2023 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
SHOWTIMES
Thurs (7/6) 7:00
Fri (7/7) 4:00
Sat (7/8) 4:00
Sun (7/9) 6:30
TICKETS
- $9.50 Adults
- $8.50 Seniors + Students
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour presented by Shutterstock is an 90-minute theatrical program of seven short films curated from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, including two Festival Award-winning titles. Considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers, the Festival includes fiction, documentary and animation from around the world. Throughout its almost 40 years of history, the Festival has always supported short films, providing a platform for both established and new filmmakers to connect with audiences. The 2023 Short Film 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, inspirational, and full of strong characters.
Help Me Understand
Six women come to a consensus.
United States, Fiction.
Director and Screenwriter: Aemilia Scott, Producers: Paul Feig, Laura Fischer, Kesila Childers, Erica Fishman, Amy Geist
Cast: Dana Powell, Dierdre Friel, Rachael Harris, Nicole Michelle Haskins, Kate Flannery, Ken Marino, Kali Racquel
Inglorious Liaisons
On the night of a big party for Lucie, Maya, and their friends, Jimmy has also come. Everyone knows he is here for Maya, but does she have the same feelings for Jimmy?
France/Belgium, Fiction/Animation.
Directors and Screenwriters: Chloé Alliez, Violette Delvoye, Producers: Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois, William Henne
Cast: Evmorfia Spanoudis, Hélène Bolenge Boteku
Parker
Three generations of a Kansas City family are finally unified when they do something that countless other Black Americans could not — choose their own last name.
United States, Non-Fiction.
Directors: Catherine Hoffman, Sharon Liese, Producers: Sharon Liese, Funmi
Ogunro, Samantha Hake
Pro Pool
Newly graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and civilization, Charles-Olivier struggles to find a job in his field and must rely on a clerk position in a pool shop. Feeling down, he navigates his gig as best he can.
Canada, Fiction
Director and Screenwriter: Alec Pronovost, Producer: Patrick Francke-Sirois
Cast: Louis Carrière, Alexis Martin, Sylvie De Morais, Sébastien Rajotte, Oussama Fares,
Rest Stop
Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction.
On a bus ride from New York to Oklahoma, Meyi, a young Ugandan-American girl, realizes her place in the world through her mother’s ambitious effort to reunite their family.
United States, Fiction.
Director and Screenwriter: Crystal Kayiza, Producers: Jalena Keane-Lee, Brit Fryer
Cast: Leeanna E. Tushabe, Alicia Basiima, Khalid Semakula, Robert Wanyama, Margaret Bisase, Olivia Nantongo.
Take Me Home
After their mother’s death, a cognitively disabled woman and her estranged sister must learn to communicate in order to move forward.
United States, Fiction.
Director and Screenwriter: Liz Sargent. Producer: Minos Papas
Cast: Anna Sargent, Jeena Yi, Joan Sargent
When You Left Me On That Boulevard
Short Film Grand Jury Prize.
Teenager Ly and her cousins get high before a boisterous family Thanksgiving at their auntie’s house in southeast San Diego in 2006.
United States, Fiction.
Director and Screenwriter: Kayla Abuda Galang. Producers: Alifya Ali, David Oconer, Udoy Rahim, Samantha Skinner
Cast: Kailyn Dulay, Melissa Arcaya, Elle Rodriguez, Whitney Agustin, Gina May Gimongala, Allan Wayne Anderson.
