TRIBECA: Shorts

A chef (Elisha Yaffe) at a fine dining restaurant in New York City asks a Mexican dishwasher (Kevin Balmore) to find good tortillas.

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After a mysterious electromagnetic pulse renders the world's technology useless, a young girl (Bella Ramsey) finds herself isolated and alone with only her father's strict set of rules to keep her alive.

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A sorority girl (Veronica Dunne) figures out a way to eliminate all risk from the late-night ritual that is the college hook up. Now all she needs is to find a guy to test out her idea on... and with.

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Maja (Selena Marsenic), a six-year-old Serbian girl, has a difficult time interacting with the other kids—and she ends up being misunderstood and lonesome.

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Mack Beggs loved wrestling—it gave him a sense of purpose and a sense of self. Mack Wrestles, takes the audience behind the scenes as this gifted athlete from Euless, Texas, struggles against the outside forces that stigmatize transgender athletes.

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A dreamlike conversation with the past and the present, this film reimagines a more nuanced narrative of Latasha Harlins by excavating intimate memories shared by her cousin and best friend.

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In 1984, two friends from small town Pennsylvania win an MTV contest and the chance to party with Van Halen for 48 Hours.

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Female sumo wrestling champion Hiyori confronts obstacles both inside and outside the ring in an attempt to change Japan's national sport forever.

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Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (If You’re A Girl) is the story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write—and skateboard—in Kabul.

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Lazarus is a short documentary following Lazarus Chigwandali, a street musician with Albinism from Malawi as he teams up with a London-based music producer to record his debut album.

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A self proclaimed “guy’s girl" (Allyn Rachel) finds herself stuck in an all-female, goddess seminar.

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A young boy who loves to draw and build ferris wheels encounters strange creatures that turn his life upside down.

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Keepers of the Wild follows baby orphan elephants and their human keepers in the constant struggle to keep these majestic, complex and loving animals alive and wild in Kenya's largest National Park.

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Two Bedouin sisters (Sara Soumaya Abel and Jala Hesham) hide on a mountain, escaping forced marriages and embarking on a journey of freedom.

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Fourteen year-old Janiyah Blackmon wrestles with her new life in New York City as her mom tries to move her family out of the shelter system and into a stable home.

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When Justine (Christine Medrano) and Julia (Teresa Lee) pick Jake (Josh Fadem) up at a bar, it’s not quite the threesome he was expecting.

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Callie (Hannah Levien), a small town gas station attendant, has an unexpected encounter which will change the course of her life forever.

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How skin became color, color became race, and race became power. Or... the relationship of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson in an animated musical.

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In this wordless fable, an ailing elderly maestro and a young piano prodigy venture out of their musical isolation in hopes of selling their beloved piano.

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Two men (Arron Blake and Philip Brisebois) of different ages meet for the strangest encounter of their lives.

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A plus-size male stripper (Mike Carreon) knocks on the wrong door and is thrust into the criminal underworld. His only chance to save the club and himself is to do what he does best ... DANCE!

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In 2017, trans artists gained access to a 1950s archive of never-before-seen histories of transgender people. Through reenactment and documentary, they revive the past to redefine the future.

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For 40 minutes on January 13, 2018, the fate of the world hung in the balance. For Larry (Johnny Ray Meeks) and Penny (Julie Brister)... their Hawaiian vacation became a lot more meaningful.

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When a passing asteroid begins to affect how people perceive time, one man (Riley Egan) struggles to keep up with a life that is quickly disappearing into the future.

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When Teonna (Ayiana T. Davis) is unexpectedly suspended from school, she encounters a girl from her past who takes her on an adventure through the city.

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According to Iranian law, Bahareh (Linda Kiani) must have her traditional, chauvinistic husband accompany her on driving lessons so she and her instructor will not be alone.

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Santa Claus (Jan Sælid) whole existence is dependent on a little boy’s (Jonathan Gebuhr) faith.

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A short poetic film following Carlito (Carlito Tirira Meshi), a young man living in an indigenous village at the heart of the Amazonian jungle, who decided to leave and change his life forever.

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The members of an underground, post-apocalyptic bunker invite a psychologist from the radioactive and chaotic surface to audition for a place to live among them.

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Shaionna, a young Lakota woman, creates a girls’ boxing team to combat the youth suicide epidemic threatening the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation. With the odds stacked against her, she must confront her own demons while fighting to bring hope and healing to her community.

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A pious Hasidic man (Adam Silver) living a secret double life misplaces his hat one night, which will cause his two separate lives to collide in a way he never imagined.

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Ballet After Dark tells the story a young woman who found the strength to survive after an attack. She created an organization that is helping sexual abuse and domestic violent survivors find healing after trauma through dance therapy.

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In a gentrifying New Orleans, Demond is part of a secret culture called Mardi Gras Indians, African-American men who spend all year sewing feathered suits to decide who’s “the prettiest.”

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A celebrity acting coach (Lorraine Bracco) is interrupted by an unknown actor (Neil Jain) begging for her help for a TV audition. What follows is an unexpected journey for the both of them.

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When relying on social scripts to survive the social world, it’s not easy to go off-script. Especially if you’re obsessed with German dive bombers and just want to date a girl.

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A coming-of-middle-age story about a female singers’ journey from hot to not, and what ensues across cultures—from New York to Tokyo.

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Bruce Franks Jr., a Ferguson activist and battle rapper who was elected to the overwhelmingly white and Republican Missouri House of Representatives, must overcome both personal trauma and political obstacles to pass a critical bill for his community.

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Mendez was born without arms or legs, but after more than a decade of acting as an assistant football coach, he finally got the opportunity he’d always wanted: the head coaching position at a major high school. Who Says I Can’t chronicles Mendez’ first season at the helm of his own team.

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When a young couple (Sarah Tihany and David Call) encounters a strange old man (Patrick M. Walsh Jr.) wandering in a snowstorm, they must decide if he needs help, or if he has more sinister intentions.

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Snapshots of different lives are woven together to illuminate something deeply human about the country: despite obvious differences, emotions provide a common ground.

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A couple embarks (Haley Finnegan and Brian Flynn) on an epic road trip in an attempt to gain more followers after their Instagram rival's fame doubles overnight.

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War Paint is a reverse first-person narrative telling the true story of Joe (J.C. Doler), a veteran of the Vietnam war. The film follows him as he enlists, prepares, and heads off to war.

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As her country goes to war, 18 year old Yana puts aside her dreams of becoming a doctor, and creates a national movement that almost costs her her life.

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Unregistered is a narrative short film following a new couple (Trevor Jackson and Dylan Penn) navigating analog and digital connections in the not-too-distant future of a dystopian Los Angeles.

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No choice but to walk home alone, Hannah (Helena Howard) sees an opportunity for a ride, but others see an opportunity in her.

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Across the street, a music store is closing. With only a few minutes to make their move, Julia (Michelle Keating) realizes it’s time for them to face their fears.

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Milt Abel II, a world-renowned pastry chef, reflects on his relationship with his deceased father Milton Abel Sr., famed Kansas City jazz musician.

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Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. A Tale of Two Kitchens explores how a restaurant is a place of dignity and community across Mexico City and San Francisco.

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Following the death of their friend, a crew of skaters and motley street teens imagine their own rituals to commemorate her on their own terms.

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An unexpected user (John Bubniak) is accidentally launched through a series of turbulent splash portals when his government enforced dating app malfunctions in his bathtub.

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40 years of New York City gay history told through photographs and the man behind the camera there to capture it all.

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A Song Can’t Burn follows a Scottish musician working with refugee children who have crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon.

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When notorious bank robber, the Momster (Amanda Plummer), catches her daughter Angel (Brianna Hildebrand) mid-gunfight, Angel thinks she's being rescued... until she realizes she has to do the saving.

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At an aging Chinese restaurant in 1997, a dad (Steve Rodgers) asks his punk musician son (James Fraser) to help him follow his dreams.

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An unusual girl (Jolie Ledford) needs to get her teeth fixed at midnight.

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Unable to afford repairs to his old broken ship, a struggling interplanetary transporter and his daughter are stranded on a wretched spaceport as his morality is put to the test.

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Fresh out of prison in a Brooklyn he barely recognizes, Marcus (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is looking to seize his second chance. But first, he needs that driver’s license.

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A group of friends is given lifelike baby dolls to care for over 24 hours. How will they rise to the challenges of teenage motherhood?

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Ponyboi (River Gallo), an intersex sex-worker, looks for love and to escape his seedy life in New Jersey.

Through an encounter with the man of his dreams (Keith Allan), Ponyboi discovers his worth.

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A bold fish wants to see that there is beyond the water, and it is determined to succeed...

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Everything always seems to work out perfectly for Peggy (Sarah Blackman), but her social graces are put to the test when she throws a birthday party for her eight-year-old son.

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In a desolate Chinese fishing village, a single mother (Lu Liu) gives her 6-year-old daughter (Yating Cao) one final lesson.

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In the pouring rain, a junkie (Jerry Chih-Wei Huang) takes the hotel key of a man that his car has accidentally killed. As he walks into the hotel and finds that room, he has to face a mysterious journey that will never have an end.

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Three teenage girls (Adriana Santos, Chloe Roe, and Adea Lennox) break into a shut down pool. When uninvited guests show up, their friendship is tested and one of them is left behind.

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The inside scoop on the murky world of the ice cream business.

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The Neighbors’ Window tells the true story of a middle aged woman (Maria Dizzia) with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings (Juliana Canfield and Bret Lada) move in across the street.

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My Mother’s Eyes is a story about motherhood and loss in the abstracted world of childhood memory.

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Strong Puerto Rican women forced to flee the island after Hurricane Maria have bonded like family in a FEMA hotel in the Bronx. They seek stability in their new life as forces try to pull them apart.

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