FOLCS’ annual International Short Film Competition (ISFC) was created in 2011 with the thought that independent filmmakers from all around the globe would share their original short films on legal, social justice, and human right issues with the FOLCS audience. Entrants are free to construe this theme broadly and choose any subject in which the relationship between justice, law, and society can be fashioned into a unique visual story. The films can be about rights that have been denied, harms that have gone unaddressed, courtroom decisions that are in desperate need of an appeal, government regulations and statutes that are fundamentally unfair, or attempts to express what “justice” really means. We accept films in any genre, including documentary, animation, and drama.

The annual international film competition offers independent and emerging filmmakers the chance to screen their work in New York City and creatively engage the public in discussions regarding justice and popular culture.





Competition Finalists:


On Mother’s Day
(By: Ellie Wen | United States)

I.R.I.S.
(By Alexandre Dostie | Canada)

Salmon
(ByAfshin Akhlaghi | Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Food Refuge
(By Maya Rackoff | United States)

The Clinic
(By Jennie Allen | United States)

From One Shore to Another
(By Corporon Gerard | France)

The Snag
( By Desalos Isabelle | France)

For A Better Life
(By Yasmin Mistry | United States)

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