2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour (in LA)

Q&A with filmmakers Alison Rich, Phoebe Hart, Alex Hedison, Meggan Lennon and Craig Wedren

“ALOK,” 2024, Dir. Alex Hedison, 19 Mins, USA

A compelling portrait of Alok Vaid-Menon, acclaimed nonbinary author, poet, comedian, and public speaker.

FORMAT: DCP

“Bug Diner,” 2024, Dir. Phoebe Jane Hart, 7 Mins, USA

A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass.

FORMAT: DCP

“Dream Creep,” 2024, Dir. Carlos A.F. Lopez, 13 Mins, USA

A couple awakens in the night to sounds emanating from an unlikely orifice.

FORMAT: DCP

“Essex Girls,” 2023, Dir. Yero Timi-Biu, 15 Mins, UK

After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself.

FORMAT: DCP

“Pathological,” 2024, Dir. Alison Rich, 16 Mins, USA

A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.

FORMAT: DCP

“Pisko the Crab Child is in Love,” 2023, Dir. Makoto Nagahisa, 18 Mins, Japan

In Japanese with English subtitles.

Pisko’s father is a crab while her mother is human. Pisko falls in love with her teacher but is heartbroken when he leaves her because she is half-crab. Pisko finally finds love and companionship with her friend Kubokayo.

FORMAT: DCP

“The Masterpiece,” 2024, Dir. Àlex Lora Cercós, 20 Mins, Spain

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.

FORMAT: DCP

Starts 7PM PT