controversialshort films

Films that pick a fight. Shorts that say the thing most won't.

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controversialshort films

Films that pick a fight. Shorts that say the thing most won't.

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Curator’s note

Controversial short films that refuse to look away

A controversial short does not flinch. It goes where polite stories stop, sits inside the uncomfortable choice, and leaves you arguing with yourself on the way out. The films here court the difficult subject on purpose, not for shock but because the hard question is the whole point.

Kompromat drops a far-right politician under siege from the mainstream media and watches loyalty curdle, while Portrait puts a model in the room with an abusive, predatory photographer and refuses to soften it. Sarah Chong Is Going to Kill Herself follows a maltreated receptionist who decides to take matters into her own hands, and Thank You So Much turns Clap for Carers neighbours against the nurse next door.

For more films that pick the fight, Shallow is about being a good person, in a forest, with a shovel, and Stray Dog tightens loneliness, crime and drugs around a Swiss street drama. All free to watch, none of them safe. Come ready to disagree.