• Art Attack

Explore the transformative and provocative influence of art through an assortment of documentary, fiction, and animated short films that celebrate the creative process and its ability to heal and challenge.

Short Films

Invasive Species

A young Asian American sound artist grapples with her impostor syndrome as it takes on new extremes at her first artist's residency.

Vernissage

Simon and Siván are the picture-perfect artsy couple. Everything in their lives is thoroughly curated, from the way they have sex to their choice of celebrity therapist. One night, during another soulless art exhibition, the shiny surface of their relationship starts to crack. Meet the filmmaker: https://youtu.be/uot8y0jr-Z0

Dicks That I Like

Visual artist Daniela Torres creates phallic sculptures inspired by the men who have been dicks to her. In this intimate portrait, Daniela shares her struggles, catharsis, and process with women in her workshop. It is a hands-on approach to healing trauma that yields beautiful results.

Away

Two 16-year-old Ukrainian refugees in Budapest help at a school for refugee children and make protest art on the streets — triggering political debate among the Hungarian passersby.

Epicenter

Bukhansan Mountain grows during an earthquake. Little by little, fine cracks appear on the wall that divides the world of fantasy and reality, where someone begins to notice the existence of an invisible world.

Black Strings

The Black String Triage Ensemble, an all-African American orchestra in Milwaukee, performs on the scenes of gun violence. In a city grappling with violence, can these first responders transform the aftermath of tragedies into spaces of recovery, healing and hope?

ShortFest 2023