2023 Sundance Short Film Tour
Various directors

TICKETS

$12 | $8 Speed members

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 90-minute theatrical program of seven short films curated from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, including two Festival Award-winning titles. Considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers, Sundance includes fiction, documentary and animation from around the world.

Throughout its almost 40 years of history, Sundance has always supported short films, providing a platform for both established and new filmmakers to connect with audiences. The 2023 Short Film Tour program is a sampling of Festival offerings and a testament to the unique storytelling potential that the format holds. Audiences who missed the Sundance Film Festival can enjoy a mix of fiction, documentary, and animated shorts that are funny, sad, inspirational, and full of strong characters.

The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alumni Andrea Arnold, Lake Bell, Damien Chazelle, Destin Daniel Cretton, Jay and Mark Duplass, Debra Granik, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Todd Haynes, Sterlin Harjo, Don Hertzfeldt, Sky Hopinka, Shaka King, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Joey Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others. 2022-2023, U.S./Canada/France/Belgium, DCP, 90 minutes. Recommended for 16+.

Titles include:

Help Me Understand
Written and directed by Aemilia Scott

Kate Flannery leads the cast of six women coming to a consensus. Paul Feig (Freaks & Geeks, Bridesmaids) produced the short. 2023, U.S., 14 minutes.

Inglorious Liaisons (Les liaisons foireuses)
Written and directed by Chloé Alliez and Violette Delvoye

This animated short opens on the night of a big party for Lucie, Maya, and their friends. Jimmy has also come, and everyone knows he is here for Maya, but does she have the same feelings for Jimmy? 2022, France/Belgium, in French with English subtitles, 11 minutes.

Parker
Directed by Catherine Hoffman and Sharon Liese

In this documentary, three generations of a Kansas City family are finally unified when they do something that countless other Black Americans could not—choose their own last name. 2023, U.S., 13 minutes.

Pro Pool (Piscine Pro)
Written and directed by Alec Pronovost

Newly graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and civilization, Charles-Olivier struggles to find a job in his field and must rely on a clerk position in a pool shop. Feeling down, he navigates his gig as best he can. 2022, Canada, in French with English subtitles, 8 minutes.

Rest Stop
Written and directed by Crystal Kayiza

On a bus ride from New York to Oklahoma, Meyi, a young Ugandan-American girl, realizes her place in the world through her mother’s ambitious effort to reunite their family. 2022, U.S., 12 minutes.  Film Jury Award: US Fiction.

Take Me Home
Written and directed by Liz Sargent

After their mother’s death, a cognitively disabled woman and her estranged sister must learn to communicate in order to move forward. 2023, U.S., 15 minutes.

When You Left Me on That Boulevard
Written and directed by Kayla Abuda Galang

Teenager Ly and her cousins get high before a boisterous family Thanksgiving at their auntie’s house in southeast San Diego in 2006. 2023, U.S., 13 minutes. Short Film Grand Jury Prize.