The New Yorker Short Film Festival
- Wed, Jan 8
Run Time: 120 min.
One Night Only! Presenting 4 films from The New Yorker, shortlisted for Academy-Award consideration.
Best Documentary Short Films:
Eternal Father, directed by Ömer Sami – a man’s wish to be cryogenically frozen after death raises questions for his wife and children.
Incident, directed by Bill Morrison – A collection of surveillance and body-camera footage offers a raw look at the 2018 police shooting of Harith Augustus, and at the immediate attempts to shape the story.
Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr, directed by Kimberly Reed – A short documentary goes behind the scenes with the Montana state representative as she fights for trans medical care and makes a momentous decision in her own life.
Best Live Action Short Film:
I’m Not A Robot, directed by Victoria Warmerdam – a woman wonders if she’s human when a series of failed CAPTCHA tests plunges her into a strange new reality.