2026 Sundance Film Festival

Short Film Program 5

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7 films in package
Albatross
Maria, burdened with caregiving for her sick husband, gets invited to a party.
DON’T TELL MAMA
A Montenegrin father takes his teenage daughter on an unforgettable dinner date.
Birdie
In 1970, a 16-year-old Nigerian refugee in Virginia tries to keep her family together when a newcomer draws her sister away.
Balloon Animals
Two grocery store employees have an unexpected, helium-fueled encounter with a late-night customer.
Jazz Infernal
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction Koffi, a young Ivorian trumpeter, arrives in Montréal with nothing but the legacy of his father to guide him. Lost between the city’s noise and the silence of his past, he must confront his roots to finally find his voice.
Norheimsund
A girl’s long-distance romance with an older Norwegian man promises to pull her and her mother from their austere life in Cuba, but her dreams are shaken when she realizes he isn’t as ideal as he seems.
Callback
Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback. All hell breaks loose.
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Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction

Koffi, a young Ivorian trumpeter, arrives in Montréal with nothing but the legacy of his father to guide him. Lost between the city’s noise and the silence of his past, he must confront his roots to finally find his voice.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Language
    French
  • Country
    Canada
  • Director
    Will Niava
  • Screenwriter
    Will Niava, Kristelle Laroche
  • Producer
    Zion Lipstein-Saffer, Samuel Caron
  • Art Director
    Alpha Estifanos
  • Director of Photography
    Harley Francis
  • Editing
    Thomas Bellefleur, Will Niava, Joshua Rosenbaum
  • Sound
    Zachary Scholes, Nataq Huault
  • Music
    Hichem Khalfa
  • Principal Cast
    Ange-Eric N’guessan, Alexis Belhumeur, Kalombo Kasongo
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