Shorts

“Are we going to stand still in a suffering world?”
Length: 2 min.
Year: 2016
Country: France
Language: French
Discover the history and actions of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP France) in less than 2 minutes.

Aazar
Length: 5 min.
Year: 2018
Country: Spain
Language: English
The struggles of finding a new home in the refugee and immigrant experience through the eyes of a child.

Ainhoa
Length: 19 min.
Year: 2017
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
In our often greedy world sometimes simple life-saving beauty can be found in a gifted cardboard blanket, a snail shell, dancing bread loaves or the slurping of soup.

crISIS
Length: 10 min.
Year: 2015
Country: Italy
Language: Arabic, English subtitles
ISIS occupation of north and west Iraq causes severe security deterioration in Baghdad.

Criteria
Length: 7 min.
Year: 2017
Country: UK
Language: English
After the loss of a parent, how do we become the person we are meant to be?

Dance for Kindness
Length: 7 min.
Year: 2020
Country: Ukraine
Language: English
By the Nigerian Vincentian College Students in Kharkov, Ukraine.

Fatima
Length: 12 min.
Year: 2017
Country: Canada, India, Pakistan
Language: English
What does it take to truly live without discriminating against others?

Goodbye
Length: 12 min.
Year: 2016
Country: Peru
Language: Spanish, English subtitles
This is a film about acceptance of change.

Il Signor Acciaio (Mr. Steel)
Length: 20 min.
Year: 2017
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
This film dives into the trauma of addiction and recovery.

La Leccion (The Lesson)
Length: 14 min.
Year: 2017
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish, English subtitles
What does it take for people to acknowledge the affect they have on others on a worldwide level?

Ladies of Charity: Serving with a Vincentian Heart
Length: 8 min.
Year: 2017
Country: USA
Language: English
A short film about the Ladies of Charity and their commitment and passion for serving people in need.

Murga (The Rooster)
Length: 16 min.
Year: 2017
Country: India
Language: English subtitles
This film is a Christology wherein a mother faces an impossible decision.

Sacrilege
Length: 14 min.
Year: 2017
Country: France
Language: French, subtitles available in English, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Greek
Saoud faces a violent series of accusations which will lead to his fall and exile.

Sons of
Length: 19 min.
Year: 2017
Country: France
Language: French, English subtitles
This film captures the dreams and desires of orphans.

Strings
Length: 11 min.
Year: 2014
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish, English subtitles
María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.

SVP from 1833 to now
Length: 2 min.
Year: 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
The history of the SSVP, Frederic Ozanam and the international growth of the Society.

The Bird Painter
Length: 3 min.
Year: 2017
Country: USA, Honduras
Language: English
This film questions art and creation. It dives into the idea that what we create already has a life of its own.

The Prodigal
Length: 7 min.
Year: 2018
Country: Thailand
Language: English
Who is worthy of acceptance, forgiveness, and celebration?

The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Paderborn Dance!
Length: 3 min.
Year: 2021
Country: Germany
Language: n/a
A dance goes around the world! With their dance the Paderborn Vincentians want to set an example for people in need and give courage and strength in these challenging times.

They Won’t Let a Dream Come True
Length: 2 min.
Year: 2018
Country: Pakistan
Language: English
What is lost when we do not allow people to dream?

Third Kind
Length: 32 min.
Year: 2018
Country: Greece
Language: English subtitles
What ideas create the history we hold and the events we remember?

This Is Not a PSA
Length: 3 min.
Year: 2018
Country: USA
Language: English
People of color share their powerful messages of being black in America.