Fantastic Shorts III
Have you ever looked in a mirror and wondered who’s staring back at you? How we see ourselves when there’s no need to pretend and who we are, will be or want to become are top of mind in this collection of films centered on the search for, struggle with and celebration of the self. This is a program for the dreamers who yearn to be different and for those who wake up revitalized with a new lease on life; for those who unabashedly manifest their true selves and in doing so resist—in unison or solitary defiance—prescribed roles and imposed ways of being; for the self-liberators who cast their own magic in the face of limiting beliefs and social violence. From sword-wielding tigers and animatronic party animals to rebellious shapeshifters and witches (self-avowed or so-assigned): there’s more to these courageous characters than meets the eye. Come take a look and (re)ignite the spirit of your truest self!
In the midst of turmoil at Six Lantern Palace, the white tiger named Eleven disrupts an impending execution to rescue his comrades before facing off against his greatest foe, Ruthless Blade.
At a run-down eighties motel, a secret club of robot friends gather to live out their dreams of being something else.
When a centaur-girl and crocodile-man fall for each other, a story about self-love in the face of denial begins to unfold.
In a world ruled by crows and discrimination, a young girl decides to fight for justice.
A group of witches struggle with the increasing violence in their town. Women are disappearing.
When a mysterious physical phenomenon spreads amongst the seamstresses in a British sweatshop, three very different women are put on a collision course with each other and with the oppressive factory foreman.
A gifted Haitian girl has one night to discover the key to her psychic powers and decide once and for all what it means to be: good or evil.
Screenings
Fantastic Shorts Competition I—III & Freakier Fantasies
