Category: Best Short Fİlm – 2025 ARFF Paris

(HONORABLE MENTION)

Original Film Title: The Last Bus

Director’s Name: Nathalie Dupoirier

Writer’s Name: Nathalie Dupoirier, Amélie Raulhac

Producer: Nathalie Dupoirier

Country of Origin: France, Luxembourg

Country of Filming : France

Language: English

Runtime: 7 minutes 54 seconds

Film Description:

Gabrielle and Sarah meet by chance at a bus stop at the end of the day. Their first conversation is banal, marked by awkward silences and furtive glances. But just as the last bus is about to arrive, they start talking to each other.

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title:HEAD

Director’s Name: Phil Elliot Fisk

Writer’s Name: Phil Fisk

Producer: Phil Elliot Fisk

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 18 seconds

Film Description:

Seeking refuge from the noise of life a man ends up tortured by the sounds inside his own head.

(Audience Award Winner)

Original Film Title: I,I miss

Director’s Name: LIU,YEN-HSUN

Writer’s Name: YEN-XUN LIU

Producer: LUN-CHI PAN

Country of Origin: Taiwan

Country of Filming : Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 25 minutes

Film Description:

In a day of 30 years old ,Camille has her first
art exhibition and experience the break up with her fiancé.

Suddenly she can not understand the social role of herself nor self-identification.

The fear of unknown in the future, feeling safe in the old days, and the calling of her nature ,now these three different kinds of desire , they are in a war to decide if the new conscious and the soul of life will last and grow or be killed by Camille ?
Or how？

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: In The Blood

Director’s Name: Nani Power

Writer’s Name: Nani Power

Producer: Nani Power, Owen Palmiotti

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 18 minutes

Film Description:

A depressed older couple have just about given up when a visitor arrives and offers an odd form of hope.

(Envision Award Winner)

Original Film Title: Persistence of Vision

Director’s Name: John Paul Marsonet

Writer’s Name: John Paul Marsonet

Producer: John Paul Marsonet

Country of Origin: Canada

Country of Filming : Canada, United States

Language: English

Runtime: 18 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

For Thomas Edison, the creation of the motion picture camera was strictly business. For his young assistant, W.K.L. Dickson, it was much more. It was his destiny. This short historical documentary examines how the first motion picture camera in America came to be. Through Edison’s power and W.K.L. Dickson’s ambition they changed the way we view the world.

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: The Regret Of The Waves

Director’s Name: Lachesis Laval

Writer’s Name: Lachesis Laval

Producer: Lachesis Laval

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: English

Runtime: 10 minutes 23 seconds

Film Description:

In the serene coastal town of Glen Cove, a 36-year-old woman leads a life of quiet elegance, shaped by societal expectations and family obligations. Married into an affluent family, she spends her days managing the household with the help of assistants, sharing afternoon tea with her only friend Eileen, and taking solitary walks along the shoreline. Her life, while outwardly perfect, feels restrained and devoid of genuine passion.

One day, during her walk by the sea, she encounters a man—a stranger whose presence stirs something within her. His quiet confidence and understanding gaze make her feel truly seen for the first time in years. As their conversations deepen, he offers her an escape: to leave everything behind and go to New York with him.

Caught between her duties as a wife and mother and her yearning for something more, she wrestles with an impossible choice. Memories of her own mother, who left her as a child, haunt her decision. Determined not to repeat the past, she ultimately chooses to stay, preserving her role as a mother while sacrificing her own desires.

This bittersweet tale of longing, restraint, and the quiet strength of selflessness unfolds against the backdrop of a timeless seaside town, exploring the complexities of love, duty, and the quiet sacrifices made in the name of family.

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: Reverence

Director’s Name: Charles Evans, Jr

Writer’s Name: Charles Evans, Jr

Producer: Charles Evans, Jr

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 16 minutes 18 seconds

Film Description:

The Life of Stefan Wenta: Ballet Dancer

(WINNER)

Original Film Title: End of Story

Director’s Name: Adam Mackie

Writer’s Name: Adam Mackie

Producer: Kalen Eriksson

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 19 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description:

When a tortured author coops himself up in an old house to finish his novel, a familiar face shows up on his doorstep demanding changes to the story.

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: He Said She Said

Director’s Name: Adelle Leonce

Writer’s Name: Jake Vithana

Producer: Marnie Baxter

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 9 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description:

After a particularly explosive argument, a couple turns to their best friends for support. As they recount the heated exchange, the details naturally become exaggerated. Through an honest observation of these all-too-familiar “post-argument commentaries,” He Said She Said offers a poignant look at modern dating and the well worn stories of love and relationships. ‘He Said, She Said’ is a heartwarming short film that explores the complexities of communication and the enduring nature of love.

(HONORABLE MENTION)

Original Film Title: Belly Of The East

Director’s Name: Steven Eniraiyetan

Writer’s Name: Bekham Salehani, Tofi Sobodu

Producer: Keshia Watson, Andre Wooz, Prince Agyekum, Slix Fleeingham

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 14 minutes 21 seconds

Film Description:

What do you do when a story that twists the truth gets printed about you in the press? “Belly of The East” stars Keiyon Cook (Top Boy) and Reece Badzikola Itoutou (Joy). The film centres around the rise and fall of a record breaking grime group “The Hitrz”. A downfall that comes as a result a ruthless journalist and the story he prints about the groups alleged gang affiliations.