A Selection of Short Films Packaged by Theme
Shorts Package
Unexpected Journeys
83 minutes
Film Premieres
Filmmakers in Attendance
Life’s unexpected paths unfold in five films, including a paralyzed surfer’s return to the scene of his accident, a Dutch ice cream man defying Nazis and a mother accepting her neurodivergent baby.
LUKi and the Lights
The Calm Under the Water
The Ice Cream Man
I See You
The Car that Came Back from the Sea
Friday, October 25, 8:15pm
Saturday, October 26, 3:35pm
Sunday, October 27, 11am
Shorts Package
Made for Each Other
83 minutes
Film Premieres
Filmmakers in Attendance
Five films explore the complexities of love, from museum coworkers discovering deeper connections and a long-married couple rekindling their passion to a living statue performer falling for a beautiful stone sculpture and more.
Collage
Catherine & Michael
Yuck! (Beurk)
SilverSizzle
Hearts of Stone
Friday, October 25, 2:30pm
Saturday, October 26, 4:50pm
Sunday, October 27, 5:20pm
Shorts Package
Odds and Ends
81 minutes
Film Premieres
This eclectic mix of short films includes a man living his life like an opera, children’s TV puppets surviving their puppeteer’s death and a bullfighter-turned-flag-waving parking attendant.
Cantata
The Day Keeper
Wander to Wonder
À toi les oreilles
The Bullfighter
L+T
Friday, October 25, 11:50am
Saturday, October 26, 1:35pm
Sunday, October 27, 6:45pm
Shorts Package
Family and Community
78 minutes
Film Premieres
Filmmakers in Attendance
Witness the powerful bonds between individuals and their communities through six films, including a girl’s first kiss, three bald brothers seeking hair transplants in Istanbul and an autistic superhero celebrated by a small Chicago community.
Lip Virgin
Walk with Me
Bogotá Story
Beautiful Men
Saving Superman
And Granny Would Dance
Friday, October 25, 3pm
Saturday, October 26, 7:30pm
Sunday, October 27, 7:05pm
Shorts Package
Student Filmmaker Showcase
83 minutes
Film Premieres
Filmmakers in Attendance
The student filmmakers today are the Hollywood stars of tomorrow! These eight short films from K-12 and University divisions include compelling stories of teens dealing with heartbreaking loss, multigenerational wall paperers and the possibility of alien visitors in post-Pearl Harbor California.
K-12 Division
The Lake in the Sky
Gone
Weathered
College/University Division
When Beverly Met Reita
Coercion
Cakewalk
Contracting the Cooties
The Lights Above
Saturday, October 26, 3:55pm