyes! (South Korea), Directed by: Jiwon Moon

·         Obon (Germany), Directed by: Andre Hörmann, Samo

·         Paper Crane (Australia), Directed by: Takumi Kawakami

·         Primo (Italy), Directed by: Federica Gianni

·         Rå (Germany), Directed by: Sophia Bösch

·         Roujoula  (France), Directed by: Ilias El Faris

·         Seascape (Belgium), Directed by: Leni Huyghe

·         Spacedogs (Germany), Directed by: Sophia Schönborn

·         Stopover (Switzerland), Directed by: Cosima Frei

·         A Sweet Story (Germany), Directed by: Moritz Biene

·         Thick Skin (Iceland), Directed by: Erlendur Sveinsson

·         Three Room (South Korea), Directed by: Na-yeon Lee

·         The Ties that Bind (France), Directed by: Yann Chemin

·         Virgencita (USA), Directed by: Giselle Bonilla

·         Wildebeast (Belgium), Directed by: Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips

·         Wild Game (Estonia), Directed by: Jerónimo Sarmiento

·         Yaman (India), Directed by: Raghuvir Joshi

·         The Young Patissier (Germany), Directed by: Ksenia Ciuvaseva

US PREMIERES

·         After Dawn (Belgium), Directed by: Nicolas Graux

·         The Handover (Germany), Directed by: Leonhard Hofmann

·         Haunted (Denmark), Directed by: Christian Einshøj

·         The Last Refugees (USA), Directed by: Tanaz  Eshaghian

·         Last Summer (Japan), Directed by: Asuka Sylvie

·         Lira's Forest (Canada), Directed by: Connor Jessup

·         Midnight Confession (USA), Directed by: Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

·         (OO) (Korea, Republic of), Directed by: Oh Seo-ro

·         Rewind Forward (Switzerland), Directed by: Justin Stoneham

·         Rien Ne Va Plus! (Germany), Directed by: Sophie Linnenbaum

·         Room (Poland), Directed by: Michał Socha

·         Tungrus (India), Directed by: Rishi Chandna

·         Waiting (New Zealand), Directed by: Amberley Jo Aumua

REST OF PROGRAM

·         #barewithme (Finland), Directed by: Ulla Heikkilä

·         Abnie Oberfork: A Tale of Self-Preservation (USA), Directed by: Shannon Fleming

·         Achoo (France), Directed by: Lucas Boutrot, Elise Carret, Maoris Creantor, Pierre Hubert, Camille Lacroix, Charlotte Perroux

·         Acide  (France), Directed by: Just Philippot

·         Allen Anders - Live At The Comedy Castle (Circa 1987) (USA), Directed by: Laura Moss

·         All that Remains (Belgium), Directed by: Anne-Lise Morin

·         All that We Carry (USA), Directed by: Erin Semine Kökdil

·         And Still We Will Walk On (France), Directed by: Jonathan Millet

·         AniMal (Iran), Directed by: Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark

·         Asian Girls (Australia), Directed by: Hyun Lee

·         Atelier (Denmark), Directed by: Elsa María Jakobsdóttir

·         Australia (Spain), Directed by: Lino Escalera

·         Ayesha (India), Directed by: Yanyu Dong

·         The Beaning (USA), Directed by: Sean McCoy

·         Beneath the Ink (USA), Directed by: Cy Dodson

·         The Big Day (UK), Directed by: Dawn Shadforth

·         Bird Karma (USA), Directed by: Willian Salazar

·         Birth Control Your Own Adventure (USA), Directed by: Sindha Agha

·         Black 14 (USA), Directed by: Darius Clark Monroe

·         Blackjack (Switzerland), Directed by: Lora Mure-Ravaud

·         Black Line (Switzerland), Directed by: Mark Olexa , Francesca Scalisi

·         Blind Mice (USA), Directed by: Nicholas D'Agostino

·         Bonboné (Palestine), Directed by: Rakan Mayasi

·         Bonobo (Switzerland), Directed by: Zoel Aeschbacher

·         Botanica (Netherlands), Directed by: Noël Loozen

·         Boundaries (USA), Directed by: Rhys Marc Jones

·         The Box (Slovenia), Directed by: Dušan Kastelic

·         Career Day (USA), Directed by: Ashley Deckman

·         Careful How You Go (USA), Directed by: Emerald Fennell

·         The Caregiver (Israel), Directed by: Ruthy Pribar

·         Caroline (USA), Directed by: Logan George, Celine Held

·         Catastrophe (Netherlands), Directed by: Jamille van Wijngaarden

·         Cat Days (Germany), Directed by: Jon Frickey

·         The Climb (USA), Directed by: Michael Covino

·         Counterfeit Kunkoo (India), Directed by: Reema Sengupta

·         Coyote (Switzerland), Directed by: Lorenz Wunderle

·         A Craftsman (USA), Directed by: Sanford Jenkins

·         Crisanto Street (USA), Directed by: Paloma Martinez

·         Cross My Heart (USA), Directed by: Sontenish Myers

·         Dancing Girls (Turkey), Directed by: Zeynep Köprülü

·         Dario (Germany), Directed by: Manuel Kinzer, Jorge A. Trujillo Gil

·         The Day That (USA), Directed by: Dorian Tocker

·         Death Metal Grandma (USA), Directed by: Leah Galant

·         Death of the Sound Man (Thailand), Directed by: Sorayos Prapapan

·         The Disinherited (Spain), Directed by: Laura Ferrés

·         The Door (Finland), Directed by: Jenni Toivoniemi

·         Down Escalation (Japan), Directed by: Shunsaku Hayashi

·         Dressed for Pleasure (Switzerland), Directed by: Marie De Maricourt

·         The Driver Is Red (USA), Directed by: Randall Christopher

·         Earthly People (Hungary), Directed by: Ádám Freund

·         Emergency (USA), Directed by: Carey Williams

·         End of the Line (USA), Directed by: Jessica Sanders

·         Été (UK), Directed by: Gregory Oke

·         Evaporated (Mexico), Directed by: Jimena Muhlia

·         Eve (USA), Directed by: Susan Bay Nimoy

·         Everlasting Mom (Israel), Directed by: Elinor Nechemya

·         Every Ghost Has an Orchestra (USA), Directed by: Shayna Connelly

·         Excuse Me, I'm Looking for The Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend (Austria), Directed by: Bernhard Wenger

·         Eye Contact (Australia), Directed by: Stuart Mannion

·         A Farewell (China), Directed by: Yifei He

·         Fauve (Canada), Directed by: Jérémy Comte

·         Feedback (France), Directed by: Margot Gallimard

·         Femme (USA), Directed by: Alden Peters

·         The Fix (USA), Directed by: Edward Jack

·         Fran this Summer (USA), Directed by: Mary Evangelista

·         Fundamental (Taiwan), Directed by: Shih-chieh Chiu

·         Funny Fish (France), Directed by: Krishna Chandran A. Nair

·         Garage at Night (Canada), Directed by: Daniel Daigle

·         Gaze (Iran), Directed by: Farnoosh Samadi

·         A Gentle Night (China), Directed by: Qiu Yang

·         Go Tell Your Fathers (USA), Directed by: Chloe Sarbib, Amy Taylor Rosenblum

·         Gustav (Ireland), Directed by: Ken Williams, Denis Fitzpatrick

·         Hair Wolf (USA), Directed by: Mariama Diallo

·         The Heights (USA), Directed by: Ryan Booth

·         Homegrown (UK), Directed by: Quentin Haberham

·         How Tommy Lemenchick Became a Grade 7 Legend  (Canada), Directed by: Bastien Alexandre