The problems we live inside but rarely name out loud. Shorts that put a human face on the bigger picture.
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Klipist is where short films find their audience. Hand-curated, independently run, watched in all 193 countries of the world. If you’ve made something great, we want to see it.
The short film has always been cinema's conscience: small enough to take a risk, sharp enough to land a point. These films take on the things features often soften, and they do it in a single sitting. Hand-picked, complete, and free to watch.
Sprache ist Leben follows a deaf boy fleeing Syria for a new life in Switzerland, and The World Beyond Me finds a woman dreaming of freedom inside Mumbai's red-light district. Wendy & Vee watches a daughter decide to act on her mother's abusive boyfriend, while The Nightingale sits with a survivor finding her voice again.
The best social-issue short films make you feel the argument rather than hear it. Gym Patriot tracks a man's unease curdling into something uglier when he hears Arabic singing, and Samaritan tests a Muslim doctor who stumbles on the body of a right-wing politician. Every film here was chosen by our editors and streams free in all 193 countries, with no subscription. Press play and sit with it.
