Special Programs
2017 Sundance Shorts
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s Festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, the 2017 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers, from laugh-out-loud comedy to contemplative reflections of the world we live in.
5 Films About Technology
Written and directed by Peter Huang. 2016, Canada, 5 minutes
Take a satirical look at the dumber side of technology.
And The Whole Sky Fit In The Dead Cow’s Eye
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Written and directed by Francisca Alegría. 2016, Chile, U.S.A., 19 minutes
In Spanish with English subtitles
Emeteria is visited by the ghost of her patrón, Teodoro. She believes he has come to take her to the afterlife—but he has more devastating news.
Come Swim
Written and directed by Kristen Stewart. 2017, U.S.A., 17 minutes
This is a diptych of one man’s day, half impressionist and half realist portraits.
Lucia, Before and After
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction
Written and directed by Anu Valia. 2016, U.S.A., 14 minutes
After traveling 200 miles, a young woman waits out Texas’s state-mandated 24-hour waiting period before her abortion can proceed.
Night Shift
Written and directed by Marshall Tyler. 2017, U.S.A., 15 minutes
Get a glimpse into a day in the life of a bathroom attendant in a Los Angeles nightclub.
Pussy
Written and directed by Renata Gasiorowska. 2016, Poland, 9 minutes
Alone at home one evening, a young girl decides to have a solo pleasure session—but not everything goes according to plan.
Ten Meter Tower
Directed by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson. 2016, Sweden, 16 minutes.
In Swedish with English subtitles
People who have never been up a 10-meter diving tower must choose whether to jump or climb down in this entertaining study of people in a vulnerable position.
2017, 95 minutes