Experimental Shorts: Positions. Dynamics. Perspectives.
Through visceral performance and expression, these films question our relationships with the physical world, with one another, and ultimately, with ourselves. TRIGGER WARNING: strobing, flashing lights, blood, implied violence and loud noises. View filmmaker Q&As here.
Secouer
A dancer struggles between her passion of contemporary dance and her chronic epilepsy. Through her unhealthy coping mechanisms, she has to explore the relationships between art, the artist, and the audience.
NOISE.
An experimental documentary of a photographer with schizophrenia discusses his love for the medium and how it aids his illness.
Assembly Line of Broken Hearts
Exploring themes of inequality this experimental short film uses a variety of techniques to represent the emotional stages of discrimination.
Compression
An experimental narrative about a group of young people forced to participate in an endless cycle of filmed performances.
Keu-ri-seu-ma-seu (Christmas)
The filmmaker finds herself going down the rabbit hole during Christmas in the U.S.
White Whale
An experimental short documentary film about the connection between racism, misogyny, and America's mass shooting epidemic.
LINKt: The Dance Film
LINKt, to put it simply, is about the relationship between a Black woman and a white woman. Performed and co-directed by Joy-Marie Thompson and Sherah Shipman, the two women use a orange rubber band that is tied by their waists to represent the power struggles, differences in privilege, and the dynamics of labor between them.
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These shorts uniquely dive into matters of the heart and remind us of the deep need for love and connection. View filmmaker Q&As here.
On the edge of genre and on the edge of your seat, this eclectic mix will get you to think, laugh and get mad. TRIGGER WARNING: blood, strobing lights, violence, gun violence, implied violence, loud noises, and adult language. View filmmaker Q&As here.
By asking the tough questions and searching for answers, these films tackle the challenging conversations needed for personal accountably, institutional change and healing. TRIGGER WARNING: violence, sexual assault, masturbation, swearing, blood and adult language. View filmmaker Q&As here.
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