35th Edition Shortsfest: PROGRAM 7

Friday, April 10, 4pm

Wheeler Opera House | 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen

2026 Shortsfest

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Shortsfest

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

*Includes $3 Aspen ShowTix ticketing fee

Event Details

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

Colorado Premiere

THE BADDEST SPEECHWRITER OF ALL

29 MIN

Now 95, Martin Luther King Jr. ‘s lawyer and speechwriter reflects on the personal cost and surprising truths of making history, offering an intimate insider’s view of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Colorado Premiere

O'SEY BALAMMA

13 MIN

INDIA

During the Sankranti festival celebrations, a matriarch and her housekeeper confront solitude through the intimacy of each other’s company.

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Colorado Premiere

PIDIKWE (RUMBLE)

10 MIN

CANADA

Indigenous women of various generations become part of an audiovisual whirlwind that straddles the borders between film and performance, traditional and contemporary, and past and future.

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