"What a way to make a livin'. Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'." Be sure to check out these shorts about the highs and lows of people working at their jobs. In Mickey Galvin's Work from Home, a young woman's office job turns surreal when she is forced into COVID isolation (US 2025, 11m). A single mother resolves to find a better job to improve her situation in Kagura N. Kabue's Iron Fist (Kenya, 2024, 15m). An actor on the phone with his agent finds an unlikely interruption in Kevin Staake's Red Velvet (US 2024, 12m). Office culture is the target when a birthday does not go as planned in Caro Ribeiro's Cake (US 2025, 6m). Two colleagues on opposite coasts forge an unexpected alliance when they discover they report to the same boss in Jen Sall's Your Night is My Day (US 2025, 10m). And Angourie Rick (The Nice Guys) stars as a frozen yogurt shop employee who has an unforgettable day in Colleen McGuinness's Loser (US 2024, 11m). So, take a break from your daily grind by immersing yourself in these terrific workplace tales. —Sterling Hedgpeth

Total run time: 65 min