COVID, Bride Kidnapping and Venezuela Among the Subjects at TheWrap’s Shorts Showcase

Continuing the tradition of shining a spotlight on the year’s best short films, TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series is showcasing six live-action, animated and documentary shorts that have risen to the top of the festival circuit.

TheWrap awards reporter Joe McGovern spoke with the directors of these films and how they created their stories, which range from an animated Chinese horror tale to a feature on the struggle to make New York’s public transit system more accessible to physically disabled residents.

Joe Hsieh brings us “Night Bus,” a story of a late-night commuter bus trip that goes awry over a suspected theft and an accidental collision with a monkey, leading to a chain reaction of distrust and violence.