Shorts

The shorts programs are sponsored by Oscilloscope Laboratories

The Atomic Soldiers Dir. Morgan Knibbe; 2018; 23 min.: Shellshocked American veterans, long sworn to secrecy, open up about their experiences as government guinea pigs. (Plays in: Coffee 70)
Baby Brother Dir. Kamau Bilal; 2018; 14 min.: A dynamic, hometown look at a brother experiencing a summer impasse, directed by Columbia native Kamau Bilal. (Plays with: Lovers of the Night)
La Bouche Dir. Camilo Restrepo; 2017; 19 min.: Years after the murder of his daughter, a musician finds a way to express his pain. (Plays in: Red Wine 73)
Community Patrol Dir. Andrew James; 2018; 13 min.: This black-and-white film follows a vigilante "community court" in Detroit, led by the charismatic Rev. Malik Shabazz. (Plays in: Coffee 70)
Concussion Protocol Dir. Josh Begley; 2018; 6 min.: Constructed from footage of every regular-season concussion in the NFL this past year, this film transforms these collisions with terrifying balletic grace. (Plays with: Combat Obscura)
Dessert-Disaster Dir. Alison Nguyen; 2017; 2 min.: A split-screen sensory smorgasbord of found footage dessert advertisements versus natural disasters. (Plays in: Lager 72)
Disintegration 93-96 Dir. Miko Revereza; 2017; 6 min.: A furious and vulnerable memoir covering four years of the director’s childhood as an undocumented immigrant. (Plays in: Kombucha 71)
Duelo Dir. Alejandro Alonso; 2017; 12 min.: Somewhere in a lush Cuban forest, a shamanistic widow prays for her son. (Plays in: Red Wine 73)
Durango Dir. Matt Sukkar; 2017; 14 min.: Two brothers spar and play in a bubble of their own until one threatens to break out. (Plays with: The Next Guardian)
Graven Image Dir. Sierra Pettengill; 2017; 11 min.: On the making and promoting of Stone Mountain, Georgia, the KKK-built monument to the Confederate States. (Plays with: Our New President)
John 746 Dir. Ana Vijdea; 2017; 34 min.: A slow-burn portrait of a junk shop, deep in de-industrialized America, and its idiosyncratic owner. (Plays in: Coffee 70)
Las Nubes Dir. Juan Pablo González; 2018; 21 min.: A weathered man is partially visible in a rear-view mirror as he relates getting mixed up with the wrong kind. (Plays in: Kombucha 71)
Liminals Dir. Jeremy Shaw; 2017; 31 min.: The Quantification has occurred and religious experience is no longer within easy reach, so a band of experimental dancers seek transcendence. (Plays in: Lager 72)
The Making and Unmaking of the Earth Dir. Jessica Bardsley; 2018; 17 min.: Women’s testimonies of dreams, fears and trauma unfold against the dramatic backdrop of a rupturing Earth – molten lava, avalanches and all. (Plays in: Lager 72)
Mini Miss Dir. Rachel Daisy Ellis; 2018; 16 min.: Prepare to be charmed and disturbed by this immersion into the Brazilian child pageant scene. (Plays in: Red Wine 73)
Mon Amour, Mon Ami Dir. Adriano Valerio; 2017; 16 min.: Somewhere in the Umbrian hills, Fouad is lovelorn about his dear Daniela, who despite his mean tajine is decidedly not in love. (Plays with: António e Catarina)
Palenque Dir. Sebastián Pinzón Silva; 2017; 25 min.: A documentary musical that floats around a small Colombian village that reveals its landmark status in the New World. (Plays in: Red Wine 73)
Personal Truth Dir. Charlie Lyne; 2017; 18 min.: Inspired by Pizzagate, the director re-examines a conspiracy from his youth and uncorks a sometimes funny, sometimes serious meditation on skepticism. (Plays in: Kombucha 71)
Pumpkin Movie Dir. Sophy Romvari; 2017; 10 min.: On Halloween, the director and her friend Skype each other with creepy stories of a particular bent. (Plays with: António e Catarina)
Pure Difference Dir. Byron Peters; 2017; 22 min.: A pop-Marxist history of mathematics that spoofs graphic-heavy, educational videos. (Plays in: Lager 72)
Secret Screening Breeze Dir. David de Rozas: In the face of historically significant changes, an honorable figure finds a way to connect. (Plays in: Kombucha 71)
They Just Come and Go Dir. Boris Poljak; 2017; 20 min.: A richly atmospheric film about a beach in Split, Croatia (as featured in Playing Men), it goes from the libidinous to the elegiac, ending in a morning-after Leonard Cohen singalong. (Plays with: Playing Men)
The Trader Dir. Tamta Gabrichidze; 2017; 22 min.: In the Republic of Georgia, a hulking man arrives with a van full of clothes, toys and household items: Money is meaningless — all that matters is potatoes. (Plays with: Artemio)
The Water Slide Dir. Nathan Truesdell; 2018; 10 min.: A skewering of local news cadences that travels to Kansas, where Libertarian-leaning politicians fast-track the world’s largest slide. (Plays in: Kombucha 71)