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Short Film Programs

Discover the thrills of the short form in this year’s program, which includes international award winners, surprising documentaries, narrative thrills, slow burns, and lush pleasures, from an exciting new generation of filmmakers.

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: ANIMATION SENSATION

Program SHORTS: ANIMATION SENSATION Embark on a fantastic trip through worlds unknown from family birthmarks, mysterious forests, and lively women divers in this...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: CAN’T HOLD IT ANYMORE

Program SHORTS: CAN’T HOLD IT ANYMORE Overfull bladders, unibrow harassment, cranky grandparents, audacious women, and the neverending taunt of the claw machine. Shorts about...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES COMPETITION

Program SHORTS: INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES COMPETITION Cinema proves to be the cruelest intoxicant in these ravishing new shorts that capture the eye, ear, and...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: NSFW – NOT SAFE FOR WUSSIES

Program SHORTS: NSFW – NOT SAFE FOR WUSSIES From dark K-town host bars to a cat in plastic conehead, strange tensions and unusual desires redefine safety...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: OCTOPUS RUPTURE

Program SHORTS: OCTOPUS RUPTURE A salty explosion of the irreverent and fantastic mixed with breakdowns, probings, sci-fi, and revolutionary food. Literal ruptures...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: OVERNIGHT SHIPPING

Program SHORTS: OVERNIGHT SHIPPING Imagine Bruce Lee’s Game of Death except instead of Kareem at the top of the pagoda… it’s Love....

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: QUEER ACTUALLY

Program SHORTS: QUEER ACTUALLY From a hockey rink and dance club to a mother’s funeral, the emotions that bind crash upon life’s...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: REEL VOICES

Program SHORTS: REEL VOICES Mental health, cultural identity, and homelessness are just some of the diverse topics addressed in this impressive collection...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: SECRET UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS

Program SHORTS: SECRET UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS Consider these shorts as messages to the world, smuggled out on a secret USB, embedded in artificial contact...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: SERVING LIFE

Program SHORTS: SERVING LIFE From reenactments of Duterte’s unofficial killings, a single mother wrestling with lice, and a hilarious game of telephone,...

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: SHORTS FOR SHORTIES!

Program SHORTS: SHORTS FOR SHORTIES! A selection of family-friendly shorts to empower and excite the coming generation of bright, young dreamers and achievers....

Short Film Programs

SHORTS: WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM?

Program SHORTS: WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM? Surprising stories of the Asian diaspora outside the US context – from a little-known Cuban Korean hero, interred...