A 93-minute collection of eight short films from the 2013 edition of the festival, the Sundance Film Festival Short Films program showcases a variety of both young and established filmmakers. Already playing now at the IFC Center in New York until January 2, the series is coming to a city near you. Log lines below, and program dates after the jump. Check out Sundance’s 2014 shorts lineup here.
THE DATE
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Tino’s manhood is put to the test in front of two women when he has to host a date for Diablo, the family’s stud cat.
(Jenni Toivoniemi, Finland, 8 min)WHIPLASH
Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction
An aspiring drummer enters an elite conservatory’s top jazz orchestra.
(Damien Chazelle, USA, 17 min)SKINNINGROVE
Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction
Photographer Chris Killip shares unpublished images chronicling time spent among the fiercely independent residents of a remote English fishing village.
(Michael Almereyda, USA, 15 min)UNTIL THE QUIET COMES
Short Film Special Jury Award
Shot in the Nickerson Gardens housing projects in Watts, Los Angeles, this film deals with themes of violence, camaraderie and spirituality through the lens of magical realism.
(Kahlil Joseph, USA, 4 min)IRISH FOLK FURNITURE
Short Film Jury Award: Animation
In Ireland, old hand-painted furniture is often associated with hard times, with poverty, and with a time many would rather forget. In this animated documentary, 16 pieces of traditional folk furniture are repaired and returned home.
(Tony Donoghue, Ireland, 8 min)THE EVENT
Love and a severed foot at the end of the world.
(Julia Pott, USA/United Kingdom, 4 min)JONAH
When two young men photograph a gigantic fish leaping from the sea, their small town becomes a tourist attraction in this story about the old and the new.
(Kibwe Tavares, Tanzania/United Kingdom, 20 min)K.I.T.
A guilt-ridden, but well-intentioned, yuppie goes to great lengths to prove she is a decent person.(Michelle Morgan, USA, 15 min)
December 27 – January 2
IFC Center
New York City
with filmmaker Q and A
www.ifccenter.com
January 3
Provincetown, MA
Waters Edge Cinema
www.watersedgecinema.org
January 3-5
Chicago, IL
Music Box Theatre
www.musicboxtheatre.com
January 3-9
Asbury Park, NJ
The ShowRoom Cinema
www.theshowroomap.com
January 3-9
San Rafael, CA
Smith Rafael Film Center
www.cafilm.org/rfc/
January 7
Maitland, FL
Enzian Theater
www.enzian.org
January 10-16
Springfield, MO
Moxie Cinema
www.moxiecinema.com
January 10-16
Fort Collins, CO
The Lyric
www.lyriccinemacafe.com
January 10-16
Boston, MA
Coolidge Corner
www.coolidge.org
January 15 and 16
Columbia, MO
Ragtag Cinema
www.ragtagfilm.com
January 17
Athens, GA
Athens Cine
www.athenscine.com
January 17-19
Bellingham, WA
Pickford Film Center
www.pickfordcinema.org
January 18-19
Portland, OR
Hollywood Theatre
www.hollywoodtheatre.org
January 18-19
Camas, WA
Liberty Theatre
www.camasliberty.com
January 22-23
Nashville, TN
Belcourt Theatre
www.belcourt.org
January 28-29
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Theatre
with filmmaker Q and A
www.michtheater.org
February 21-27
Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Cinematheque
www.lbcinema.org
Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
