Short films may contain mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages. Some films in this short film program contain strobe effects.

During a weekend vacation with her best friend's family, 17-year-old Azi gets caught up in an unexpected game with another guest.
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During a weekend vacation with her best friend's family, 17-year-old Azi gets caught up in an unexpected game with another guest.

Winner of the Short Film Grand Jury Prize&nbsp;
When a filmmaker of Palestinian descent based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage.
Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 30–February 2) and credentialed press and industry (January 29–February 2).

Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

When a filmmaker of Palestinian descent based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage.

When terminally ill Joanna makes the difficult decision to pursue end-of-life options through the Death with Dignity Act, the systems set up to make her death peaceful and dignified yield the opposite.
Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 30–February 2) and credentialed press and industry (January 29–February 2).

Out for Delivery

When terminally ill Joanna makes the difficult decision to pursue end-of-life options through the Death with Dignity Act, the systems set up to make her death peaceful and dignified yield the opposite.

Winner of the Short Film Special Jury Award for Animation Directing&nbsp;
Convention and sexuality are explored through slugs, rituals, and the eating of an orange.
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Eating of an Orange

Convention and sexuality are explored through slugs, rituals, and the eating of an orange.

Three Venezuelan women cross the border into Colombia to buy a packet of pasta.
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Pasta Negra

Three Venezuelan women cross the border into Colombia to buy a packet of pasta.

After being taken hostage by a clumsy hit man at a cabin in the woods, Barry — a lonely middle-aged deadbeat — must convince his estranged sister to wire him his dead uncle’s inheritance before fate comes to collect.
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Somebody Cares

After being taken hostage by a clumsy hit man at a cabin in the woods, Barry — a lonely middle-aged deadbeat — must convince his estranged sister to wire him his dead uncle’s inheritance before fate comes to collect.

In a dystopian future, a mother struggles to finish making her daughter's quinceañera dress.
Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 30–February 2) and credentialed press and industry (January 29–February 2).
This film contains strobe effects.

En Memoria

In a dystopian future, a mother struggles to finish making her daughter's quinceañera dress.

Winner of the Short Film Jury Award for International Fiction 
During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her Queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman.
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).

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her Queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman.

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