Shortz! Film Festival

When two lovable loners on the internet agree to go a blind date, they become entangled in a web of intrigue and deadly peril.

A maritime fairy tale about a woman who longs for the day her husband will drown at sea.

In the 1950s a program called Dolls for Democracy was started. Women known as "doll ladies" would travel to local schools and teach children, through the use of hand carved wooden character dolls, about why racism and intolerance is wrong. Over the decades the program has faded into obscurity, but one woman has made it her life's mission to reignite a nations passion for the programs hopeful message. Selma Bukstein was one of the original doll ladies, now 60 years later and at the age of 91, she's the last doll lady.

The Last Doll Lady follows Selma's efforts to revitalize the program and pass on its legacy to a new generation.

 

Captain Justice and his team of great heroes were once the protectors of Cosmopolis and adored by all citizens. After having put in jail their sworn enemy, the Scarman, they décide to put masks and capes in the wardrobe to retire. Now 70 years old Captain Justice is leading a normal life. But this old hero intends to resume service proving to all that his age is not an obstacle!

Every year about 80 people kill themselves in Sweden by standing on a rail track and wait for a train. Every single tragedy thus also take place in the train cab. How do drivers handle the experience of having death ever present at every shift, and behind every curve? Through a journey along the tracks that runs through the Swedish reality we get switched into a series of such reflective testimony, stories that is forming a chorus of voices while we travel along the inexorable tracks.

Take a brief look into the life of Northern California's drag king sweetheart, Tucker Noir. Watch as he hosts Chico California's 2016 gay pride weekend and gives us a little insight on what performing drag is all about.

Teleportation has replaced all other forms of travel in the U.S. For most everyone, it has been a welcome innovation. However, a rare condition limits Bennett’s ability to teleport.

Feeling isolated and alone, he starts a long-distance relationship with the one who got away.

Winner - Best SciFi

In a seemingly utopian future, an elderly woman struggles to accept that it seems like it's her turn to die. 

Winner - Best Drama & 1st Place Judges Choice

Irene is eight and she just woke up from a horrible dream.