Sundance Film Festival 2025

Midnight Short Film Program

Available in 09d 07h 34m 10s
Available January 30, 2025 3:00 PM UTC
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6 films in package
The Things We Keep
Forced into a caretaker position, Kate comes home to pack up her estranged mother’s house. While struggling to clear her mother’s hoarded possessions, Kate discovers the insidious nature of her mother’s illness lying behind the house’s walls.
Bunnyhood
Innocent Bobby discovers whether her mom would ever lie to her when she is surprised by a last-minute trip to the hospital.
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting
In the Depression-ravaged countryside of 1930s America, adolescent girls are expected to fulfill a long-standing rite in which they hunt and slay a mythical beast of their mother’s choosing.
Swollen
After plastic surgery, two besties debate the need to call the local police amid a botched burglary for fear of being seen swollen, bandaged, and bloody.
Jesus 2
In a future where no one can die and no one wants to live anymore, two space pirate brothers must destroy an evil messiah to break the curse of immortality and deliver humanity to its final resting place.
Platanero
Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night, desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation where a mysterious beast prowls among the banana trees.
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Short films may contain mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages. Some films in this short film program contain strobe effects.

In a future where no one can die and no one wants to live anymore, two space pirate brothers must destroy an evil messiah to break the curse of immortality and deliver humanity to its final resting place.

This film contains strobe effects.

Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 30–February 2) and credentialed press and industry (January 29–February 2).

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    8 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Jesse Moynihan
  • Screenwriter
    Jesse Moynihan
  • Producers
    Aron Fromm, Casey Rupp
  • 2-D Animator
    Dinamita Animación, Josh Shaffner
  • 3-D Animator
    Tom Coben
  • Background Artist
    Liam Cobb, Adrian Dexter, Thomas Lynch III, Ian Grandjean
  • Character Designer
    Tom Hunter, Jon Boam
  • Edited by
    Aron Fromm
  • Composers
    Troy Herion, Joe Wong
  • Sound Mixer
    Eric Bard
  • Sound Design
    Scott Manke
  • Principal Cast
    Steve Little, Michael Cusack, Sarah Natochenny, Duncan Trussell, Johnny Pemberton, Natalie Palamides
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