35th Edition Shortsfest: PROGRAM 8

Friday, April 10, 8pm

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

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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

Colorado Premiere

ÖRONMASK (EARWORM)

13 MIN

SWEDEN

Ulph Degerfors is plagued by an earworm as Rednex’s “Cotton Eye Joe” takes over his mind, driving him toward madness and contaminating everything he hears.

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World Premiere

CI SHI CI KE (AT THE STAGE WHEN)

16 MIN

US, CHINA

In a Chinese megacity, a young laborer navigates her marriage to a well-off man and finds herself pulled more and more into an unintended future.

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International Premiere

PLACEHOLDER

15 MIN

FINLAND

The one before the right one.

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Colorado Premiere

MARGA IN MEXICO CITY

20 MIN

MEXICO, US, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Marga’s life and future take an unexpected turn at 21 weeks pregnant during a surprise visit to Mexico City in 1995.

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Colorado Premiere

FILLE DE L'EAU (WATER GIRL)

15 MIN

FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL

Mia has spent her life freediving, fishing, and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time marked her body and world. Loved ones vanished. Tonight, she remembers.

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Colorado Premiere

CALLBACK

16 MIN

Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback. All hell breaks loose.

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35th Edition Shortsfest: PROGRAM 8

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