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Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, this program of eight short films was selected from this year’s Sundance Film Festival – the launchpad for now-prominent independent filmmakers. Consisting of fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, this edition features vibrant styles from wild comedy to reflective poetry.
Each year the festival receives more than 8,000 short film submissions, selecting sixty to eighty to screen during the January festival with eight films curated for the tour traveling to more than fifty cities nationwide. This is one of very few theatrical releases of short films in America. Recommended for 13+ due to thematic elements. 2016, U.S./U.K./Canada, DCP, 95 minutes.
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Saturday, June 18th, 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 18th, 7:00 p.m.
List of Films:
Affections
Written and directed by Bridey Elliott. U.S.A., 16 minutes.
This comedy about isolation and loneliness follows a young woman who is adrift and seeking intimacy in the most unlikely places.
Bacon & God’s Wrath
Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction, Presented by YouTube
Written and directed by Sol Friedman. Canada, 9 minutes.
A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.
Edmond
Short Film Jury Award: Animation, Presented by YouTube
Written and directed by Nina Gantz. United Kingdom, 9 minutes.
Edmond’s impulse to love and be close to others is strong—maybe too strong. As he stands by a lake contemplating his options, he reflects on his defining moments in search of the origin of his desires.
Her Friend Adam
Short Film Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance (Grace Glowicki)
Written and directed by Ben Petrie. Canada, 17 minutes.
A boyfriend’s jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom.
Jungle
Written and directed by Asantewaa Prempeh. U.S.A., 13 minutes.
The lines between trust, betrayal, and forgiveness are intertwined for two Senegalese vendors as they try to make a living on the streets of New York City.
The Grandfather Drum
Written and directed by Michelle Derosier. Canada, 13 minutes.
As the balance of the world turns upside down for the Anishinabek people, the elder Naamowin builds a healing drum to save his grandson and his people.
The Procedure
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction, Presented by YouTube
Written and directed by Calvin Lee Reeder. U.S.A., 4 minutes.
A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.
Thunder Road
Short Film Grand Jury Prize, Presented by YouTube
Written and directed by Jim Cummings. U.S.A., 13 minutes.
Officer Arnaud loved his mom.