2024, 110 minutes
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour program is a sampling of Festival offerings and a testament to the unique storytelling potential that the format holds.
ALOK / U.S.A. (Director: Alex Hedison) — A compelling portrait of Alok Vaid-Menon, acclaimed nonbinary author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. Executive-produced by Jodie Foster.
Bug Diner / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Phoebe Jane Hart) — A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: Animation.
Dream Creep / U.S.A. (Director: Carlos A.F. Lopez) — A couple awakens in the night to sounds emanating from an unlikely orifice.
Essex Girls / U.K. (Director: Yero Timi-Biu) — After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself.
Pathological / U.S.A. (Director: Alison Rich) — A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.
Pisko the Crab Child is in Love / Japan (Director: Makoto Nagahisa) — Pisko’s father is a crab while her mother is human. Pisko falls in love with her teacher but is heartbroken when he leaves her because she is half-crab. Pisko finally finds love and companionship with her friend Kubokayo. 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Special Jury Prize for Directing.
The Masterpiece / Spain (Director: Àlex Lora Cercós) — Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize.