Love is Strange: Romance Shorts 2025

A young man, shadowed by the ghost of his ex-girlfriend, spirals into the loss of the relationship.

When their flight is unexpectedly grounded, two strangers agree to a brief encounter, but only on the condition of anonymity. As the day wanes to an end, the impermanence of their time together mirrors something far greater.

10 years following their divorce, two parents are questioned by their son about how their relationship started and what caused it to end. Through an archive of photos, letters and old home videos, the couple ruminate on their lives and show that even in a time with so much animosity, there's still a little room for love.

When a romantic gesture towards a bartender backfires, Lali unexpectedly finds herself offered a pity date by another bartender, Ana. What starts as an awkward encounter turns into a genuine connection as they bond over shared experiences as women of colour. As they grow closer, Lali finds herself falling for Ana. But when the conversation takes an unexpected turn, Lali must confront her prejudices towards Ana and... herself.

An isolated law student wrestles with a compulsion toward self-harm and pain. A surprising night carries her, and a stranger, into new territory.

Two ex-lovers, Matt and Aviva, run into each other for the first time since their breakup, and for the first time since Matt has become an Orthodox Jew. They take a walk together, searching for an understanding of how they’ve each changed.

Sam, a middle-aged man en route to a Polish village to romance a likely-imaginary woman, spends an overnight layover in Queens with his niece and her girlfriend whose relationship is on its last legs.