Roma Short Film Festival, Worldwide
June 5, 2025
We are proud to announce that the Roma Short Film Festival, through inter-festival connections across the globe, has the opportunity to screen accepted films in a different country each time. This global tour of the Roma Short Film Festival provides filmmakers with the chance to share their works with a broader audience—viewers from all over the world, not just Europe. Our focus is on countries with a more diverse audience. We are thrilled to announce that the films of this edition of the Roma Short Film Festival will be screened in Asia, and on June 5th, we will gather to watch the selected films of the Roma Short Film Festival in the Middle East.
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BATCAN - Directed by Riu Lohri, David Riedener - Switzerland - Runtime 1:0
Between the Great Plains - Mayian Kitipan, Florina Steiner - Kenya - 6:00
Bad Bread - Jack Puchala - Canada - Runtime 1:35
Lifted - Daniel Robichaud - United States - Runtime 8:40
Memory Lane Package - Diego Celis - Mexico - Runtime 3:00
A Happy Man - Isabela Alves, Lucas Bonjour - Brazil - Runtime 24:34
For All I Know - Sam Sabawi - United States - Runtime 10:00
Lights Up - Sergio Vizuete - United States - Runtime 5:40
Boiling Over - Paulo Miranda - Brazil - Runtime 11:00
If the Dogs Don't Speak... - Toritse Ogbemi-Daibo - Canada - Runtime 3:40
Vidunder - Emelie Garbers - Sweden - Runtime 7:00
Refraction - Theo Howard-Gabel - United States - Runtime 1:59
Being towards Death - Yurou Wang - China - Runtime 23:30
Ma Mao - Thanh Ngo - Canada - Runtime 2:25
BATCAN
​Switzerland
A man‘s can – a hero‘s struggle…
Between the Great Plains
This film tells the journey of a young Maasai leader dedicated to conservation in the Maasai Mara. Growing up with a strong sense of responsibility to his community, he found his purpose in 2017 when he co-founded Conserve Masai Mara—a youth-led initiative to protect wildlife and the environment.
Kenya
Bad Bread
Canada
A stop-motion animation about a man and his dilemma.
Lifted
United States
LIFTED follows Hugo, a reserved man whose routine life takes a surreal turn during a simple elevator ride. Thrust into fantastical realms, he faces challenges that awaken his courage and transform his outlook. Returning as a changed man, he reconnects with Claire, a young woman whose lost earring sparked his extraordinary journey.
Memory Lane Package
Grieving, María must face what is haunting her by watching her toughest memory yet: the last she day spent with her father.
Mexico
A Happy Man
A humble motorcycle courier faces his daily and cyclical war, where his greatest enemy is the unequal Brazilian daily life. But while there is still a dream alive within him, Marcelo gets up day after day, illuminated by a tiny bit of hope. Amidst the monotony that lies in need, a happy man lives.
Brazil
For All I Know
United States
An unexpected visit from her estranged daughter throws a pharmacist with OCD into a maelstrom of her darkest fears. As a buried history of postpartum intrusive thoughts resurfaces, she faces a harrowing choice: confront them or risk losing the chance to repair their broken relationship.
Lights Up
United States
Lonely and working security in an empty office building on Christmas day, Chloe scrolls through social media posts of everyone else’s perfect holiday. But when an unexpected friendship is formed, Chloe realizes the best way to fight darkness is to shed light in someone else’s direction.
Boiling Over
Wife asks for a divorce to her husband, and he accepts it. From there, an unusual and amusing conversation between them, exposing each other secret desires and unknown persona.
Brazil
If the Dogs Don't Speak...
Three house dogs entertain a stranger into their home.
Canada
Vidunder
Cassie and her mom are backstage at a children’s dance competition. Something has happened. Something hidden from her but Cassie, about to go on stage, knows. Mom is falling apart. No one speaks of it, but the monster is there. Who will let it take the stage?
Sweden
Refraction
A man is haunted by his reflection as he spirals into madness in a rundown motel.
United States
Being Towards Death
A journey through love and death and childhood.
China
Ma Mao
Mao is a cat who will do anything to protect his owner from the troubles of her workday.
Canada
