SHORTS: Art In Many Forms

Jul 31, July 30th - August 14th

15 grains of sand • Charlotte • DOPO YUMEmories • Make Me A King • Memento Mori • Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver • The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms • Tiny Titanic

Shorts in Program:

15 grains of sand

Documentary Short by Rachel Handlin • USA • 2021 • 4 mins

The filmmaker explores her experience as one of only a handful of people with Down syndrome in the world to have earned a college degree, and how art can help expand educational opportunities for others.

Charlotte

Animation Short by Zach Dorn • USA • 2021 • 13 mins.

A pop song transforms the lives of an enigmatic folk singer and her family.

DOPO YUMEmories

Documentary Short by Jordan Galland • USA • 2022 • 13 mins.

A short look back at Dopo Yume, a NYC-based rock band that gained traction in the late 90s, early 00s, but never quite took flight.

Make Me A King

Dramatic Short by Sofia Olins • UK • 2021 • 16 mins.

After being shunned by their conservative parents, Ari pursues their dream of being a Jewish Drag King and honouring Pepi Littman as they perform.

Memento Mori

Animation Short by Paul O’Flanagan • Ireland • 2021 • 9 mins.

Late one stormy night in Victorian Dublin, a post-mortem photographer receives his latest subject, a recently deceased young woman. And this encounter with the dead young woman will be unforgettable.

Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

Documentary Short by Lewie & Noah Kloster • USA • 2021 • 10 mins.

In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch’s sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness to smuggle one of the world’s rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms

Documentary Short by Lauryn Welch, Eloise Sherrid • USA • 2021 • 10 mins.

An intimate magical-realist documentary combining paintings with live action footage to open a window on a man’s experience living with a painful chronic illness called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Tiny Titanic

Documentary Short by Mike Scholtz • USA • 2022 • 9 mins.

A Minnesota family discovers some surprising connections to the Titanic disaster. They decide to honor the ship by building a miniature replica in their front yard.