Opening Night: Collection of Shorts

(104 min)
Thursday, June 4, 2026 8:00 PM
*OPENING NIGHT* Collection of Shorts

Basie Center Cinemas

*OPENING NIGHT* Collection of Shorts

Thursday, June 4, 2026 8:00 PM

Basie Center Cinemas

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List of films included in this program:

BACKSTORY: The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music

Director: Michael Sodano
Documentary Short
USA | 14 min

The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music is scheduled to open Spring of 2026. This unique facility, on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch NJ will store over 40,000 items …

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What A Flop

Director: Josh Pyun
Short Short, Animation
Comedy | USA | 4 min

Desperate for food, a tall fish guy tries his fin at street performing so he can get enough money to buy a hot dog, but faces competition in the form of a mime, an accordionist, …

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The TEDI Story: 35 Years of the Trenton Education Dance Institute

Director: Dan Preston
Short Short, Documentary
Dance, Education | USA | 4 min

The story of a unique program teaching life lessons to Trenton NJ students through dance. Features current students and staff, as well as alumni, revealing the impact and value of TEDI.

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Home

Director: P.J. Bracco
Music Video
USA | 4 min

In continuing on from “Rescue Me”, while working through his battle with depression and alcoholism, our lead now faces the next part of his journey… going home.

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The Thinker

Director: Parker Felumlee, Talula Martin
Narrative Short
USA | 12 min

An aggressively lazy student pulls every trick in the book to get out of writing an essay for her straight-laced professor. As her obsession with avoiding this simple task grows to dangerous proportions, her relationship …

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On the Street

Director: Dave McGrath
Short Short
Slapstick | USA | 2 min

A sidewalk flirtation turns into a series of physical mishaps. A tribute to Buster Keaton.

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Paper Doll by Maia Dobbs

Director: Bill Klages, Benjamin Drumm
Music Video
Alternative, Rock | USA | 4 min

A Fleeting Fugue

Director: Devon Reed
Short Short
USA | 4 min

A songwriter desperately tries to hold on to a new melody as they navigate through the sounds of the big city.

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Atomic Eve

Director: Kaushik Tare
Narrative Short
Drama, Sci Fi | USA | 13 min
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In the year 2029, the world is at war. As announcements of incoming nuclear attack shake the United States, people of all walks of life scramble to reconcile with the end of the world.

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Almost Ten

Director: Dan Quinn, Sean Davis
Short Short, Animation
USA | 2 min

When an innocent looking fish tricks a robber into thinking she’s younger than she is…

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Not a Hero by Accident

Director: Adam Ansorge
Short Short, Animation
Comedy, Horror, Suspense | USA | 3 min

The fatal collision with a meter maid puts a truck driver in the hands of the local community to decide his fate.

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The Windowsill

Director: Kerry Mosier
Short Short, Animation
Drama, Experimental | USA | 4 min

A row of plants rests on a sunlit windowsill, each marked with a name and quietly bearing witness to something unseen. When a new arrival is placed among them, the meaning behind this fragile garden …

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Whispers of the Rails

Director: Wiktor Krasowski
Narrative Short
USA | 10 min

After a tragic accident that left Chris with pschylogical issues, he has to determine the difference between reality and dreams.

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Solstice – Equinox Color Visions

Director: Caroling Wholeo
Qwik Qlip
Documentary, Experimental, New Media | USA | 1 min

Meditating on the December Outer Solstice 2025 at Sunrise, going to the Galactic Center, color visions come back, returning from black hole violet encounter in harmonies of pale Galaxy Green. Following meditation after sun has …

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Colors of the Soul

Director: Lauren Schwartzbard
Short Short, Animation
Dystopian, Drama | USA | 2 min

A girl lives with her cat in a monotone world that rains colors – but no one is allowed to touch them.

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Actually I Can

Director: Nika Stewart
Music Video
USA | 3 min

Pop music video with an inspirational story about dancing in the rain, thriving through big challenges, and emerging stronger than ever.

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The River Song

Director: Vincent R Corona-Evans
Music Video, Animation
USA | 3 min

“The River Song” is an animated music video drawn from childhood memories. It follows a young boy exploring his new home at the Tides Motel along the shoreline in Shark River Hills, NJ, as his …

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The Future Animator’s Journey

Director: Celeste D'Antuono
Documentary Short
USA | 15 min

College animation students work to finish two films and then reflect on the journey they took post-graduation.

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