ShortsFest Opening Night
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 animation—these films prove short is truly sweet.
Tickets
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Friday, May 16, 2025
- Limited Availability
- On Standby
- Matinee
Monday, May 26 - Sunday, June 1, 2025
- Limited Availability
- On Standby
- Matinee
- Running Time: 89 min.
- Format: DCP
Packaged Films
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
USA | 2024 | 9 min. | Anthony Sneed (Cherokee)A first date between a man of Cherokee heritage and a Caucasian woman goes downhill when the woman relates a surprising fact concerning her grandmother.
I Could Dom
USA | 2024 | 16 min. | Madison HatfieldA people-pleaser goes on an ill-advised date with a sexually submissive man to prove to her doubtful friends that she could totally be a dom.
Little Haiti, Miami, USA
USA | 2024 | 9 min. | X.F. SerranoErma searches Little Haiti for the man in a portrait painted by her son.
Percebes
Portugal | 2024 | 11 min. | Alexandra Ramires, Laura GonçalvesIn Portuguese, the word PERCEBES refers to the goose barnacle, a culinary delicacy in the Algarve region, which also carries a double meaning for the verb "to understand."
Sirènes
Martinique | 2024 | 16 min. | Sarah MalléonFisherman and restaurateur Daniel tries to make ends meet in a town hit by an economic downturn, but his daily life is turned upside down the day his daughter summons mermaids using a conch shell.
Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
USA | 2025 | 13 min. | Bryan TuckerThe untold, storied history behind one of America's most elite youth basketball programs and its humble beginnings in Seattle's Central District.
We Were the Scenery
USA | 2025 | 15 min. | Christopher RadcliffAfter fleeing Vietnam for the Philippines, Hoa Thi Lê and Hue Nguyên Chế recount their experiences as background extras during the filming of APOCALYPSE NOW.