Family is the first place most of us are shaped, and the one we never fully leave. Short films are sharp at it because a single scene, one kitchen, one car ride, can hold a whole history. These films are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch. Stories about the people we are tied to.
All Through The Night follows a son determined to stir his dad's failing memory while facing his own, and Boy tells the story of Emilie, born a girl but always, inside, a boy. Bad Mother is an unnerving short about motherhood, while Crack Shot traps a former squash champ in a toxic father-son relationship.
The best short films about family hold the love and the damage in the same breath. And Now I Lay Me Down watches a once-famous actress arrange a perfect day that doesn't go as planned, and Chasing The Vein traces a woman's addiction back to the age of fifteen. Editor-selected and free in all 193 countries with no account to create. Press play and call home.
