Machine for Boredom

Narrative Shorts: Experimental

109 minutes 13 Films
Experimental

Explorations of both body and mind that are only possible through experimental film.
In this program
Anxious Body

Anxious Body

Directed by
Yoriko Mizushiri
France
2021
6 minutes
No Dialogue
When lines and geometric shapes intersect with living and artificial things, a new direction is born.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
apartment

Apartment 3-1/2

Directed by
Manon Crespin
U.S.
2021
20 minutes
English
Tara and Pia are different in many ways, but as they get to know each other, they also learn about themselves.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
An Apology

An Apology

Directed by
Collin Del Cuore
U.S.
2021
17 minutes
English & Hebrew
As a man goes through the motions of furniture shopping, his imagination is filled with movement and dance.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Are you OK

Are You OK?

Directed by
Faiyaz Jafri
U.S.
2021
5 minutes
English
Trying to maintain a fragile balance when vulnerable and lonely.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Babil

Babil

Directed by
Grégory Robin
France
2020
5 minutes
No Dialogue
Sounds of a man-made world dominate and mesmerize.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Banana Island

Banana Island

Directed by
Caroline Schwarz
Germany
2021
5 minutes
No Dialogue
When a Banana Islander realizes that people seem to be approaching by boat, he panics and frantically starts to eat his island of bananas.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Beast

Beast

Directed by
Benjamin Nicolas
Canada
2020
11 minutes
English
Without warning, Martin's body begins to make uncontrolled movements.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Black Sateen

Black Sateen

Directed by
Shiva Sadegh Asadi
Iran
2021
2 minutes
Persian
A little girl compares her dolls to her family members.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Homage

Homage

Directed by
Catalina Del Pilar Cerda Ceresuela
Chile
2021
12 minutes
Spanish
When a group of friends gather at the home of a recently deceased grandmother, they search for inspiration to shoot a short film.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
In her Image

In Her Image

Directed by
Yael Solomonovich
Israel
2020
9 minutes
Hebrew
Women who have dealt with eating disorders and negative body image appear as images from classical art.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Machine for Boredom

A Machine for Boredom

Directed by
Marc Cartwright
U.S.
2020
3 minutes
English
Isolation drives a man to rethink his position within a capitalistic society.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
When I Die

When I Die

Directed by
Alan Griswold
U.S.
2021
9 minutes
English
In this pandemic project 26 years in the making, rediscovered film footage is set to the Magnetic Fields song “The Dreaming Moon."
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Where are you really From

Where Are You Really From?

Directed by
Steven Lee
U.S.
2021
5 minutes
English
Told through a Taiwanese-American lens, this surrealist work explores the absurdity and inconclusive nature of living in a double culture.
Program
Narrative Shorts: Experimental
Animation Spotlight
Asian Focus
International Spotlight
Middle Eastern Focus
Robert French and French-Language Focus
Shorts Competition
Spanish-Language Focus
Women in Film Spotlight
Art
Dance
Music