35th Edition Shortsfest: PROGRAM 3

Wednesday, April 8, 4pm

Wheeler Opera House | 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen

2026 Shortsfest

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

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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 for screenings, panels, and other festivities that spotlight the art and craft of short-form cinema.

Films

US Premiere

MANGO SEED

14 MIN

AUSTRALIA

In this tender autobiographical account, a young woman’s decision to pursue her dreams in another city impacts her relationship with her father.

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Colorado Premiere

SULAIMANI

20 MIN

FRANCE

One evening in Paris, two strangers – both young women from Kerala, India – find themselves in an Indian restaurant. The space’s sights, sounds and smells take them on a journey through bittersweet memories of their uprooting and emancipation.

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Colorado Premiere

THE BOYS AND THE BEES

19 MIN

On an idyllic farm in rural Georgia, young parents tenderly share their knowledge of life, love, and nature with their young sons while teaching them the art of beekeeping.

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World Premiere

FORAGERS

14 MIN

A young couple foraging for mushrooms is caught in a lightning storm, an experience that unearths the quiet distance buried between them.

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World Premiere

ON THE &

8 MIN

Drowning in postpartum anxiety, a chorus-line dancer played by Mamie Gummer is pulled back into an audition she thought motherhood had left behind.

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Colorado Premiere

JAZZ INFERNAL

16 MIN

CANADA

Koffi, a young Ivorian trumpeter, arrives in Montreal with nothing but the legacy of his father to guide him. Lost between the city’s noise and the silence of his past, he must confront his roots to finally find his own voice.

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35th Edition Shortsfest: PROGRAM 3

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