SHORTS PACKAGE: THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE

Shorts screened:

MAX DISTANCE

15 minutes United States (Comedy / Narrative / Women Director)

Stuck in endless droning Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love.

BLUE VIOLET

9 minutes United Kingdom (LGBTQ+ / Narrative / Romance / Women Director)

Blue's loving gift plans for Violet take a sinister turn when reality interrupts.

PUBLIC FREAKOUT

10 minutes United States (Comedy / Drama / Narrative / Women Director)

A group of strangers argue at a gas station.

REMEMBER ME

9 minutes United States (Comedy / Drama / Narrative / Women Director)

After a series of personal setbacks, 40-year-old Claire moves back home to care for her ailing father.

THE BURGER

8 minutes United States (Comedy / Narrative)

After grabbing takeout for his girlfriend, a chance encounter threatens to turn a toy collector’s life upside down.

CANCER SZN

12 minutes Canada (Narrative / Experimental / Romance / Alberta / Thriller)

A modern witch casts a body-swapping spell that grants her the relationship of her dreams at a fatal cost.

ART BABY

6 minutes Canada (Comedy / Narrative / Women Director)

When life imitates art, imitates life, imitates art.

BELAY ON

11 minutes United States (Comedy / Narrative)

An insecure couple navigates feelings of jealousy at the expense of those around them.

BEEFMASTOR INN

3 minutes United States (Comedy / Drama / Narrative)

Two siblings try to sell a mounted deer head.

BOWLS

8 minutes United States (Comedy / Narrative)

An argument over loading the dishwasher threatens to destroy a marriage.