SUNDANCE SHORTS
Considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers, The Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour includes fiction, documentary, and animation projects from around the world.
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SYNOPSIS
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 110-minute theatrical program of seven short films curated from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, including three Festival Award–winning titles. The tour program is a sampling of Festival offerings and a testament to the unique storytelling potential that the format holds. Audiences can enjoy a mix of fiction, documentary, and animated shorts that are funny, sad, inspiring, and full of strong characters. Driven by innovation and experimentation, the Short Film Program seeks out filmmaking’s most original voices from around the world.
ALOK / U.S.A. (Director: Alex Hedison) — A compelling portrait of Alok Vaid-Menon, acclaimed nonbinary author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. Executive-produced by Jodie Foster. Nonfiction. Biography. LGBTQ+. Cast: Alok Vaid-Menon, Dylan Mulvaney, Chani Nicholas.
BUG DINER / U.S.A. (Director: Phoebe Jane Hart) — A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass. Fiction. Animated. Comedy. Cast: Jacob Levy, Phoebe Hart. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: Animation.
DREAM CREEP / U.S.A. (Director: Carlos A.F. Lopez) — A couple awakens in the night to sounds emanating from an unlikely orifice. Fiction. Horror. Cast: Ian Edlund, Sidney Jayne Hunt.
ESSEX GIRLS / U.K. (Director: Yero Timi-Biu) — After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself. Fiction. Drama. BIPOC. Women-Centered. Cast: Busayo Ige, Corinna Brown, Maisie Smith, Adrianna Bertola, Krysstina Frempong, Rebecca Dike.
PATHOLOGICAL / U.S.A. (Director: Alison Rich) — A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true. Fiction. Comedy. Women-Centered. Cast: Alison Rich, Meaghan Rath, Luke Cook, Adam Lustick, Heather Pasternak, George Kareman.
PISKO THE CRAB CHILD IS IN LOVE / Japan (Director: Makoto Nagahisa) — Pisko’s father is a crab while her mother is human. Pisko falls in love with her teacher but is heartbroken when he leaves her because she is half-crab. Pisko finally finds love and companionship with her friend Kubokayo. Fiction. Comedy. International. BIPOC. Women-Centered. Cast: Aiko Kano, Saya, Maki Fukuda, Kanta Sato. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Special Jury Prize for Directing.
THE MASTERPIECE / Spain (Director: Àlex Lora Cercós) — Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants. Fiction. Drama. International. Cast: Daniel Grao, Babou Cham, Melina Matthews, Adam Nourou, Guido Grao. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize.
Director
Alex Hedison, Phoebe Jane Hart, Carlos A.F. Lopez, Yero Timi-Biu, Àlex Lora Cercós, Alison Rich, Makoto Nagahisa
WITH
Alok Vaid-Menon, Dylan Mulvaney, Chani Nicholas, Jacob Levy, Phoebe Hart, Ian Edlund, Sidney Jayne Hunt, Busayo Ige, Corinna Brown, Maisie Smith, Adrianna Bertola, Krysstina Frempong, Rebecca Dike, Daniel Grao, Babou Cham, Melina Matthews, Adam Nourou, Guido Grao, Alison Rich, Meaghan Rath, Luke Cook, Adam Lustick, Heather Pasternak, George Kareman, Aiko Kano, Saya, Maki Fukuda, Kanta Sato
Run Time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Released
January 18, 2024
Distributed by
Sundance
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Additional assistance options TBA
Country
Various
SUBTITLES
Some Spanish and Japanese with English subtitles
NOT RATED – VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED
Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated due to the prohibitive cost of acquiring a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Consequently, as many of these films contain graphic content, viewer discretion is advised.