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Short Films from South Africa
A selection of short films from South Africa.
Short Films from South Africa
A selection of short films from South Africa.
5/5
Street Smart
2024
Animation
,
Experimental
4/5
Hero’s Journey
2023
Documentary
5/5
And Yet, I Remain
2022
Documentary
5/5
Between the Lines
2019
Documentary
,
Experimental
5/5
The Spider Web
2023
Documentary
4/5
Shaper
2023
Documentary
,
Experimental
3/5
Unexpected
2023
Animation
,
Sci-Fi
4/5
Luck is Alive
2021
Experimental
3/5
The Message in the Bottle
2021
Experimental
,
Thriller
5/5
Street Smart
2024
Animation
,
Experimental
4/5
Hero’s Journey
2023
Documentary
5/5
And Yet, I Remain
2022
Documentary
5/5
Between the Lines
2019
Documentary
,
Experimental
5/5
The Spider Web
2023
Documentary
4/5
Shaper
2023
Documentary
,
Experimental
3/5
Unexpected
2023
Animation
,
Sci-Fi
4/5
Luck is Alive
2021
Experimental
3/5
The Message in the Bottle
2021
Experimental
,
Thriller
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1 Minute
10-15 Minutes
30 Minutes +
Activism
Adventure
Afterlife
Alien
Animals
Art
Asian
Betrayal
Black & White
Breakup
Brotherhood
Canadian
Chilling
Cinematic
Coming-of-age
Conspiracy
Courage
Creativity
Culture
Dark Comedy
Deception
Disability
Diversity
Dystopian
Edgy
Ethnicity
Exploration
Farce
Father/Son
Female Empow…
Friendship
Futuristic
Gay
Gripping
Hair-raising
Haunting
Heartbreak
History
Identity
Immersive
Injustice
Irish
Jealousy
Lesbian
Loss
Loyalty
Mental Health
Middle East
Mother/Son
Murder
No Dialogue
Paranoia
Parody
Poignant
Poverty
Psychological
Psychopath
Race
Real Time
Relationships
Resilience
Romantic
Satire
Self-Acceptance
Sex
Siblings
Society
Stop-Motion
Supernatural
Suspense
Therapy
Trauma
Twist Ending
Unreal Engine
VFX
10 Minutes
20 Minutes
Abuse
Addiction
African
Aging
American
Apocalyptic
AI
Australian
Biographical
Body Image
British
Bullying
Childhood
Christmas
Climate Change
Community
Corruption
COVID-19
Crime
Dance
Death
Detective
Discrimination
Drugs
Eccentric
Educational
European
Family
Father/Daughter
Fatherhood
Film Noir
Funny
Gangster
Grief
Guilt
Hard Hitting
Health
Heartbreaking
Hope
Illness
Immigration
Inspiring
Isolation
Latin American
Loneliness
Love
Mature
Micro Short
Mother/Daugther
Motherhood
Nature
Nudity
Paranormal
Poetry
Politics
Prejudice
Psychology
PTSD
Racism
Regret
Religion
Revenge
Sacrifice
Science
Self-Destruction
Sexuality
Sisterhood
Spirituality
Suicide
Survival
Technology
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Travel
Under 5 Minutes
Unsettling
War
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