Shorts Program: Trapped

Through a series of dreamlike, expressionist scenes, Trapped explores teenage loneliness, screen addiction, and emotional isolation in the digital age. The film provides a deeply personal portrait of what it feels like to grow up …

A film about sisterhood, grief, and how a shared moment in time may unknowingly be your last.

Dave & Stacy Mervis attend a parent teacher conference.

After a tree falls in his front yard, a teenage boy is determined to spend the day cutting and hauling the pieces away in his struggle for self-motivation.

When Emily needs chewing gum for her school’s recycling project, she’ll attempt to collect as much as she can from around her neighborhood.

With two perfect, busy parents, Nessa is completely alone in managing her magical maturity, including all of the chaotic magical outbursts and lack of control that comes with it. And yet, Nessa’s big problem is …

Set in the shadow of Seoul’s wealthiest district, Guryong Village examines South Korea’s last remaining informal settlement and the lives of residents caught between neglect and redevelopment. Through firsthand interviews and on-the-ground footage, the documentary …

The line between one life and another blurs as a young woman obsesses over someone else’s memories to escape her own emptiness.

Lawrence, a former amateur boxer with dementia, fights for his tie to his own identity; while his daughters grapple with the decision of whether it’s time to put him in a nursing home.

After sneaking a photo of their friends with a thrift store time-traveling camera, two film students must work to get their friends back while dealing with their new soul-switched vintage personalities.

A veteran pilot, yearning to reclaim his glory days, steals his vintage aircraft from a museum display.

On the last day of filming for an amateur film, a group of filmmakers go through their own personal conflicts to obtain the Martini shot.

A boy spends hours playing a video game, completely ignoring his grandmother’s repeated warnings to stop at certain time. Shot entirely on a smartphone, Trapped at 12 AM is a sub-two-minute horror short that explores …

“Days before a school tragedy strikes, a single mother’s effort to relocate her family in search of a better future is unknowingly racing against time”. America follows Valerie, a single mother who refuses to break. …