A haunting and heartfelt collection of narrative shorts that explore grief, memory, and the ways we connect with the past—or with those who are no longer with us. These films illuminate the delicate, often mysterious threads that link us to “the other side.”

In a bustling laundromat, a woman wrestles with grief… and a fitted sheet.

Cycles

In a bustling laundromat, a woman wrestles with grief… and a fitted sheet.

When a realm traveling, asexual double dutcher’s religious father forces her to get married, she enlists her friends and fiancé to stop the wedding and free her older sister whose soul is trapped on their father’s land.

Sister Salad Days

When a realm traveling, asexual double dutcher’s religious father forces her to get married, she enlists her friends and fiancé to stop the wedding and free her older sister whose soul is trapped on their father’s land.

Maybe Jaime really is just stressed and that’s why he’s been avoiding everyone…or maybe something bad is gonna happen.

Not Today

Maybe Jaime really is just stressed and that’s why he’s been avoiding everyone…or maybe something bad is gonna happen.

Tired of playing by society’s rules, a new mom intuitively defers to her animal instincts to carve out a new life.

her bones my body

Tired of playing by society’s rules, a new mom intuitively defers to her animal instincts to carve out a new life.

The unique connection of two sisters as they navigate the liminal space of this world and the next.

Thin Places

The unique connection of two sisters as they navigate the liminal space of this world and the next.

A Hollywood production crew comes to West Texas to recreate the grisly murder of a local woman. Using locals to re-enact the crime, Reality TV meets reality in this bizarre romantic comedy about the (show) business of murder.

Randy As Himself

A Hollywood production crew comes to West Texas to recreate the grisly murder of a local woman. Using locals to re-enact the crime, Reality TV meets reality in this bizarre romantic comedy about the (show) business of murder.

After submerging into a bowl of menudo, an undocumented Mexican immigrant in the U.S. embarks on a surreal journey through his memories in Mexico in search of the rosary his mother gave him before he left the country thirty years prior.

Balada de un Inmigrante con Memoria (Ballad of an Immigrant with Memory)

After submerging into a bowl of menudo, an undocumented Mexican immigrant in the U.S. embarks on a surreal journey through his memories in Mexico in search of the rosary his mother gave him before he left the country thirty years prior.

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Southern Narrative Shorts: From the Other Side

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