Section

Shorts

Welcome to the fascinating flora and fauna of short films, where inventive storytelling, little known histories, and today’s uniquely compelling subjects come to play.

Shorts

SHORTS ANIMATION: ENTROPIC TIDE

Program SHORTS ANIMATION: ENTROPIC TIDE Like tides, our lives carry us across unfamiliar shores, through growing pains, tangled worlds, and the wonder and…

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SHORTS: CHANNEL SURFING

Program SHORTS: CHANNEL SURFING When haunted homes and unmoored homecomings send life adrift, don’t change the channel! Whether through séances, shoebox memorials,…

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SHORTS: CHAOTIC HUSTLE

Program SHORTS: CHAOTIC HUSTLE The hustle is real… and really chaotic in these shorts. Palms sweat in the worlds of rare coin…

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SHORTS: CONCRETE MEMBRANE

Program SHORTS: CONCRETE MEMBRANE When skin is a surface webbed by roads, eyes, and waiting rooms. Rooftop cameras shoot one-take city capers,…

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SHORTS: DEVOTION

Program SHORTS: DEVOTION Desire, fandom, dedication, (ir)reverence. Six stories that explore the surprising destinations of the steadfast.

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SHORTS: ESTRANGER DANGER

Program SHORTS: ESTRANGER DANGER What to do when once-close becomes too-far? A myriad of stories that hover in the gap when familiar…

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SHORTS: GET READY WITH ME

Program SHORTS: GET READY WITH ME A dash of Dante Basco. A little Alexa. A lot of connective tissue in six poignant shorts that…

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SHORTS: GRAVITATIONAL MIRAGE

Program SHORTS: GRAVITATIONAL MIRAGE Like gravity bending light from a distant star, shorts that explore the narrative-push and pull of the land…

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SHORTS: HERE WE ARE, BLOOMING

Program SHORTS: HERE WE ARE, BLOOMING When structures collapse and bare bones are exposed, when memories fester within our marrows, these shorts capture the…

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SHORTS @MCASD1: READY TO POP

Program SHORTS @MCASD1: READY TO POP Shaken, stirred, and irrepressible shorts with the kinetically combustible energy of a new era. From calisthenic subversion, butoh…

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SHORTS @MCASD2: PHASE RELATIONS

Program SHORTS @MCASD2: PHASE RELATIONS Three works which explore surprising histories that overlap, reinforce, and sometimes interfere, from an alliance between Indian and…

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SHORTS: MIDNIGHT CENTRAL TIME

Program SHORTS: MIDNIGHT CENTRAL TIME The freaks come out at night in this special program of not-safe-for-daytime shorts. From man-eating lady insects, haunted…

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SHORTS: POCARI SWEAT

Program SHORTS: POCARI SWEAT Here comes the heat! Six shorts drenched with sweat, tears, saliva, slime, and other bodily wonders, all for…

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SHORTS: QUEER RIVALRY

Program SHORTS: QUEER RIVALRY Things get heated—and a tad scary—at the intersection of love, desire and survival.

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REEL VOICES

Program REEL VOICES Grief, fear, and loss can consume the mind, but these twelve filmmakers convert adversities into connection, humor, and…

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SHORTS for SHORTIES

Program SHORTS for SHORTIES The pressure is rising, the barometer is falling, come enjoy short films specially curated for our Super El…

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SHORTS: SURPRISE WITNESS

Program SHORTS: SURPRISE WITNESS Can I get a witness? A ride-or-die? Some proof of life? Ride shotgun with six films that explore…

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SHORTS: TAIWAN TALES

Program SHORTS: TAIWAN TALES Shorts from Taiwan that explore the stuff of lore with a beloved from a past life, a missing…