SF24: PROGRAM 8

Saturday, April 6, 2pm

Wheeler Opera House | 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen

$20 Aspen Film Member
$25 General Admission

Event Details

The 33rd Aspen Shortsfest, April 1-7, 2024, at the Wheeler Opera House and the Aspen Film Isis Theatre. Celebrating over three decades of presenting great shorts, Shortsfest is one of only four Oscar®-qualifying festivals in the US strictly dedicated to short films in the fields of animation, documentary, and live-action narrative. Featuring new works from over 24 countries, with ten programs, 70 short films, and 16 world premieres, each of the ten programs contains a variety of shorts, from comedies to dramas and documentaries to animation. This year’s Oscar®-qualifying competition will introduce viewers to a vast and exciting array of fast-rising filmmakers.


Films

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Essex Girls

15 MIN

UK

Flipping the "Essex Girl" trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships
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US Premiere

Oyu

22 MIN

France, Japan

It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan.
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Colorado Premiere

Redlights

14 MIN

Canada

An innocent evening out at a local bar takes a life and death turn for two Indigenous women.
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North American Premiere

Nothing Special

15 MIN

France, Israel

Between four walls, two women are waiting. One, for death that keeps passing her by. The other, for her life to begin.
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World Premiere

Mānoa Valley

11 MIN

US

Two friends living in Mānoa Valley spend a summer day together before one of them moves to New York City.
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Colorado Premiere

Where My Memory Began

9 MIN

Sierra Leone

Where My Memory Began follows elder Ballu as she tries to remember a 400-year-old Cotton Tree.
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World Premiere

See Saw

12 MIN

US

Glenn wakes up to discover that his personal data has been leaked and is spreading virally all over the world.

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