• New Voices

    88 minutes | Camelot Theatres

The shorts in this program represent new and exciting directions in cinema, from a manic dream of Nikola Tesla to a haunting portrait of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Short Films

After/Life

In an Arizona desert, a dystopic collective nightmare unfolds where US domestic and foreign policies collide.

Down Escalation

A human figure trapped in an unstable world begins to undergo a molting process.

Maybe It's Me

An animator tries to recreate his childhood memories in this formally inventive reflection on loss and acceptance.

Silica

An unseen location scout explores an opal mining town in South Australia in this sci-fi-laced essay film, which finds in this semi-deserted region, both the traces of indigenous culture and remnants of cinema history.

The Tesla World Light

New York, 1905. Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor.

Tomorrow the Sun

2028. For reasons unknown to men, the Earth is slowly growing closer to the sun and in the heart of the Congo, a small group of soldiers is witnessing the expansion of the southern forest.

film details

Running Time: 88 minutes

2018 ShortFest Archive