34th Edition Shortsfest: Program 6

Thursday, April 3, 5pm

Wheeler Opera House | 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen

2025 Shortsfest

$28* General Admission | $20* Aspen Film Members

*Includes $3 Aspen ShowTix ticketing fee

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Aspen Shortsfest is recognized as one of the premier short film festivals in North America. Each April, enthusiastic audiences, filmmakers, and special guests from around the globe gather to participate in public screenings, panels, workshops, and other festivities that spotlight the art and craft of short-form cinema.

Films

COLORADO PREMIERE

ON A SUNDAY AT 11

9 MIN

Canada

While facing the pressure to perform whiteness, a young Black ballerina performs her Sunday rituals in an unapologetic celebration of the powerful ancestral bond embedded in Black women.

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WORLD PREMIERE

AND THE STARS ARE THE SAME

13 MIN

A Mayan elder reflects on the meaning of home a generation after having left hers.

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TENNIS, ORANGES

11 MIN

Suffering from burnout, a robotic vacuum quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.

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COLORADO PREMIERE

SIESTA

9 MIN

Paraguay, US

Ramona tells a childhood fable to help soothe Cindy’s jealousy. But an old curse is awoken.

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COLORADO PREMIERE

A SUMMER'S END POEM

15 MIN

China, Switzerland, Malaysia

Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle — with surprising results.

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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

ASTRO

17 MIN

Netherlands

Emily just started working as a telephone psychic for a morally ambiguous spiritual call center. In a series of conversations with callers from varying walks of life, she discovers that perhaps there is something spiritual inside or around her.

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COLORADO PREMIERE

FILANTE

9 MIN

France

Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish: to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. Days pass, but the animal doesn’t return. Paulette wants to understand what’s wrong with her star.

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WORLD PREMIERE

PORELESS

13 MIN

A fabulous, queer Muslim beauty entrepreneur must figure out how to compete in a Shark Tank-like product pitch contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction.

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34th Edition Shortsfest: Program 6

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