Short film

Short film is a technical description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short subject. Either term is often abbreviated to short (as a noun, e.g., "a short"). A trailer for a feature length film is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a "short" for the complete film.

Although the North American definition generally refers to films between 20 and 40 minutes, the definition refers to much shorter films in Europe, Latin America and Australasia. In New Zealand, for instance, the description can be used to describe any film that has a duration longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes.

Very short films are sometimes considered as a category of their own. They are the film equivalent of microfiction, like the 60 Word Story. The International Festival of Very Shorts is a festival based in Paris which shows only films less than three minutes long. Filminute, the international one-minute film festival, has presented and promoted a collection of one-minute films across multiple media since September 2006.

List of independent short films

A to M

• A Country Wedding (2010) - writer/director Davis Baker, co-director Justin Smith, produced by Three Crows Productions 
• Amanecer (2009) – Writer/director Alvaro D. Ruiz, produced by Luci Temple and Janet Duncan of Luneta Productions 
• An Eye on X - Producer/director Pogus Caesar, Windrush Productions
• Cutting Moments (1996 in film) - Director Douglas Buck
• Curtains (1995)
• Day of Independence (2003) - Director Chris Tashima, Producer Lisa Onodera, Cedar Grove Productions
• Denko (1993) - Director Mohamed Camara
• Me and the Big Guy

N to Z

• Nicky's Game
• Rejected
• Reflections - Producer/director Pogus Caesar, Windrush Productions
• Remembrance (2001)
• Requiem (1995) - directed by Elizabeth Sung
• Shooter (2000)
• Sleeping Beauties
• Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story - from Visual Communications (VC)
• The Sons of Eilaboun - Short version (2007) Dir: Hisham Zreiq
• Twitch (2005) - directed by Leah Meyerhoff
• Visas and Virtue (1997) - Director Chris Tashima, Producer Chris Donahue, Cedar Grove Productions (Short Film Oscar winner)
• Within the Woods (1978) - 32 minutes, Director Sam Raimi