The short films on this page exist in a shadowy realm of my liking them that I don't fully understand. If they're here, it means I didn't like them quite enough to rate them one smiley ("kinda liked"), and yet I like them too much to give them the next rating down, "meh and three quarters". There is nothing "meh" about these films. (In fact there are some films on Dust that I also wouldn't call "meh", but still didn't like enough to list on this page.) I don't know, maybe (probably) these films do deserve one smiley (and maybe some of the films I've given their own pages deserve a higher rating than I've given them). But whatever this page means, the films are here. Please enjoy.

CC (13:57)
Dust.com; Dust.tv; IMDb; YouTube

This 2018 short film was presented as a Dust Exclusive in 2019.

An android nanny called CC (Jewel Staite) becomes dangerous when she decides her care for the little girl she looks after is better for the girl than her own mother's care. It's a good film, but I'm not sure how much I'd care about it if it didn't star a familiar actor. (Well, I'd at least care enough to list it here, anyway.) I should mention there's a brief scene after the credits.

Cradle (10:48)
Duality Filmworks; Dust.com; Dust.tv; Facebook; IMDb; YouTube

This 2016 short film was presented as a Dust Exclusive in 2017; re-released in 2024.

A man uses patches he sticks to his neck to travel back in time, repeatedly trying to reach a point before his baby was killed, to save her. It's not a bad film, but I mainly just care about it because it stars Dante Basco.

Swiped (3:14)
Dust.com; Dust.tv; IMDb; Joseph Kahn; Vimeo; YouTube

A man named Aaron swiped himself on Tinder, and himself shows up for a date with him. Things only get weirder from there (but mostly in the exact same way). Anyway, it's a funny short, but there's not much to say about it, and it doesn't seem like something I'll find particularly memorable.

Watch Room (15:39)
Dust.com; Dust.tv; IMDb; Noah Wagner; YouTube

Three friends have created an AI named Kate. In a simulation, they're trying to program her to help prevent people from committing suicide, but she keeps failing. Eventually, she says something rather ominous, which ultimately leads to a twist ending that I don't want to spoil. It's definitely an interesting short, but I'm not sure I completely understood it.