SHORT TAKES 2
BARK
Directed by Searit Kahsay Huluf
Written by Tristen Tarp
USA, 2024, 16 minutes 32 seconds
He stole her heart. She stole his dog.
After a breakup, an obsessive woman steals her ex’s dog in a desperate attempt to reconnect. Bark twists love, revenge, and grief into a visually striking exploration of emotional chaos.
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
DADDA
Directed by Aimee Hoffman
Written by Elinor Howells
USA, 2025, 18 minutes 28 seconds
Amidst his wife's flourishing career, a once hotshot director turned stay-at-home dad, becomes convinced his hands are inexplicably shrinking. In a desperate search to re-enlarge his hands, he puts his family and sanity at risk as things grow out of control.
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
FLOWERS
Directed by Matthew Oquendo
Written by Matthew Oquendo
USA, 2025, 18 minutes 45 seconds
FLOWERS follows Candace Chapman (Marina Aligh), a struggling waitress trying to catch a break—and the bus. After a nightmare job interview, Candace misses her bus to work, gets followed by a guy at a bus stop—already a start to a terrible day. That is, until she meets Jeff (Peter Banachowski), who just got stood up... on his anniversary.
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
SIENNA AND THE SIT
Directed by Scottie Thompson
Written by Scottie Thompson
USA, 2025, 16 minutes 30 second
SIENNA AND THE SIT is a story about the lengths to which we go to avoid our pain, the community that helps us through to the other side, and ultimately our own inner strength. Sienna, a heartbroken LA seeker ready to try any spiritual remedy, has tried everything to get over her ex but to no avail.
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT
Directed by Charlie Lyons
Written by Charlie Lyons
USA, 2025, 11 minutes 38 seconds
When a female police detective sees a conflicted woman enter a house, the detective arrests her and forces her to make a hard choice.
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
NEW BEGINNINGS
Directed by V.C. Rhone
Written by V.C. Rhone
USA, 2025, 5 minutes
A group of highly irreverent teens bond over Zoloft, hopes and dreams. Webisode Pilot
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
BLOODY SHAME - LAUREN
Directed by Courtney King
Written by Courtney King
USA, 2024, 2 minutes 30 seconds
Set in 1948, Cinema City, our Gotham equivalent of Hollywood, Bloody
Shame is about Jane Barker, a fiesty and fiery screenwriter who is on a
mission to take down the abusive and corrupt producer Jack Dandee
after Jane’s secret lover is the latest on Jack’s long list of victims.
Webisodes.
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
JOHNNY
Directed by Kwame Augustine and Stephanie Boateng
Written by Kwame Augustine
UK, 2025, 7 minutes
The series follows Johnny, a magnetic figure drawn to wild women and fast living. Haunted by his past, he spirals into turmoil, battling demons that blur memory and madness. As he unravels, Johnny's charm becomes both weapon and curse. Webisode
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
BABE
Directed by Regan Patterson
Written by Regan Patterson
USA, 2025, 13 minutes 40 seconds
A young man forms an inseparable bond with his car. Over a decade of adventures and pivotal life events, he faces the bittersweet moment of parting ways with his cherished "friend," reflecting on the memories that defined an era.
Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened