Sundance Film Festival 2025: A Short-Centric Guide
Céline gives our annual preview of Sundance's slate with a specific eye to the alums and shorts we're excited for.
Céline gives our annual preview of Sundance's slate with a specific eye to the alums and shorts we're excited for.
WINNER OF A 2019 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD: A transwoman mechanic lives between running her family’s auto shop during the day and expressing her femininity at night, until an unforeseen event threatens the balance of her compartmentalized life.
Tribeca's (Online) Film Festival this year is quite extensive: 6 feature films, 9 in-competition shorts and these9 "retro" shorts from the festival's past, all available for free! We'll cover this year's competition shorts in a series of forthcoming posts, but remember that Tribeca has their own spin on this online thing, so make sure to reserve a 24-hour screening window for each film in advance. These 9 retro shorts are a bit easier to manage, rather than signing up for specific 24-hour screening periods, they are available to view at any time between now and May 1st.
After a mishap at an important client's party, Charlie and Val find themselves in the hole and desperate for funds. They meet a charming divorcee (Chris Messina), and an adventurous day awaits—but for these ladies, life has taught them that the promise of L.A. has its ups—and its downs.
Chris Shepherd provides an update on his latest work: An animated short centered around prank letters sent by playwright Joe Orton and a follow-up to his 2002 short 'Dad's Dead' - 'Johnno's Dead'.
A "highly condensed happiness espresso". An amazing 2 min stop-motion marvel from The Mixtape Club.
A millennial nightmare about Anna, a woman in the midst of a quarter-life crisis, who learns to keep on living after being haunted by the undead spirit from her summer camp past.
From the creative duo behind "Greener Grass", a new short. A little boy feels betrayed when his mother has another son and decides to give her a taste of her own medicine—by summoning another mother.
When a sensitive cowboy loses faith in this dark world, it takes a bit of kindness to bring him back.
A gay couple finally have a chance for a shared future when everything gets turned on its head.