Sundance Film Festival Shorts 2024

The Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour 2024 is a 110-minute theatrical program of seven short films curated from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, including three Festival Award–winning titles. Considered the premier showcase for short films and the launch pad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers, the Festival includes fiction, documentary, and animation projects from around the world. Throughout its 40 editions, the Festival has supported short films by providing a platform for both established and emerging filmmakers to connect with audiences. Driven by innovation and experimentation, the Short Film Program seeks out filmmaking’s most original voices. The Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour 2024 program is a sampling of Festival offerings and a testament to the unique storytelling potential that the format holds. Audiences who missed the 2024 Sundance Film Festival — which took place online and in person in Park City, Utah, January 18–28, 2024 — can enjoy a mix of fiction, documentary, and animated shorts that are funny, sad, inspiring, and full of strong characters.

PROGRAM:

ALOK
‍(Directed by Alex Hedison / 2024 / USA / 19 mins / Not Rated)
A compelling portrait of Alok Vaid-Menon, acclaimed non-binary author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. Executive-produced by Jodie Foster.

Bug Diner
(Directed by Phoebe Jane Hart / 2024 / USA / 7 mins / Not Rated / 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: Animation)
A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass.

Dream Creep
‍(Directed by Carlos A.F. Lopez / USA /13 mins / Not Rated)
A couple awakens in the night to sounds emanating from an unlikely orifice.

Essex Girls
‍(Directed by Yero Timi-Biu / 2024 / UK / 15 mins / Not Rated)
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.

Pathological
‍(Directed by Alison Rich / 2024 /USA / 16 mins / Not Rated)
A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.

Pisko the Crab Child is in Love
‍(Directed by Makoto Nagahisa / 2023 / Japan / 18 mins / Not Rated / 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Special Jury Prize for Directing)
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.  

The Masterpiece
‍(Directed by Àlex Lora Cercós / 2023 / Spain / 20 mins / Not Rated / 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize)
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.

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