Watch More Short Films Now On IMDb Theaters!
Indie shorts on IMDb Theaters

IMDb and Withoutabox present IMDb Theaters, a major new initiative to create an online global showcase for top short films. IMDb users will now be able to watch short films from the world's most exciting new filmmakers right on IMDb title pages. Take a look at just a handful of the many short films we've received so far:

Southwestern Orange County vs. the Flying Saucers: When flying saucers invade the vacation destination capital of the world, it's up to a lowly theme park employee to stop them.
That's the Name of That Tune: An aging clarinet player regains his faith in the world when he meets an eager pupil.
The Promethean: The nature of justice and the role of fate is questioned as a man struggles to escape the daily cycle of death and restoration in a modern retelling of the myth of Prometheus.
In Between Moments: A witty, platonic love story about a guy, a girl, and a breakdancing bear.
For a List of Ways Technology Has Failed to Improve Daily Life Please Press Three: In a world where medicine has eradicated natural death, one man tries to save his father from the government's population control program.

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