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Monday, May 22, 2023
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Monday, May 22, 2023
A trio of Associated Press journalists get caught in Mariupol in the early days of the 2022 Russian invasion.
Monday, May 22
At San Quentin State Prison, an annual marathon takes place each November where the incarcerated put foot to dirt and concrete.
Monday, May 22
In a remote corner of 1940s Iceland, an unhappily married farmer and his poet neighbor engage in a smoldering love affair.
Monday, May 22
An inquiry into the deliberate bias against disabled athletes who want to compete against the “able-bodied.”
Monday, May 22
Over the course of one night, strangers Momo and Hugo take an impromptu, life-changing trip through their fears and failings.
Monday, May 22
See a new side of Seattle with this illuminating doc shot over ten years about artist, poet, and producer worker Alan Chong Lau.
Monday, May 22
Bullied Nino discovers a hotbed of repressed desire under a town’s pious façade…and the horrible pleasures of a creature.
Monday, May 22
Sometimes change is best captured with a camera, while editing can create transitions that inspire new ideas. Welcome to ALT Shorts.
Monday, May 22
A collection of stories that put you in the minds of our feathered, fuzzy, furry, and many-legged friends. From frolicking on the farm to roaming the city streets, but beware a few pests turned BFFs.
Monday, May 22
This year’s animation package immerses you into secret worlds and initiations, brimming with sibling rivalries, high school hookups, and underwater allies.
Monday, May 22
A South Asian-American 12-year-old who believes her recently passed grandfather may be coming back as Siddhartha.
Monday, May 22
Within successful artist Thomas Kinkade’s vault lied a series of darkly themed paintings that reveal a more complicated man.
Monday, May 22
Indigenous reporter Angel Ellis of Oklahoma goes up against a corrupt Muscogee Nation Tribal Council over freedom of the press.
Monday, May 22
From tech what-could-have-beens to intergalactic what-could-be’s, plug in and unlock the secrets of these eight cosmic realities. Beam me up, SIFF-y.
Monday, May 22
Five documentary and narrative stories of people navigating the seen and unseen lines that we draw to both unite and divide us.
Monday, May 22
A Romeo & Juliet romance sets a small Italian town ablaze as two warring mafia families reignite a generations-simmering feud.
Monday, May 22
The wild history of Jim Rose and his Circus Sideshow from their early days in Seattle dive bars to high-profile international tours.
Monday, May 22
At a Michigan prison, chef Jimmy Lee Hill has run a gourmet culinary training program that gives the incarcerated purpose.
Monday, May 22
Many Indigenous peoples have deep relationships with water. These short stories are reminders of the interconnected nature of all beings.
Monday, May 22
An immigrant chef has his life upended when his rehab-bound daughter leaves him with the grandchild he never knew.
Monday, May 22
A bloody, baroque puppet animation wuxia epic that features swashbuckling warriors, scheming vassals, and benign demigods.
Monday, May 22
Bringing people together is what these six documentaries do in order to tell real, queer stories that uplift, advocate for/against relevant topics, and move the spotlight over to those that deserve more recognition.
Monday, May 22
Uncover the mysteries of Douglas Sirk, the German film director and master of melodrama responsible (ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS).
Monday, May 22
Recently out Asian American teen Twinkie and her nerdy best friend set off on a 2,000-mile road trip to meet her online crush.
Monday, May 22
A character study about a handsome young Polish Jew pretending to be French who works at a luxury hotel in Nazi-era Frankfurt.
Monday, May 22
Whether chosen or by blood, these documentary short films capture what it means to find family.
Monday, May 22
A doc on Jonas Mekas, the godfather of avant-garde cinema and founder of Film Culture magazine and NYC’s Anthology Film Archives.
Monday, May 22
Assorted tales of women by women. Women conning, women crushing, women cumming, women hazing, and women seeing other women.
Monday, May 22
We believe the children are our future. See shorts from around the world created by filmmakers under 18 who represent the next generation of cinema.
Monday, May 22
From tropical apparitions and twisted role play to a schoolbus spaceship and, well…Shrek, these seven tales explore the beautiful, bizarre ways we encounter grief.
Monday, May 22
A 12-year-old “rubbish picker” in one of Baghdad’s dumps discovers a blonde sex doll amidst the mountains of detritus.
Monday, May 22
A young Tunisian petrol bootlegger is pushed to the brink by misfortune, injustice, and government corruption.
Monday, May 22
A deep dive into photographer George Platt Lynes’ lesser known but incredibly vital work on depicting the nude male body.
Monday, May 22
A mute young man projectionist attempts to reconstruct repressed memories of his past through various forms of media.
Monday, May 22
An up-and-coming Indonesian rapper sees his relationship with his father and manager crack under the pressure of the industry.
Monday, May 22
When Carlos learns that his former tango partner has passed, a road trip is set in motion and old flames are rekindled.
Monday, May 22
A teacher accidentally becomes part of the Sámi revolution that rose up amid the Alta Conflict of 1970s-’80s Norway.
Monday, May 22
Acclaimed ballet dancer Steven Melendez returns to the Bronx shelter of his youth to mentor a trio of aspiring dancers.
Monday, May 22
The life of drummer Max Roach, who forever changed the landscape of America through his timeless music and cultural activism.
Monday, May 22
Interrogating the absence of a father in his life, Xun Sero trains his camera on his warm yet fiercely driven mother Hilda.
Monday, May 22
A gothic thriller about a woman who takes a job as an eccentric Baroness’ nurse to solve the mystery of her own parentage.
Monday, May 22
A cartoonist reunites with her siblings at their family farm in remote Sweden to find out which of them will inherit the land.
Monday, May 22
In an alternate modern Japan, the elderly are given the option to euthanize themselves in return for a final sum of money.
Monday, May 22
Learn about the wide world of pun slams and tournaments from some of America’s top competitors.
Monday, May 22
A boy joins his father in a trip into the mountains, only to find that the patriarch has no plan on ever returning to civilization.
Monday, May 22
As daylight fades, a macabre world of the bizarre, beautiful, and horrific reveals itself.
Monday, May 22
The truth behind “Michelle Remembers,” the disputed memoir that helped ignite the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.
Monday, May 22
It is our great pleasure to open our ShortsFest Spotlight with this collection of superb films from around the world: whether narrative or documentary, live action or animated—these films prove short is truly sweet.
Monday, May 22
A group of women regularly meet at the smoke saunas of southern Estonia to not only cleanse their bodies but also bare their souls.
Monday, May 22
A young nurse arrives in a remote village in Anatolia, where winter never seems to end and bears dwell in the woods.
Monday, May 22
An Austrian Muslim teen and her friends go viral when they upload a video of them dancing to R.E.M. while wearing hijabs.
Monday, May 22
From pickleball players past their prime to sermonizing sex toys, these eight shorts capture the adventurous spirit of our talented filmmaking community.
Monday, May 22
Ciro Oliva wants nothing more than his Neapolitan pizzeria to be the first of its kind to earn a coveted Michelin Star.
Monday, May 22
A married couple and their son move to Sweden’s vast forests where they discover a family that looks much like their own.
Monday, May 22
Friction grows between a local powerbroker and the middle-aged French couple who have moved to a remote mountain village.
Monday, May 22
A remarkable story of longing as a middle-aged couple who run a traditional caftan boutique hire a handsome young apprentice.
Monday, May 22
Enjoy a wide variety of animated and live action favorites that will delight young and old alike.
Monday, May 22
Pierfrancesco Favino stars in this breezy, nonlinear epic about the strange and restless life of Marco Carrera from birth to earth.
Monday, May 22
A bone-chilling thriller about two criminals who take a family hostage, only to discover the terrible secrets they’re hiding.
Monday, May 22
In this lovely dramedy about modern fatherhood, a gay man grapples with wanting a child after having to return his foster son.
Monday, May 22
This true crime police procedural follows two detectives investigating the shocking murder of a young suburban woman.
Monday, May 22
This experimental mix of documentary, recreation, and essay explores the ways in which we engage with sound, music, and speech.
Monday, May 22
A couple rents a room in a shared apartment with a strange host, only for their relationship to fracture almost in real time.
Monday, May 22
An Indian rice farmer stands up to his village and demands justice for his young daughter, the victim of a terrible sexual assault.
Monday, May 22
A pregnant cannery worker discovers a peach crop infestation and makes it her mission to convince everybody of its danger.
Monday, May 22
Eight stories by filmmakers from Australia, New Zealand, and Pasifika cover over 250 years of Indigenous history.
Monday, May 22
An uncompromising tale about Eva, who returns to her hometown to confront something terrible that happened in her youth.
Monday, May 22
They’re wet, they’re wild, they’re turning a wheel for mysterious reasons. Don’t miss this year's batch of laugh-out-loud oddities.
Monday, May 22