2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS

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Following the successful and traditional the Oscar shorts program, iShorts brings you another exclusive selection of the world´s best shorts - a Sundance Film Festival program! Sundance is recognised as one of the world´s most prestigious film festivals and many star filmmakers have begun their careers right there. Come see seven thematically and genre-wise diverse films from filmmakers, whose names it is good to remember for future´s sake.

Sometimes, I Think About Dying (USA)

Director: Stefanie Abel Horowitz | Producers: Stefanie Abel Horowitz, Katy Wright-Mead |
Star: Jim Sarbh, Katy Wright-Mead |
Year: 2019 | Length: 12 min | Live Action |

Fran is thinking about dying, but a man in the office might want to date her.

Fast Horse (Canada)

Director: Alexandra Lazarowich | Producer: Nobe Thompson |
Star: Allison Redcrow, Cody Big Tabacco, Mark Big Tabacco, Racey Redcrow |
Year: 2018 | Length: 13 min | Documentary |

The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with second-hand horses and a new jockey on his way to challenge the best riders in the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Suicide by Sunlight (USA)

Director: Nikyatu Jusu | Producer: Nikkia Moulterie |
Star: Natalie Paul, Teren Carter, Motell Gyn Foster |
Year: 2019 | Length: 17 min | Live Action |

Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, is forced to restrain her bloodlust to regain custody of her estranged daughters.

Muteum (Estonia, Hong Kong)

Director: Äggie Pak Yee Lee​ |
Year: 2017 | Length: 4 min | Animation |

In an art museum, we learn -- from outer to inner, from deep to its deepest, seriously and sincerely.

Crude Oil (USA)

Director: Christopher Good | Producer: Andreina Byrne |
Star: Andreina Byrne, Josh Fadem, Tipper Newton |
Year: 2019 | Length: 15 min | Live Action |

Jenny breaks free from a toxic friendship and learns to harness her magical, useless superpower.

The Minors (USA)

Director: Robert Machoian | Producer: Robert Machoian |
Star: Arri Graham, Bruce Graham, Jonah Graham |
Year: 2019 | Length: 10 min | Live Action |

A slice of life about a grandpa and his grandsons, the future and the past.

Brotherhood​ (Canada, Tunisia, Qatar, Sweden)

Director: Meryam Joobeur | Producers: Habib Attia, Sarra Ben Hassen, Meryam Joobeur, Annick Blanc |
Star: Kais Ayari, Mohamed Graïaa, Mouldi Kriden |
Year: 2018 | Length: 25 min | Live Action |

When a hardened Tunisian shepherd's son returns home after a long journey with a new wife, tension rises between father and son.

Total length of the screening 96 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.