Show Me Shorts, accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as an Academy Award® qualifying festival for short film categories, has announced the complete lineup for 2022 festival, which is scheduled to take place at 36 cinemas and community venues nationwide in New Zealand from October 7-30.
Show Me Shorts, Aotearoa’s biggest short film festival, is New Zealand’s first Academy Award®-accredited festival, with the Best Film and Best International Film award winners becoming eligible for nomination for the Oscars.
Scroll down to see the full lineup of the 17th Show Me Shorts Film Festival.
Show Me Shorts 2022 lineup
The Sampler
“The Sampler” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts features 8 short films, which highlight everything the full Show Me Shorts program has to offer. The lineup in this program section include short films from New Zealand, The Netherlands, Ireland, Singapore, Germany and Australia. “Datsun” by Mark Albiston and “Shark” by Nash Edgerton are the highlights.
- “Datsun” (New Zealand), Mark Albiston
- “De Pinpas” (“The Debit Card”) (The Netherlands), Thijs Bouman
- “A Runner” (Ireland), TJ O’Grady Peyton
- “Disconnected” (New Zealand), Maruia Jensen
- “Panggilan Terakhir” (“Last Call”) (Singapore), Eysham Ali
- “Manny and Quinn” (New Zealand), Siobhan Marshall
- “The Good the Bad and the Buggy” (Germany), Ole Micha
- “Shark” (Australia), Nash Edgerton
Whānau Friendly 1
Highlighting 7 short films from USA, New Xealand, Switzerland, Papua New Guinea and UK, the “Whānau Friendly 1” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts offers screening of these family-friendly short films.
- “The Social Chameleon” (USA), Alex Ross
- “Small Waves” (New Zealand), Matthew Walker
- “Idodo” (Switzerland, Papua New Guinea, USA), Ursula Ulmi
- “King Tupac” (New Zealand), Sebastian Vidal-Bustamante
- “My Brother is Deaf” (USA), Peter Hoffman Kimball
- “Cupids” (USA), Zoey Martinson
- “Cat and Moth” (UK), India Barnardo
Swiss Focus 1
Switzerland is the country’s focus of the 2022 Show Me Shorts Film Festival. The “Swiss Focus 1” program section features 8 of the 16 Swiss short films selected for this year’s program.
- “Phlegm”, Jan-David Bolt
- “Autosaurus Rex”, Marcel Barelli
- “The Record”, Jonathan Laskar
- “Cavales” (“Dream Racing”), Juliette Riccaboni
- “Über Wasser” (“On Solid Ground”), Jela Hasler
- “Es Muss” (“It Must”) – Dir/Writ: Jumana Issa, Flavio Luca Marano
- “Sauna”, Anna Lena Spring, Lara Perren
- “Le Tableau” (“The Painting”), Ludo Jaccard
The Cost of Progress
The 8 short films in “The Cost of Progress” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts raise the question, “What price are we willing to pay for economic and technological advancement?” The acclaimed short films in this program section are from Canada, United States, Kenya, New Zealand, Lebanon, France and Colombia. Dania Bdeir’s “Warsha”, winner of the Best Short Film in the International Competition section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, is highlight of this program section.
- “Herd” (Canada), David Borish
- “From Dreams to Dust” (United States), Stephanie Tangkilisan, Muhammad Fadli
- “Jua Kali” (Kenya), Joash Omondi
- “Atali’i O Le Crezent” (“Sons of the Crezent”) (New Zealand), Brendan Canty
- “Warsha” (Lebanon, France), Dania Bdeir
- “Green” (France), Arielle Cohen, Louis Florean, Theo Fratissier, Camille Poiriez, Eloïse Thibaut
- “Time Tourists” (New Zealand), Ian Sweeney
- “Merenberg” (Colombia), Daniel Negrete
Future Visions
“Future Visions” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts guides the audience into future. The 8 short films selected for this program portray “a brave new world of imagination with advanced technology, but it might not be all we hoped.” The lineup in this program section are from New Zealand, UK, Hong Kong, Islamic Republic of Iran, France, USA and Australia.
Step into the future with these short films.
- “Out of Service” (New Zealand), Sean Max
- “Xanadu Satire” (UK), Marina Waltz
- “The Giant with a House 2” (Hong Kong), Sin-hong Chan
- “Sampash” (“The Sprayer”) (Islamic Republic of Iran), Farnoosh Abedi
- “Nique le privé!” (“F**k Private Property!”) (France), Raphaël Daniel
- “Celebritas Ex Machina” (USA), Joe Nicolosi
- “My AI Lover” (Australia), Chouwa Liang
- “Come With Me” (Australia), Trevor Clarence
Breaking Expectations
8 character-driven short films from a pregnant woman who has been selected as an astronaut (“Unbound” by Sarah Moshman), a stripper cutting loose (“Better Daze – Hoss” by Zoe Mcintosh) and an archeologist who has discovered something she can’t quite believe (“Erratum” by Giulio Callegari) makes up the “Breaking Expectations” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts Film Festival. These bold and daring short films treat the audience to a dose of overachievement, eccentricity and sparkle. Erich Rettstadt’s “Tank Fairy”, winner of the special jury prize for Best LGBTQ+ Short at the 2022 Palm Springs International ShortFest, is highlight of this program section.
- “Unbound” (USA), Sarah Moshman
- “Skin Can Breathe” (USA), Chheangkea Ieng
- “La valise rouge” (“The Red Suitcase”) (Luxembourg), Cyrus Neshvad
- “Better Daze – Hoss” (New Zealand), Zoe Mcintosh
- “桶妝仙女” (“Tank Fairy”) (Taiwan), Erich Rettstadt 雷利
- “Corpo e Aria” (“Holy Care”) (Italy), Cristian Patanè
- “Erratum” (France), Giulio Callegari
- “Split Ends” (Islamic Republic of Iran), Alireza Kazemipour
Life’s Detours
The “Life’s Detours” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts features 7 short films from Belgium, Canada, Tunisia, Israel, USA and New Zealand. People in these stories are taking a breath to assess where they are, and where they are headed. It’s a refreshing collection of short films with a wide variety of settings united by this moment of crossroads.
- “Famille Nucléaire” (“Nuclear Family”) (Belgium), Faustine Crespy
- “Danavan” (Canada), Jean-David Rodrigue, Franie-Éléonore Bernier
- “Trinou” (“Train”) (Tunisia), Nejib Kthiri
- “Yaffa 11” (Israel), Hassan Kadan
- “More Than I Remember” (USA), Amy Bench
- “Perianayaki” (New Zealand), Bala Murali Shingade
- “New Moon” (USA), Jeff Le Bars, Jérémie Balais
Aotearoa Woven
8 short films from the rising talents of new and established directors go on screen in this collection of short films from Aotearoa (New Zealand). The short films selected in the “Aotearoa Woven” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts follow tales of woe and wonder – woven throughout is the value of deep connections with whānau and the ways that we can be lost or threaded back together.
- “Disrupt”, Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand
- “Sista”, Chantelle Burgoyne
- “Boneheaded” by Matthew Young, THUNDERLIPS
- “The Difference Between Pipi and Pūpū”, Tajim Mohammed-Kapa
- “The Finding”, Rebecca Tansley
- “Floundering”, William McKegg
- “Blue Smoke”, Ivan Barge
- “女儿来了” (“My Daughter Is Coming”), Lina Tianyue Hu
Twisted Twilight
The lineup in the “Twisted Twilight” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts is a collection of creepy short films. The audience can visit with monsters and those who seek to exorcise demons. They will be stalked by unknown malevolent figures, possessed by an alien force, and get lost in a watery netherworld. The short films are from France, New Zealand, Italy, Australia and UK.
- “Bourdonnement” (France), Pierre-Louis Bouron, Zoe Chataigner, Lena Hosdez, Aude Mahieux, Melanie Rohmer, Martin Teillet
- “Tangaroa – Alien Weaponry” (New Zealand), Alex Hargreaves
- “Colonie” (France), Romain Daudet-Jahan
- “Pianura Innocente” (“Innocent land”) (Italy), Francesco Bolognesi, Michele Cardano
- “The Moths Will Eat Them Up” (Australia), Luisa Martiri
- “Breathe (New Zealand), Stephen Kang
- “Ladies Night by Dick Move” (New Zealand), Stella Reid
- “The Well” (UK), Peter Stanley-Ward
Whānau Friendly 2
Highlighting 7 short films from Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand, Ireland, USA and India, the “Whānau Friendly 2” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts offers screening of family-friendly short films in this screening program.
- “Genethic” (Spain), The Third Lab
- “Anscht” (Switzerland), Matthias Huber
- “Hand in Hand” (New Zealand), Shelley Waddams
- “The Rocker and the Puca” (Ireland), Trevor Courtney
- “Punk It Tender” (USA), William J Blythe
- “Ngā Manu o te Moana (Seabirds)” by Jaqualyn Taimana Williams (New Zealand), Matthew Donaldson
- “A Little Someone” (India), Ramya Ankilla
Swiss Focus 2: Landscapes of Dreams
Switzerland is the country’s focus of the 2022 Show Me Shorts Film Festival. The “Swiss Focus 2: Landscapes of Dreams” program section features 8 of the 16 short films selected for this year’s program.
- “On Avait Dit Qu’on Irait Jusqu’en Haut” (“To the Top”), Tizian Büchi
- “Das Spiel” (“The Game”), Roman Hodel
- “En Août” (“In August”), Jenna Hasse
- “Ins Holz” (“In the Woods”), Thomas Horat
- “Pechvogel”, Natasha Carolus, Océane Klingler, Tamara Milošević, Anahi Rodriguez
- “Aletsch Negative”, Bonvin Laurence
- “Nachts sind alle Katzen grau” (“All Cats Are Grey in the Dark”), Lasse Linder
- “Il Faut Fabriquer Ses Cadeaux” (“Gotta Fabricate Your Own Gifts”), Cyril Schäublin
Isaac Bell Spotlight
The “Isaac Bell Spotlight” program section of the 2022 Show Me Shorts features an hour-long showcase of five films by Isaac Bell, a Whangarei-raised (Ngāpuhi) and now Christchurch-based filmmaker known for sci-fi films that have a dreamy nostalgic quality.
Spider/Bear/Shark Trilogy
This online session contains a critically acclaimed trilogy of shock comedy short films by Australian director Nash Edgerton featuring Rose Byrne, Teresa Palmer and Mirrah Foulkes.
- “Spider” (part one) – A prank-loving man takes things too far with his girlfriend. It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
- “Bear” (part two) – Jack has the perfect birthday surprise planned for his new girlfriend Emelie. Sometimes, though, plans go horrifically wrong.
- “Shark” (part three) – Rose Byrne stars as Sofie, a woman who loves pranks just as much as her husband Jack.
For additional information visit: www.showmeshorts.co.nz.
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