San Francisco ShortsFest 2023

Thrilling Shorts +Q&A

Expired October 23, 2023 6:59 AM
Already unlocked? for access
6 films in package
#messykidnapping
A curator at the Louvre is convinced her new boyfriend has kidnapped her child, the ransom: The Mona Lisa.
Negatives
Partly shot on 16mm film, Negatives is a tribute to film photography’s resurgence starring Jana Zvedeniuk as ‘Shay’, a film lab technician who begins to suspect a client is displaying predatory behaviour in his photography.
Piss on Patriarchy
Marie is driving on the highway and needs to pee urgently. But the toilet at the rest stop is broken. And an increasingly absurd odyssey through this toxic male biotope begins for Marie - and ends in blood. Trigger warning: sexualized harassment, violence.
TAKBIR
After two ISIS attacks eerily resemble passages from his latest book, a TV writer finds himself under thin ice when he realizes that the new TV show he’s been approached to develop by a mysterious Turkish production company might be used as a blueprint for the terrorist group’s new attack.
Strings
Penny has her share of demons, and she’s about to take on one more. Despite her inability to play, Penny has big dreams of becoming the world’s greatest axe player.
Thrilling Shorts Q&A
This virtual screening is eligible for audience awards! Unlock it to cast your vote.

Marie is driving on the highway and needs to pee urgently. But the toilet at the rest stop is broken. And an increasingly absurd odyssey through this toxic male biotope begins for Marie - and ends in blood.

Trigger warning: sexualized harassment, violence.

  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Country
    Germany
  • Director
    Lena Fakler
Copy link