Join Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Mike Plante as he sits down with director Scott Calonico and producer Jeffrey J. Radice from the 2019 Festival short film Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth* (*but were afraid to ask). The short is the true story of how the Berkeley Police Department, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, and Mr. Spock from Star Trek are all connected by one of the most disturbing educational films ever created.

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates the short form worldwide, from the high mountains of Park City to the online realm. The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Andrea Arnold, Damien Chazelle, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Todd Haynes, Terence Nance, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

Sundance ShortsCast: Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth* (*but were afraid to ask*)

Join Sundance Film Festival short film programmer Lisa Ogdie as she sits down with Carlen May-Mann, director of the 2019 Festival short film The Rat. In this fiction short, it’s Halloween night and Renee is madly in love with Jim. On their way to a party, Jim detours to a haunted house where Renee is forced to confront a terrifying situation.

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates the short form worldwide, from the high mountains of Park City to the online realm. The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Andrea Arnold, Damien Chazelle, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Todd Haynes, Terence Nance, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

Sundance ShortsCast: The Rat

Join Sundance Film Festival short film programmer Adam Piron as he sits down with Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland, directors of the 2019 Festival short film Throat Singing in Kangirsuk. In this doc short, Eva and Manon practice the art of throat singing in the small village of Kangirsuk, in their native Arctic land, interspliced with footage of the four seasons of Kangirsuk by Johnny Nassak.

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates the short form worldwide, from the high mountains of Park City to the online realm. The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Andrea Arnold, Damien Chazelle, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Todd Haynes, Terence Nance, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

Sundance ShortsCast: Throat Singing In Kangirsuk

Join Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Mike Plante as he sits down with Stefanie Abel Horowitz, director of the 2019 Festival short film Sometimes, I Think About Dying. In this fiction short, Fran is thinking about dying, but a man in the office might want to date her.

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates the short form worldwide, from the high mountains of Park City to the online realm. The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Andrea Arnold, Damien Chazelle, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Todd Haynes, Terence Nance, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

Sundance ShortsCast: Sometimes, I Think About Dying

Join Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Mike Plante as he sits down with co-director and musician Lonnie Holley and producer Matt Arnett of the 2019 Festival short film I Snuck Off the Slave Ship. The film follows Holley, a “self-taught African American artist” and dimensional traveler, as he attempts to sneak off the slave ship America.

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates the short form worldwide, from the high mountains of Park City to the online realm. The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Andrea Arnold, Damien Chazelle, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Todd Haynes, Terence Nance, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

Sundance ShortsCast: I Snuck Off the Slave Ship

Join Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Mike Plante as he sits down with Jenn Nkiru, Marc Thomas, and Kamasi Washington, three of the co-directors of the 2019 Festival short film As Told to G/D Thyself. The short, with music by Washington, tells the cosmic journey of sacred youth, during which pain, pleasure, and sublimation are non-negotiable.

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates the short form worldwide, from the high mountains of Park City to the online realm. The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Andrea Arnold, Damien Chazelle, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Todd Haynes, Terence Nance, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

Sundance ShortsCast: As Told to G/d Thyself

Join Sundance Film Festival short film programmer Sudeep Sharma as he sits down with Trevor Anderson, director of the 2019 Festival short film Docking. In the midnight movie short, Trevor reflects on his fear of dating.

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates the short form worldwide, from the high mountains of Park City to the online realm. The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Andrea Arnold, Damien Chazelle, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Todd Haynes, Terence Nance, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

Sundance ShortsCast: Docking

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