Big feelings, small moments. These shorts explore grief, memory, loneliness, and the quiet connections that shape us - the weird, tender ways we try to understand each other, and ourselves, when everything breaks or finally makes sense.
95 min. total run time
All the Rivers
Director: Bona Productions, Israel - 4:35 - experimental
A handwoven tale of the journey of a patched doll who is everyone yet no one, carried away from an unknown past toward an unforeseen future.
GHOST WRITER
Director: Jason Joel Lethcoe, United States - 3:13 - animation
A ghost writer finds the perfect companion to give his afterlife the ending he always wanted.
Death: The Life of Mike Egan
Director: Doug Helmick , United States - 11:54 - documentary
A documentary portrait of artist Mike Egan, whose work with skulls and coffins explores death as transformation and self-expression.
ALOHA MEANS I LOVE YOU
Director: Katy Dore, United States - 6:02 - dramedy
Clara and Bertie have been friends for nearly 60 years, but when Clara brings a man into the picture, their bond is tested.
Sally
Director: Micah Sanders Silva, United States - 15:16 - drama
A young man reconnects with a childhood friend who shows him how to truly live.
The Color Blue
Director: Enoch Leung, United States - 11:08 - drama
Selina and Simon must face life with newfound heaviness after losing their unborn child, and ask what it takes to move on when love has nowhere to go.
If the Creek Don't Rise
Director: Andrew Stevens, United States - 12:26 - drama
In rural Georgia, the 2008 recession rips nine-year-old Tommy out of the imaginary world he shares with his stepsister, forcing him to confront the instability around him.
Dots & Dashes
Director: Liana Jordan, United States - 4:59 - drama
While visiting his deathbed, a young woman and her estranged grandfather learn to communicate what they never could during life.
What a Beautiful Day
Director: Cherise Keown, Canada - 10:00 - narrative
Ashley visits her mother in the park and struggles to connect - Alzheimer's stealing moments as quickly as they arrive.
Dale
Director: Jason MacDonald, United States - 15:47 - drama
A man is interviewed about the reasons he committed a brutal murder thirty years ago. Not all secrets stay buried.
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DECEMBER 6, 2025 AT LIMELIGHT
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