Shorts Program
WICHITA
Directed By: Sergine Dumais
Sara is in bed with her lover when her husband calls. When he asks for something in his sock drawer, she runs home, stalling for time, asking endless questions about Wichita, Kansas.
OH, BABY!
Directed By: Brooke Trantor
Jane is single and looking for one last night of hot sex before her life changes forever
THE COCKTAIL PARTY
Directed By: Jessica Sanders
A cocktail party turns into an unexpected martial arts action film.
SMALL WORLD
Directed By: Jim Ford
Two strangers meet in a far away land and realize they are from the same town.
AIRWAY
Directed By: Jessica Redish
A crying baby. A smelly seatmate. Any of these things are possible during air travel. But have you ever sat next to a person who won’t turn their phone to Airplane Mode? Yeah. This one’s for you.
THERE ARE BUNNIES ON FIRE IN THE FOREST
Directed By: JLee MacKenzie
A young girl gets in big trouble for kissing her friend on the cheek in elementary school during the pandemic.
TESLA
Directed By: Rick Ross
Tesla is a comedy about listening, both literally and figuratively. It’s the colorful tale of an earnest engineering student forced to take desperate action in order to make herself heard by her agonizingly masculine downstairs neighbor…who may or may not be playing the loud music that’s keeping her awake at night. The film is an ironic look at what happens when men refuse to listen to women and ultimately makes an appeal for us all to stop assuming and just listen.
THE SANDS BETWEEN
Directed By: Aidan Tanner
A woman has a phone conversation with her significant other which slowly deteriorates as she comes to realize that the world around her might not be real.
NEWTON’S THIRD
Directed By: Robert Postrozny
A father navigates through the challenges and responsibilities of being a parent.
I WAS THERE
Directed By: John Zilles
As a witness to Bobby Kennedy’s assasination and as a reporter embedded with the Beatles on their first US tour, journalist Ivor Davis was present for many of his generation’s biggest moments. Yet, his takeaway from a 50 year career will surprise you.
THE FORGOTTEN PLACE
Directed By: Oscar Rene Lozoya II
A man goes on an interview to be someone’s best friend.
BANDWIDTH
Directed by: Pat Battistini, Robert Francke
Frank’s important job interview on Zoom goes south due to his “stay at home” Covid precautious family using up his bandwidth..
ROCK A BYE BABY
Directed By: Monique Sorgen
A drug deal goes wrong when instead of cocaine the dealers find out they have a live baby, and one of them refuses to give it back.
SNOWY
Directed By: Kaitlyn Schwalje & Alex Wolf Lewis
Snowy, a four-inch-long pet turtle, has lived an isolated life in the family basement. With help from a team of experts and his caretaker, Uncle Larry, we ask: Can Snowy be happy, and what would it take?