https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events daily 0.75 2026-08-12 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/4f079b3b-b18e-456e-b339-14acd1e2d710/playlist.m3u8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/a5cf4d0f-953f-4077-ba08-c48590bfcb7c/ROFF+25_TRAILER_16x9_still.jpg Schedule of Events Schedule of Events https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/midnight-screening monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/d9e9b2eb-d90e-4d5e-bc24-a5887cc38358/94b179618a-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Midnight Screening MEAT MACHINE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/31b3ab49-fb49-4971-bdde-7bde273f6123/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/31b3ab49-fb49-4971-bdde-7bde273f6123/thumbnail Schedule of Events - Midnight Screening MEAT MACHINE Schedule of Events - Midnight Screening MEAT MACHINE https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/feature-2nb7m monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/196ac540-4412-42a5-8d45-81f58f4ed699/Screen+Shot+2026-08-12+at+8.57.58+AM.png Schedule of Events - Lunar Sway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/76130673-c5ac-485e-9247-9de6c55c765f/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/76130673-c5ac-485e-9247-9de6c55c765f/thumbnail Schedule of Events - Lunar Sway Schedule of Events - Lunar Sway https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/feature monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/0d8c6718-11a1-4f92-bf58-5b1bf713ea82/SG+Final+Poster+JPG.jpg Schedule of Events - Sunshine Girls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/8e60fcf8-630d-4743-b827-a9904f87d861/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/8e60fcf8-630d-4743-b827-a9904f87d861/thumbnail Schedule of Events - Sunshine Girls Schedule of Events - Sunshine Girls https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/artist-mixer monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/mrs-william-horsely-presents-the-luddite-blood monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/6a8c610e-d62e-4ffa-bce4-3933ac4cba7d/IMG_1608.jpeg Schedule of Events - Mrs. William Horsley Presents: The Luddite Blood - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/music-video-closing-ceremony-1 monthly 0.5 2026-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038584894-ONT57MKMS1KUCI6DXS7S/SF_Still001.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Six Finger Satellite "Simian Fever" Music Video There's trouble in the monkey house. Directors: Christy Karacas, Luca Depardon CHRISTY KARACAS www.instagram.com/christykaracas Christy Karacas is the co-creator of the Adult Swim series Superjail! and creator of Ballmastrz:9009, and the animated cult favorites Spacewar and Barfight. His award winning work has been shown around the world including the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Annecy International Animation Festival, Glas Animation Festival, Bucheon International Animation Festival, New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Deitch Projects, Galleri Loyal, Tribeca Film Festival, and on MTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Vice, Playboy Magazine and Deathwish Skateboards. Karacas studied film and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design where he now teaches as an assistant professor in the FAV Dept specializing in animation. LUCA DEPARDON www.instagram.com/deadeadeadog Luca Ogawa Depardon is an animator and illustrator from NYC. His animations are playful fusions of traditional and experimental animation techniques, daydreams, inventive editing, and funky characters. His films have been featured internationally at places such as the Centré Pompidou, The Ottawa International Film Festival, The Bucheon International Animation Festival, LoopdeLoop Melbourne, and the Animation Block Party at BAM. Luca has also done freelance work for such clients as VICE, The Children’s Museum of the Arts in NYC and Adult Swim. He earned his BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038584821-LSVE6XDMA7Z8RYFMTPSH/Still_2026-04-07_175508_2.12.1.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Spookystack - Paper Skin A clown gives a man a cassette. Director: Malcolm Fisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038586326-8BU7MQUKCEEX5POQ5X71/TURN_MY_LOVE_00462.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Turn my Love In a sparsely decorated room, Clem Lea sings of love, accompanying herself on the guitar. Within her silhouette, a whole world comes to life, a fantastical nature with elements sometimes calm and gentle, sometimes stormy and threatening, reflecting the feelings she evokes in her lyrics. Her eyes are two birds that traverse this world, discover this nature, and mingle with it in a dreamlike choreography before a violent storm separates them. When the calm arrives, the silhouette dissipates into a murmur of birds, marking a liberation as well as a disappearance. Director: Rosalie Loncin ROSALIE LONCIN is a director, animator and graphic designer. She creates animations for performing arts, and directs animated music videos (Silent and Sweet for Stuck in the Sound in 2013, Always for Yuli in 2016, Crystal Clear for Moon Loves Honey in 2019, Lao Tseu for Jouvence in 2021). In 2014, she participated in the animation of the short film Sunday Lunch (Le Repas dominical) by Céline Devaux, selected in competition at Cannes Film Festival and awarded at César 2016. She collaborates as an animator or animation assistant with many directors (Marie Larrivé & Lucas Malbrun, Vergine Keaton, Jonas Schloesing, Agnès Patron, Mélody Boulissière…). She works in parallel on her own films, including SEPT. Suite poétique and Igen, drágám, selected at Primanima Animation Festival in Budaörs, Hungary in 2013. After graduating from École des arts décoratifs (School of Decorative Arts, Paris) in animation cinema in 2015, she continues to evolve in the world of animation. In 2016, she renewed her collaboration with Céline Devaux on You Will Be Fine (Gros Chagrin), which won an award at the 2017 Venice Film Festival. In November 2018, she held her first solo exhibition of illustrations at the Openbach gallery (Paris 13th), A List of Lists (Une liste de listes). In 2020, she directed her short film Real Life (La Vraie Vie), co-written with Julie Loncin, and produced by Sacrebleu Productions & Gao Shan Pictures. This project was purchased by Arte and received assistance for rewriting from the CNC Innovation Support Fund. In 2022, as part of a residency at the Berthelot-Jean Guerrin Theater, she directed the short film The Sky Above the City (Le Ciel au-dessus de la ville) with the artistic collective Le Transmutateur, and accompanied this film in festivals (including ITFS, International Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart and the National Animation Film Festival of Rennes). She also worked as an animation assistant on Everyone Loves Jeanne (Tout le monde aime Jeanne), Céline Devaux’s first feature film, produced by Les Films du Worso & O Som e a Fúria, and selected for the 61st Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. She is currently developing several projects: the documentary series Once There Was... (co-directed with Vincent Delbos-Klein and produced by Bagan Films), and the two animated short films Solar memory (Mémoire solaire, cowritten with Remi Grelow and produced by Amopix Studio & Lux For Film) and To Be and to Have Been (Être et avoir été, co-written with Julie Loncin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038586364-Y2HU354F7T6Z7UWA00YW/IMG_3798.00_00_11_19.Still002.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Butthole Surfers- Mexico music video for "Mexico" by the Butthole Surfers from the album "After the Astronaut" (2026) Director: Jeffrey Garcia Award-winning underground filmmaker and music video director from San Marcos, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038587322-ACL0Z23YIJXK377A643R/BOUND_v2_final_v2.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Bound 2 The Rhythm - Ronnie Stone Journey into the dungeon clubs of New York City. Director: John MacKay, Rosa Luna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786042895966-E2BDV0GKUW56GR49XZX9/Screen+Shot+2026-08-06+at+1.48.36+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - OverEducated The world is burning and our protagonists must escape before it is too late. They are rescued by a pair of space-galavanting ancient aliens. Directors: The Production Department https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786043153895-BCMG701SKGHP9VS5R3XL/Screen+Shot+2026-08-06+at+1.47.17+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - LA MIGRA - THE IMMIGRATION MUSIC VIDEO Director: Macela Robison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038587469-XOK65ZYBPOSJTAC4NJCB/Screenshot_2026-06-25_at_3.45.57_PM.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - RWD Three friends make the most of their day in Bushwick. Director: Edward Frumkin Edward Frumkin is a Brooklyn-based critic and filmmaker. He has written for publications like BOMB, The Daily Beast, IndieWire, Interview Magazine, and Reverse Shot. He shown his films at festivals like Chicago Underground, Big Sky Documentary, SCAD Savannah Film Festivals and venues such as Millennium Film Workshop and Roxy Cinema. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038588459-I64MXNBDQLO16KS52TEV/forandy.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - For Andy A queer love song written as a manifesto, “For Andy” is an indie-folk confession to a newly discovered sapphic relationship. Built around acoustic guitar, harp, bass, and understated drums, shepup surprised her partner by debuting the song live as a gift. Warm, whimsical, and disarmingly sincere, “For Andy” pairs narcotic vocal melodies with vivid declarations of devotion, turning private dreams into something universal. The music video was captured on 16mm scanned to digital. Director: Andy Nappi I am a filmmaker, photographer, animator and researcher born and raised in New York City. As an inquisitive artist and individual, I prioritize discovery and experimentation within my practice. My work mostly focuses on gender, sexuality, reproductive rights, mental & physical health, and dismantling patriarchal power through the lens of a queer millennial. My most notable research and media project is Master's thesis, a zine series and web show titled Code Red. This project works to fight the stigma of menstruation, reviews reproductive health problems and products and discusses all the stuff you weren't taught in high school sex-ed class. I also enjoy making music videos, taking photos of faces and places, and capturing images on super8, 16mm and 35mm film. "Napsack" is the name of my artistic alias because I like to think of my body of work as a bag I carry on my back, full of curiosities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038588484-G0DWTQT68RNLE17JFNL1/ratas.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - La Banda Chuska - 'Ratas y Mapaches' A sleep-deprived homeowner calls in the professionals to handle an infestation of rats and raccoons. Things do not go as planned in this puppet-filled music video for the Brooklyn band La Banda Chuska. Director: Brett Burton Brett Burton is a compulsive creative whose work spans video, design, music, games, and the occasional puppet. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he collects records and avoids writing bios whenever possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786038589499-DA86PJO65IHAQ8SXJ0MW/6466ae47f7-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - BEST OF LUCK A selfish and destructive android adapts to the life of a cowboy in the desert wasteland. Director: Alex Benson Washington-based animator and musician born and raised in Arizona https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/live-action-shorts-block-b monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537447041-2NNVI16K61KC23HJH3Y4/Sequence+01.00_00_17_18.Still004.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - Merge Director: Dylan Pun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537272384-3GHL5ZEIZCH0U38UEXV3/the+clamb+guy.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - The Clam Guy A clam-obsessed deadbeat plagued by otherworldly visions searches for connection as his life spirals out of control. Directors: Jen Nista, Max Beckerman Jen Nista is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer. Before switching to film as a medium, they directed an artist-run gallery, residency program and studio space in Brooklyn. The Clam Guy is their first film. Max Beckerman is a writer/director based in Brooklyn. Once a political aide in his home state of New Jersey, his work often focuses on feelings of alienation and obsession in an unforgiving world. The Clam Guy is his first film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537272105-7NTV5S89TFT008WROT1V/spider.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - SPIDER A teenage flautist finds refuge from his father's controlling expectations by exploring sexual arachnophilia. Director: Cate Christiansen cate christiansen is a filmmaker & choreographer based in brooklyn, ny. her directorial debut short film SPIDER screened in competition at the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF), where she was also selected to participate in the 2025 RIFF talent lab for young filmmakers. cate has had films selected to screen at New/Next Film Festival, the Downtown Festival, the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, London Music Video Awards, and KBG Bar. cate’s first full-length choreographic work HURRICANE sold out two showings at Triskelion Arts. when she isn’t dancing or making movies, cate teaches Pilates at Equinox. across mediums, cate’s work is impressionistic, delicate, provocative, and cutting-edge. with a distinct focus on the body and physicality, she aspires to create impactful narratives through movement and meticulously crafted visuals in order to connect with audiences beyond language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537270160-PPOXUE7OIWBZCPSGNSR5/bottomfeeder.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - Bottom Feeder A young couple's relationship is threatened by the girlfriend’s dark secret hidden in her butt. Director: Adam Bruynesteyn Adam Bruynesteyn is a NYC-based filmmaker whose work straddles the line between the absurd and the profound. Specializing in comedy shorts, he also brings a keen eye for storytelling to documentary filmmaking. A professional clown both on and off the screen, his work is infused with a playful irreverence. His past films include So Long, So Long (2025), PANOPTICON (2025), Feedback (2019), Boys Night (2023), and 20 Minutes (2023). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537270838-Q3LHSMZMI47QR6FD882A/Screen+Shot+2026-08-12+at+8.15.41+AM.png Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - Midnight Plumber Called back to a bar whose toilet keeps breaking, the Midnight Plumber opens the pipes and discovers the clog was meant for him. Midnight Plumber is a standalone short film and proof-of-concept pilot for an episodic comedy series about a nocturnal plumber in NYC. While the stories may be fictional, the plumbing is completely real. The series explores different late-night milieus and social scenes, and the unexpected situations and heroics that emerge when the plumber is invited into these spaces. It is also unabashedly concerned with demystifying plumbing for the viewer. Think High Maintenance but with a plumber, crossed with the feel of How To with John Wilson, crossed with a DIY plumbing tutorial on YouTube. Each episode incorporates instructional elements and could be considered an absurd yet technically legitimate way to learn how to do these jobs yourself. Director: Eric Sacks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537268225-6LRVNBXQYYBWYYD8ACWN/god.com.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - GOD.COM A nun discovers a magic computer. Director: Ashley Salmon Hollins Univeristy graduate. First time filmmaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537266920-GHAV8FCV046FXCCUMKAP/sweetfang.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - Sweet Fang Sometimes, blood sucks. Thank god for food coloring and empty calories. Red Dye Eu40ria foreverrrrr!!! Director: Shalemar Coloma Shalemar Coloma is a filmmaker from NYC. She has bangs now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537266826-XGEQOGD90MHQYO7JGRPE/CT3.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - Coffin Therapy In a desperate search for validation, a self-absorbed woman stages her own funeral as part of a radical therapy trend. Director: Zéré Turlykhanova Zéré Turlykhanova is a Central Asian director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Almaty and raised between Dubai, Lugano, and New York, she studied psychology at NYU, where patient-therapist case studies started to read like screenplays and sparked her interest in storytelling. She began her career in market research, working closely with both major and independent studios to shape, sharpen, and position some of their most distinctive films. This experience now informs her work behind the camera. Blending dark humor with biting discomfort, Zéré's work aims to expose the absurdities of human behavior. Her stories push both characters and audiences to confront uneasy truths, holding up a mirror to the systems and delusions we live by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537265380-87CWK64OSBHVXJOO8720/Vexations_V9_Colormaster_4444_SOURCERES.00_03_12_12.Still014.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - Vexations With his girlfriend away and the house to himself, a secretive young man invites over an unlikely mistress. Director: Gabriel Francisco Rodriguez-Fuller Gabriel Rodriguez-Fuller is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles whose work spans narrative films, documentaries, and music videos. Working primarily outside conventional production structures, he has written and directed several independently produced short and feature-length films, frequently serving as cinematographer, editor, and sound designer. His collaborations with artists including Standing on the Corner, Medhane, and Medslaus have been featured by Pitchfork, The Fader, and Hypebeast. His documentary Looking at Pictures on a Screen: Thomas Nozkowski premiered at PACE Gallery and as part of The Brooklyn Rail’s online screening series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786537265237-ZNDR5D158SVMT4WNP4FR/companycard.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B - The Company Card When a questionable charge appears on the company credit card, Terry suspects his employee Sandra might be behind it, causing the otherwise routine meeting to descend into chaos. Director: Myles Hodder https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/short-docs-1 monthly 0.5 2026-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786034531055-ULAJPUWDQ4ZM808GEIV7/gilda.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs - GILDA! Almost 100 years of life culminate in a funny portrait of a grandmother passing down a brisket recipe. Director: Riede Dervay Riede Dervay is an award winning cinematographer from Virginia Beach, VA. Now based in New York City, she strives to create the art she wishes to see in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786034531020-SA4XAYYL2LZY6WEB03T1/325abd247e-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs - [THE WHO - BABA OREILLY] People wait for the intro of Baba O'Riley by The Who to end so they can sing the song at karaoke. Director: Eric Schuman Eric Schuman is a director and editor. His work has won an Emmy, been a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and screened at Venice, Cannes, Sundance, and TIFF — among other festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786034532055-R89UP260V1G9VHZZSPO7/Still1.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs - Altar Piece The Holy Mary amidst ongoing traffic. A basement of deities with the light on 24/7. A collection of trash, or so it seems. “Altar Piece” walks through the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, montaging intentional and seemingly unintentional altars in collective shrine. Director: Kiana Fernandez Kiana Fernandez is a Filipina-American interdisciplinary artist focusing on the scavenging of hypersignification and hope in our physical and digital existence. Working across the boundaries of video, photomontage, crowdsourcing, and objects, she attempts to recompose everyday experiences with divine importance. Her work has been showcased at the MOMA, The Museum of Moving Image, Anthology Film Archives, UnionDocs, Nguyen Wahed, and UsagiNY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786034532014-RKOCXMBPK8R7FG8GGOPI/b52da7b8da-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs - Uncanny Monsters: Abjection and the Monstrous-Feminine in Blade Runner "Uncanny Monsters: Abjection and the Monstrous-Feminine in Blade Runner" is a video essay illustrating how Rachael and Pris, two female replicant characters in the film Blade Runner, simultaneously perform and complicate real-world ideals of femininity in uncanny ways. I created it for Prof. Margaret Rhee's Spring 2026 Media Theory course as part of the Media Studies master's degree program at Parsons School of Design, The New School. I edited the project in Adobe Premiere and used Adobe Firefly, Adobe Express, Anthropic's Claude, and Mac's text-to-speech voice Samantha to make elements of it. This was my first time experimenting with AI for a video project: I prompted Firefly and Express to make the feminized cyborg in the opening, used Claude to adapt my final paper into a voice over script, and used text-to-speech technology for the voice over. This project includes clips from Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, The Brood, and Rosemary's Baby, as well as quotes from Jack Halberstam's "Automating Gender: Postmodern Feminism in the Age of the Intelligent Machine," Donna Haraway's "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century," Barbara Creed's The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis, Alan Turing's “Computing Machinery and Intelligence," Abby Wilkerson's “Embodiment," and Julia Kristeva's Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, used for educational purposes only. All rights remain with the respective copyright holders. Director: Cat Tassini I am a filmmaker, artist, and multimedia designer based in New York City. The focus of my artistic practice is creating music- and documentary-based videos from an intersectional queer eco-feminist perspective. My films have been screened at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Bushwick Film Festival, South by Southwest Film, and Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. In 2020, I won the Queering the Quarantine Challenge at OUTStream Film Festival. Currently, I am developing my first long form film project, experimental hybrid documentary Echo’s Answer. The short film version of this project won the Outstanding Sound award at the 2022 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. Echo’s Answer is fiscally sponsored by the International Documentary Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786034533302-W3B5759QGD43XS1IGHY1/Screenshot_2025-06-17_at_11.25.53_AM.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs - The Optimum Aquarium The Optimum Aquarium is a film that interrogates who controls where people live in 21st-century Bushwick and Ridgewood: two neighborhoods on the border of Brooklyn and Queens that are experiencing the churn and change of gentrification. The Optimum Aquarium invites its viewers into the inner worlds of fish tanks, their inhabitants, and their owners, and puts fish tank care in dialogue with cultural and historical ideas around containment, ownership, and human/animal life cycles. The film takes us into the mindset of commercial developers seeking to transform the neighborhood, and it focuses on Myrtle Point/Ridgewood Towers — a new development where an immigrant construction worker fell to his death in 2022. This site reflects the cold calculations of capital and our limited ability to control the built environments around us. Interspersed with shots of the neighborhood and fish tanks are screen grabs from The Sims 4: City Living, a game where an ideology of ownership and unattainable utopia emerges. By juxtaposing gameplay with real-life images and sounds of a neighborhood in flux, The Optimum Aquarium examines how mythologies about landlordism persist around us — and asks how we might create alternate futures. Directors: Mia Warren, Jesse Allain-Marcus Mia (미아) Warren (she/her) is an award-winning audio producer, journalist, documentarian and former fish tank owner living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY. She is the Managing Director of Feet in 2 Worlds, an organization that trains and mentors immigrant journalists. As a former audio producer for StoryCorps, Mia created segments for NPR's Morning Edition, contributed to a 2019 Peabody-nominated podcast season, and collaborated on Un(re)solved, an Emmy Award-winning civil rights series with Frontline. Jesse Allain-Marcus (he/him) is a filmmaker, documentary editor, researcher, and science-fiction enthusiast living in Brooklyn, NY. Recently, he worked as associate editor on Natchez, a Tribeca-winning documentary on history and memory in the American South. In 2023, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for nonfiction editing for his work on the “Justice” episode of the 1619 Project Documentary Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786034533304-XNXVYGQ8MGB5JNN2OTKR/Still_2026-05-25_091403_2.14.1.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs - Breath of the Mountain Writer-director Gareth Stack explores the intersections of gender, geography, and ritual in Breath of the Mountain, an ethnographic short, filmed in the remote Racha-Lechkhumi region of rural Georgia. The film documents an arduous expedition to a sacred summit near the town of Oni, a place which is exclusively the domain of boys and men. Stack uses this climb to map the contours of his own familial lineage, drawing parallels between inherited intergenerational trauma and the physical trials of the mountain. Set against a landscape layered with both Orthodox Christian and pre-Christian animist traditions, the film functions as a sensory interrogation of masculinity, endurance, and the shared, labored breath of men. Director: Gareth Stack Gareth Stack is a writer, film director and radio producer based in Dublin. His narrative work has been screened internationally including Healdsburg International film festival. His debut feature documentary ‘Sightless Cinema’ screened in 2025 on Irish television. Gareth created Sound & Vision funded radio dramas and documentaries for a decade for broadcasters like Newstalk, RTE Lyric and numerous local stations in Ireland. Including the six part mystery series ‘The Wall in the Mind’ and the award winning documentary series ‘Mad Scientists of Music’. He has created new work on site at the Offaly film festival, Caucuses Cinema Residency and as part of Dublin’s Kino Kabaret. He has devised and directed narrative music videos for artists like Powerful Creative Minds (feat Jazzy), Shy Mascot, David Turpin and Chris Wilson. His publications include Hobart’s Modern Love, The Runt, Albedo One, Cassandra Voices, and Analogue Music Magazine. His work has been staged as part of the New Irish Playbook and Scene + Heard festivals. His plays have been staged in Smock Alley as part of the Scene + Heard Festival and in the Civic Theatre as part of the New Irish Playbook. Gareth’s work takes the audience into uncomfortable places that explore our cultures' contradictions. I’m interested in how relationships are changing, and how the strange and conflicting belief systems that now exist in parallel encounter one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786034534471-XP4HJKXYECVW8RNXM6NK/Screen+Shot+2026-08-06+at+12.37.11+PM.png Schedule of Events - Short Docs - Old Fantasy I want to be old like my grandmas. Director: Carly Lauren Lieberman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786036238292-BG4HRVWWYN6SEXOQK24H/Space+to+Breathe+Still+3.png Schedule of Events - Short Docs - Space to Breathe Director: Juicebox P Burton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786295777090-5K8DCDBWUXBBIZV1UKJC/Screen+Shot+2026-08-09+at+1.13.33+PM.png Schedule of Events - Short Docs - Ingrato Sureño Invasor When my father was 7 years old, his family emigrated from Peru to Ecuador in the midst of an armed conflict over territory in the region. Years later, he reflects on his experiences growing up during a time of active combat, and the ways these memories do not seem so foreign in our present. Director: Sofía Arbaiza Martínez Sofía Arbaiza Martínez is an Ecuadorian animator, designer, and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. She focuses her work on narratives that center around stories of displacement and connection, particularly in immigrant communities. Her Latin American identity is a crucial part of her inspiration as an artist. Sofía graduated from Pratt Institute in 2024 with a BFA in Digital Art and 2D Animation and a minor in Literature and Writing. Currently she is pursing her MFA at the Computer Arts department in the School of Visual Arts. Through her craft, she looks to innovate and uplift stories about her heritage and community. She loves animals, writing, and enjoys cooking. https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/live-action-shorts-block-a monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535236833-AFADTGYP13WJ9RXHUAU1/AlchemyStill01.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - Alchemy A girl discovers she has a unique sexual chemistry which creates a mysterious substance that takes over her life and everyone else in the city. Director: Claire Fogarty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535235874-IYAYEOOKI8QDD9J8JNWH/UltraJuice_Still1.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - Ultra Juice A lonely man finds friendship in an unexpected place: his new vape. Director: Carl Conway Maguire Carl Conway Maguire is a writer and director in NYC whose work has played at festivals including SeriesFest, Hollyshorts, Sidewalk Film Festival, and more. He started making films as a founding member of the indie filmmaking collective, Video Mass, through which he helped facilitate screenings in Brooklyn of over 100 short films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535234448-SRFBL850N70SNS6V9CAR/Palace_3.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - Palace Palace is a series of vignettes following a Roscoe Arbuckle-esque silent film star, who acts as both performer and audience in an empty palace theater. Directors: Jacob Forman, Joseph Hurt Joseph Hurt is an independent filmmaker based in Kentucky. Drawn to faces, characters, and the connections that tie us all, he’s fascinated by people who are so enormously true that they can’t help but be anything but themselves. Jacob Forman is a Louisville filmmaker who works primarily in the independent film and music video spaces. Collaborators and clients have included musicians such as Cooper Crain of Bitchin Bajas, Haley Fohr of Circuit Des Yeux, and Will Oldham AKA Bonnie “Prince” Billy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535233679-YQ59CXLRH6TKKDKS7E85/babesmilk.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - Babesmilk After a humiliating public outburst lands her in court-mandated community service, Sally Babesmilk becomes fixated on reclaiming the plaque honoring her legacy as Guam’s first female jet ski instructor. What follows is an increasingly absurd and theatrical attempt to restore her sense of greatness. Babesmilk is a guerrilla comedy shot on location, featuring Chamorro and local performers from the islands of Guam, Samoa, Fiji, Saipan, and Chuuk. Director: Elisha Mlotek Elisha Mlotek’s work has screened internationally at festivals including Palm Springs International ShortFest, Hawai‘i International Film Festival, Women Make Waves International Film Festival (Taiwan), New/Next Film Festival, and San Diego Asian Film Festival, where his co-written dramedy Myself When I Am Real won Best Narrative Short. The film was also nominated for Best U.S. Short Film at Palm Springs and Best Short Film at Hawai‘i. Elisha is an experimental comedy filmmaker and performer, as well as a gold-certified (RIAA) songwriter on JID’s “Dance Now.” He teaches film studies at the University of Maryland Global Campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535232597-EI354ITTNICR2MMUVPT4/still_1+good+luck+eddie.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - Good Luck, Eddie When a misdelivered shrimp burrito lands on a young man's front doorstep, he decides to take the reasonable and mature course of action. Finders keepers. Directors: Pat Rooks, Grant Jackson Grant Jackson (Atlanta) and Pat Rooks (New York) are both cartoonists and filmmakers who met the summer of 2024. They soon found they had a lot in common and admired each others work, so they decided to try collaborating. Writing together came easily and soon after Eddie was born. Combining an unorthodox filming method with their looney tune's esque writing style led to something neither of them could have created on their own. Their collaborative efforts have only just begun, but they are proud to share their debut with the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535231063-SPNEHYFSTSQ3VZZ4HK9L/Still_6_asthetimemightbenow.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - As the Time Might be Now On a feverish night, Dama da Noite crosses the city carrying a deck of cards that could change her fate. Between picturesque bars, collapsing apartments, and unlikely encounters, her path crosses with Onça, a young man adrift through the night. When dawn reaches the square, the two discover that even in a world on the brink of ending, it is still possible to choose — if only for a moment — not to be alone. Directors: Noah Mancini, Zuma Link Noah Mancini (1996 – Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil) holds an Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Design from UFJF, an MBA in Communication and Marketing from Descomplica, and a Master’s degree in Cinema and Video Arts from UNESPAR (Fundação Araucária Fellow). Their work moves across text, body, and image. Zuma Link is an artist working across audiovisual, dance, and performance. She has worked as a cinematographer on short and feature films, both fiction and documentary, as well as music videos and videodance works. In 2021, she was selected for the Berlinale Talents Camera Studio. Since 2019, she has been one of the creative directors and executive producers of EdiyPorn, a collective focused on dissident pornography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535227462-79K1UOJ8E4F5K8Y2WPRY/CopyPaste_stills_1.12.1.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - Copy/Paste In a world made of paper, a detective begins to read between the lines. Director: Owen Dismukes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1786535227398-A8SAU4AVWTVHOU8YROK3/Screenshot_Livingwithblinddogs.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A - Living with Blind Dogs A man named Jungle Jim teaches a musician how to find enlightenment on the playground. Director: Eldridge https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/animated-shorts-1 monthly 0.5 2026-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952927889-HG5Y9XJLINTCC223ZLZC/Holy+G+Thy+Angel.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Holy G Thy Angel Holy G, the planet's guardian angel, struggles to recover the Mo-Nad's degenerating baby-form. Director: Jack-Henry Lee Jack-Henry Lee is an animator and multimedia artist making funny, gross, and spiritual independent films about cycles of degeneration and the pervasive power of love in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, in 2024 with a BFA in 2D Animation and Digital Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952949099-ZFPQBB2T7PU9F1KP6K1H/Scream+its+growing.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - HURLE ! ÇA POUSSE ! Corentin, a slender and reserved young man, comes across a video of a muscular, charismatic man encouraging him to go to the gym. Intrigued, he decides to check it out, but discovers a place with a strange atmosphere, where the members have a strikingly unusual appearance. Director: Anna Murie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952929288-FTLYBIGPHLUBI0YXWYZ3/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+1.59.32+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Bluebird Made over the course of a three day animation challenge, Bluebird follows a lowly animator who, by way of catastrophic computer error, releases a peculiar force of chaos in the world. Directors: Toby Duska, Damon Orcherton, Jack Hornecker The Grease Pencil trio (Toby Duska, Jack Hornecker, and Damon Orcherton) are the creators of Bluebird, a short film crafted for the 19th annual Animation Lockdown, a 72-hour animation challenge hosted by Calgary’s Quickdraw Animation Society. This film stands as the trio’s first collaborative production effort. Toby Duska is an experienced puppeteer and stop motion animator who served as the film’s primary stop motion artist. Damon Orcherton is a digital animator and sculptor who served as the film’s main 3D artist and compositor. Rounding out the three, Jack Hornecker is a digital animator and illustrator who established the look of the film as the set designer and lead storyboard artist. In an era where the boundary between material and digital worlds grows thin, the final film combines traditional and digital animation techniques with the aim of sharing its creators’ love for animated storytelling in all its many forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952929903-4T2VPG33EHTYZKH9HZO5/KSchiesswohl_Trichotillomania_Still03a.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - TRICHOTILLOMANIA “TRICHOTILLOMANIA” tells the story of one girl’s Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can’t stop pulling out her hair. Director: Kelly Schiesswohl Kelly Schiesswohl (Shees-wall) is a 21 year old director and motion designer currently based out of New York City. Her most recent work could be described as “Like a hotdog. It takes the most slimy, overlooked, underbelly of life and turns it into something tasty and erotically shaped”. She will be attending Hunter College Integrated Media Arts Master program in the fall to continue her filmmaking journey of making people laugh, cry, and lay awake at night considering their mortal chains. She uses her endless knowledge of late 90’s-early 2000’s toys, media, and ephemera to inform her work... and to bore unsuspecting strangers on the subway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952930958-2KOUGHKP14K7492WB668/stray.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Stray On the outskirts of a future city in what used to be Sweden, Vidya and her dad live with others in a small community. The grown-ups talk about something lurking in the ruins of the city center, something they call "the Stray." Vidya, who likes to do things her own way, pulls away from her friends. Today, she doesn't want to help with the chores either. Instead, she's worried about the strange threat outside their safe home. She decides to protect everyone from the Stray, but soon finds herself lost. Directors: Anna Drake, Marjo Palokangas Marjo Palokangas and Anna Drake are Stockholm-based directors and animators with a shared background in storytelling and animation from Stockholm University of the Arts. They have collaborated on several projects and bring complementary artistic strengths and a strong visual sensibility to their work. Marjo Palokangas works across film, theatre, and installation art. She has created animated projections for prominent stages such as Unga Klara and Marionetteatern, and exhibited her own multimedia installations. Her animation work for “Historien om Bodri” (dir. Stina Wirsén, 2022) was produced by HOBAB/Dockhus Animation. Anna Drake is the founder of Peryton Production and focuses on films exploring animal rights, feminism, and mental health. Her short film Frigående kvinnor inomhus (2019) was screened at, among others, Uppsala Short Film Festival and STOCKmotion. She teaches stop motion animation and continues to explore hybrid formats combining animation and live action. Together, they direct Irraren, bringing a deep commitment to visual storytelling, social themes, and poetic imagery. Their artistic process is collaborative and interdisciplinary, blending handcrafted animation with meaningful narratives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952930996-HI2MA2VJL8C9V70X702O/imagine+if+.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - imagine if this was bigger An unlikely situation inspires optimism. Director: Clara Gainer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952933506-1D9P8VUGGZP1OBZLBG2C/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+1.57.31+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - fusion Based on the creator's experience with chronic pain, 'fusion' is a multimedia animation that sheds light on the duality of suffering and beauty within the uncomfortable. It is a cathartic release of emotions and thoughts, once repressed by pain and limited by words, now come to light in a visual exploration. Director: Rafeeqa Teo Based in Brooklyn, Rafeeqa Teo is an Illustrator, Animator, and Graphic Designer who graduated in the Spring of 2026 from The New School, with a dual degree in Illustration and Screen Studies. Born and raised in Brunei, Rafeeqa aims to explore the complexities and intermingling of cultural and personal identity - with an emphasis on the visually weird and wonderful. Her body of work spans a variety of mediums, from 3D sculptures to hand-drawn illustrations to filmmaking. With a passion for Film, Fine Arts, Theatre, and Music, Rafeeqa aims to share art that is not confined to one medium or message but instead embraces the intersection of all the arts in whimsical ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952934378-TZPRH0AL01OV1C0Z1XG8/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+1.56.48+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - ONE SENTENCE An aged man attempts to create a sentence that defines his life. Director: Stephen Vita Tronicek Stephen Tronicek is a director/screenwriter/animator focused on psychological horror and comedy. He grew up and is based in St. Louis. Stephen discovered film at a young age and became a professional film critic in his junior year of high school. This eventually led him to write screenplays and make short films. His horror screenplay, "Pieces" was a Finalist in Horror in the Script Pipeline First Look Competition. His focuses include character-driven stories, violence as an extension of the psyche and seeing how much emotionally resonant story material you can get away with if you stick to the theme. Stephen has a Bachelors in Film Production and a minor in Screenwriting from Webster University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952936614-8XBF7FZ9B62WXILIP96G/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+1.55.35+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - My Boulder! The rock I’ve carried my whole life has been taken from me. The pressure I’ve lived under was stolen from my grasps, what will I do with these empty hands? Shall I carry these instead? Now these are gone too! My legs? They’ve taken me this far, I’m sure they can be a burden. Gone as well! Where else in myself can I find a burden? Director: Faraz E Ghorbanpour Faraz Ghorbanpour is an emerging stop-motion video and sculpture artist in Brooklyn, New York, exploring grief and yearning in Gen Z populations. Using clay, digital software, and live video, he shares short animations representing aspects of desire and desperation within our generation. He holds a B.A. in Arts and a B.S. in Digital Media Studies from the University of Rochester, and a Masters in Entertainment Arts and Engineering from the University of Utah. He exhibited his animations globally, from Seoul, Montreal, and throughout the United States, and has been featured in Nguyen Wahed’s residency program focusing on new media. Faraz Ghorbanpour is exploring new media and collaborative works, previously working with Carolina Herrera, Patreon, and the Hilton Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952935655-N6XT7E5OW9M5T80X2UEJ/2nd+day+%26+the+end.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - 2nd Day & the End of the World “2nd Day & the End of the World” It is a 12 minutes hand drawn on paper, Hyper-Family-Drama about processes of secession, post-traumatic attacks, tempting body conditions & powerless loneliness in a climate-catastropic universe. Director: Sara Koppel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952938156-ZXWOQ5ZYONUGN0PA9BLX/JayBee_still1080_02.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Jay & Bee Musicians Bobby Conn and Monica BouBou retreat to the astral plane, leaving their imaginary companions DUKS and L.A.R.R.Y. behind. Alone, the curious pair discovers a mysterious bottle and drifts back from the astral plane through crude TV dreams into Earth’s fast-food gravity. Director: David Kellner Lives and works in Vienna (Austria). Uses animation to build unstable narratives. Studied Fine Arts, practices Brut Animations. He is interested in characters that fall out of rhythm and in images that refuse to stay still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952942672-48W3XOPJVJPCY5GXF4C7/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+1.54.08+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Turning in... When a disturbing sound prevents a hand-drawn man from falling asleep, he looks underneath his bed to discover a 3D rendered abstract horror. Director: Jack Lynch Jack Lynch is a musician, animator, cartoonist, and researcher based in Queens, NY. In any medium, they express their ideas by combining extreme experimentation with more familiar elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952942324-FFJ7I40C8P5AQAG6J025/iamveryaliveyes_still_1.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - i am very alive yes i thought about how i am very alive and how everything is very alive and how we came alive and the universe came alive and in any such way anything came alive it is so very alive. Director: Maisie Sherriff Maisie Sherriff is an experimental animator from London who just completed their studies at Kingston School of Art. They make short experimental animations by hand, mostly exploring feelings of overwhelm, hopefulness and more abstract emotions through bright, intense, playful animations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952946016-XN5D3UDRHPKRZFELA0WB/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+1.53.23+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Cool Dog How cool can a dog get before he faces consequences? Director: Jude Larson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952944576-BDJ110LIRAAJG7SXY2KA/Deadringer.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Deadringer After a frail grave digger comes to the realization that he is a hand puppet. He must put on a performance to confront the stubborn sheriff and blinkered town to follow his path of enlightenment. Director: Tommy Adzema Tommy Adzema is a living Muppet, obsessed with the art of bringing things to life through the exploration of texture and movement. A multimedia artist who bends his work toward narrative, he's currently studying animation at Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952949857-Q6VUP38JBSUJ065M0759/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+1.52.36+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - IVY An astronaut explores a vast, empty world. On her journey she is stalked by a spindly robotic creature. She comes across a castle which contains a network of information transfer which runs on an infinite army of rabbit-like creatures capable of running faster than light. In order to escape her stalker, Ivy grabs onto one of the rabbits and falls into an endless void underneath the world. Director: Will Bradley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1785952928428-U5AAGOF2IMR5QYVMIRWL/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+2.00.04+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Slip 3 Director: Hank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/7d75c77f-9bde-4f78-a36e-3b30ce1ab291/Screen+Shot+2026-08-05+at+2.00.04+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/live-action-shorts-qa-nwy66 monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/85c856ce-b126-430e-afcf-7c9bee5acff0/Screen+Shot+2025-08-10+at+2.14.48+PM.png Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out Night Again A vampire cruises for victims at a queer nightclub. Runtime: 4:34 Directed by: Biff Hartwell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/10d319ef-048a-4d6b-95f9-127bfadfbbc4/Dollhouse_01.webp Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out Dollhouse A lonely young man is lured into an enchanted dimension after discovering a mysterious book. Runtime: 7:50 Directed by: Justin Ulloa Justin Ulloa is a multifaceted artist known for his work as a writer, photographer, illustrator, and creator of Snaxtime.com. Born in Blacksburg, Virginia, Justin graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with degrees in Film & Television Production and Cinema Studies. He currently works with NYU’s Cantor Film Center. He previously co-directed the acclaimed short animations PIZZA FACE and CHEESE DOG: THE MOVIE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/b0429d78-e525-48df-a29d-22daea81af76/b514153428-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out Birds Birds Birds Three birds doing something we've never seen before Runtime: 1:45 Directed by: Clara Gainer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/35f9c32c-2267-481f-9e43-b395439a4e02/Screen+Shot+2025-08-10+at+2.27.46+PM.png Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out Are You Joey Diamond? Samson keeps getting recognized as famous baseball player Joey Diamond, even though he is Not That Guy. He just Kinda Looks Like the guy. Until one day, he lies to gameshow producer Dana Hamburger that he IS Joey Diamond for the chance to win $100,000. Runtime: 17:00 Directed by: Levi Friedman Levi was born in Seattle and lives in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/39365c04-7ae9-429e-8efd-e3a63111dc43/BHG_1.27.2.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out But He's Gay Maeve kills the vibe when she confronts her ex-boyfriend at a party. Runtime: 11:42 Directed by: Michael Calciano Michael is a NYC based filmmaker. Always playing with genre, he makes uncanny and surreal horror, sci-fi, and comedy films - but especially loves to play in the delicious in-betweens. His films as both a writer and director have been official selections and played internationally at film festivals including: Fantasia Film Festival, Picture Farm Film Festival, Oaxaca Film Festival, Bushwick Film Festival and more. His films can currently be seen online on Short of the Week and Alter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/f3439992-daa6-4b9e-92c9-cf4618c2c39a/This_Unremarkable_Life_Still_4.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out This Unremarkable Life an unsettling array of characters welded together by language, and contained within a world that collides trash television with the contemporary internet. The hostess is played by the artist in a refined Gwen Shamblin Lara wig and floral jacket with matching mini skirt. “Do you readily admit that you have way too many images?” Her monologue, the driving narrative force of the work, comes from a heavily altered transcription of pet rat hoarder Glen Brittner’s episode of “Hoarders” (2009 - Present), an American reality television show which documents people struggling with hoarding disorder. As she continues, various characters abduct the narrative. A motivational speaker for men, a beauty queen having a birthday party, a man with a home security camera strapped to his head, and an array of other figures combine in a frenetic and urgent call to examine what it looks like to fully adapt media personalities. Runtime:18:03 Directed by: Jake Brush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/73f2c397-269b-45cb-b43a-af507ea0a1ee/Fran_Screengrab_03.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out Francesca A woman practices a speech for her sister's wedding. Chester Vincent Toye directs “Francesca,” a slice-of-life vignette where a young woman’s efforts to workshop a speech snowballs into a self-reflective consideration of her own life. Late at night, Francesca walks around the moon-lit city in a desolate area. Her older sister, Lauren, is getting married. On quiet intersections and in empty parking lots, she comes up with quippy one-liners and tries to figure out which stories are right to share. Through her brainstorms, we learn about the sisters’ fraught relationship and hear a poignant story about going to Disney World as a child. Runtime: 6:22 Directed by: Chester Vincent Toye Chester Vincent Toye is an award-winning filmmaker from South Orange, NJ. He makes films about getting unstuck. Chester’s most recent short, Hangtime, premiered this spring in competition for Best Narrative Short at the Atlanta Film Festival and had its online premiere on Short of the Week where it received a Best of the Month selection. Hangtime was also included in Vimeo’s “Black Artistry in Film” collection. Chester’s previous short Ruby, premiered last spring at the Maryland Film Festival. His debut short film I’m SO Sorry won “Best Short” in the After Dark category at the Indie Memphis Film Festival and premiered on No Budge where it was named to the 2021 No Budge Films of the Year list. Chester approaches his films with a background in portrait photography and has long been interested in the complexity of representation. Growing up he was a standout athlete eventually playing Division 1 lacrosse at Lehigh University. Chester received an MFA in Photography from UCLA and has studied improv at Upright Citizens Brigade Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/6b00af14-a951-4c08-83d7-91bc5cdcd6f3/Screen+Shot+2025-08-10+at+2.52.29+PM.png Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block A / Q+A - Make it stand out Cupcake Once Upon a Time at the 21st birthday party of the pompous birthday princess Julianna, an enthusiastic young girl named Delani is sent off to pick up cupcakes for the party. While out on her journey to get the cupcakes, she brings back something sinister along with her… Runtime: 4:50 Directed by: Natalie Mahoney Natalie Mahoney is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker from Staten Island, NY. She has experience in both filmmaking and helping young creatives conceive, construct, and produce their own projects. Natalie wants to be able to inspire and encourage others with her work, and watch others tell their own stories through the many mediums of the arts! https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/music-video-closing-ceremony monthly 0.5 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/ff81f335-64cb-4610-94ee-e0d5783317f1/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+6.24.03+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out GOODBOY Animated music video for the song GOOD BOY by Brooklyn-based band cowboygirl. Runtime: 4:30 Directed by: Kelly McGowan, Jordan Strickland Kelly McGowan is a Brooklyn-based visual multi-media artist with experience in graphic design, video editing, art direction, photography, and textile crafts. Jordan Strickland is a Brooklyn-based musician and the founder of cowboygirl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/d3f34b10-c74d-453b-87fa-7a09917d5ddd/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+6.20.57+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out A Dark Parade Runtime: 3:38 Directed by Stephen Joseph Ocone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/f9dde097-9f3e-41c2-8e67-9e05f0076d03/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+6.28.11+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out My Boyfriend Left Me for an AI Girlfriend An original song and animation not based on a true story, but inspired by true events. Runtime: 1:11 Directed By: Ash Suh Ash Suh is a 2D and 3D digital designer, animator, and artist based in Queens, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/3c2aacd7-a3e0-410d-947a-989a18ecc689/Parezy_2025_1.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out Johuš Matuš: Pařezy During a nighttime walk, two lovers stumbled upon a frog who clearly wasn’t looking for company. Lost in the wild beats of Johuš Matuš, the frog, its baby, and the rest of the forest party just hoped the uninvited guest would move along soon. Runtime: 2:40 Directed by: Julie Černá and Lene Lekše Julie Černá is a visual artist and animator from Strážnice in southern Moravia. She is currently living in Prague, pursuing her MA at UMPRUM in the Animation and Film Studio. Her debut short film, Stone of Destiny, premiered at Berlinale - Shorts Competition in 2025. Lene Lekše comes from Ljubljana, Slovenia and makes sculptures, films and mixed media artworks. She is currently studying Animation at Estonian Academy of Art (EKA). For Lene, play is a serious matter and her work is saturated with clichés and bad jokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/ea41b5de-3941-42f5-8ad2-1cedd7f247da/a64371f368-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out Big Red’s Adventure is video-game inspired music video about a day in the life of an orange tabby called Big Red. The music video is scored by The Fascinating Chimera Project. Runtime: 4:28 Directed by: Vanessa Castro Vanessa Castro is a Brazilian-American visual artist and musician based in Queens, New York. She is making work that contextualizes fantasy and desire within the consumed products of our escape-oriented society and the oft-forgotten natural landscape that enables the imagination. Her creative process is an exchange of analog and digital processes: illustration, music-making, and sculpture are interpreted via digital frameworks like video editing, Photoshop, DAWs and 3D animation to create a final product whether it be video, song, or image. She sees these digital frameworks as a tool for one’s desire for change, answering questions of how the world could or should be. As a video editor and digital artist Vanessa has worked with NEON, Adult Swim, Eartheater, Poppy, Lou Tides, The Joyce Theater, and many others. Vanessa's visual art and video work have been exhibited at places like Knockdown Center, David Zwirner, Kimberly-Klark and Goggleworks Center for the Arts. Most recently she did a digital artist residency at The Neighbors where she started building her 3D animated short, Player 1 (working title). She has also played music in New York in collaboration with others and solo since 2015 and has scored projects for the artist Yining Fei. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/9345bf67-de9d-478c-9078-e6d35ca497e8/Headed_Still_copy.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out Headed to the Streets The song "Headed to the Streets" was written by BL Shirelle at Pennsylvania's Muncy Prison in May 2015, a few months before she was set to be released. Her lyrics were sent to Big Ant McKinney and Mark pringer, both lifers incarcerated in Ohio's Warren Prison, for composition. In November 2015, Fury Young recorded Big Ant’s vocal and the song’s instrumental track at Warren. When BL was released in December 2015, her vocals were recorded in her hometown of Philly. The music video, a fever dream stirring in Fury's head, was shot piecemeal between April - October 2017. The video footage of Big Ant is through a service called jpay, in which prisoners can record themselves in 30-second videos. BL's scenes were shot in Brooklyn NY, Jackson NJ and Avon By-The-Sea, NJ - and almost didn't happen due to a fight in a crackhouse that almost ruined BL and Fury's relationship. The black and white footage is from "Afro American Work Songs in a Texas Prison," directed by Toshi and Pete Seeger in 1966. Runtime: 4:14 Directed by: Fury Young Fury Young is a lifelong rock n roll lover who grew up in downtown NYC in the 1990s. For years he has worked in music championing voices of other artists with FREER Records - the first label in America for musicians in prison and formerly incarcerated. All the while, Fury was working on songs of his own that he never had the resources to release. That changed in October 2023 with the debut of "X Ray," and since then Young has been busy, releasing an EP and several singles up until Fall 2024. For the past year, Fury has been laser focused on his debut LP, the synthwave epic "Escape From LES" dropping in Fall 2025. With influences ranging from Bon Iver to Krayzie Bone, Fury hopes to ignite and impassion listeners with his eclectic, rock-at-its-core sound. Local heroes, endless highways, and widescreen wonders fill the canvas of these records, delivered in addictive, raw melodies. Outside of his solo music work, Fury Young is a poet (Meat & Milk, 2016, Lit Riot Press), collage/video artist. and creative director for FREER Records. Venues in which Young has performed or shown work include: MoMA PS1, Goodbye Blue Monday, Sidewalk, UnionDocs, The New School, Roulette, and the subway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/e3c513f9-b990-4d8b-8ab8-75ee1ae68f84/_2025-04-08_6.58.09.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out A Sad Song for New York The psychological experience of New immigrants in the big world of New York, coffee, the Atlantic Ocean and the land of freedom, homesickness, homeland, unforgettable old friends! Runtime: 2:59 Directed by: Chen Qiang Chen Qiang, who lives in New York, is a finalist for the 2023 Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/ea64b88f-3ee8-451f-8732-98f90632e23d/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+9.12.29+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out Hot Machine - The Meat Beetles Down in the city swampland at the Bananaland Hideaway Hotel, a chicken named Angelina arrives for the opening night of The Beetles’ residency. When the band’s lizard frontman takes a romantic interest in her, the rat she came with is not pleased. Runtime: 2:31 Directed by: Jake Elijah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/39341bfb-93a9-40fa-8cdc-f84830e95ae5/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+9.16.06+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out Frankie Cosmos One of Each/Against the Grain Runtime: 4:20 Directed By: Matthew Voltz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/cb2c4d30-6f1b-47a4-8131-f9acbf70cdc4/Screen+Shot+2022-10-18+at+5.28.55+PM.png Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out Goldfish A recently deceased goldfish unleashes the anarchy of the underworld on its way up to heaven. "Goldfish," a fully animated music video for the New York based band, TVOD, creates a world of absurdity and chaos through hand-drawn animation and a unique story. Runtime: 3:15 Directed by: Scott Palazzo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/17c883d5-9fb3-41ce-9cf6-4122499ede78/c%27mondolly.jpg Schedule of Events - Music Video + Closing Ceremony - Make it stand out “C’mon, Dolly!” A through-composed barrage of texture and ephemera, “C’mon, Dolly!” utilizes a mix of live action, stop-motion animation, and choreographed dance to accompany the lush orchestration of Jesse and Forever’s track of the same name. Runtime:5:28 By: Tori Lancaster, Tyler Murray, Jesse Scheinin Filmmakers Tori Lancaster and Tyler Murray and musician Jesse Scheinin conceptualized and filmed this music video during residencies on Lake Champlain in Upstate New York, with final scenes shot at Queens’ Stone Circle Theater, home of ROFF. https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/short-docs monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/f861c5a0-9812-4ec4-8a34-abda74c1472a/Screenshot_2023-12-01_at_4.13.09_PM.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out China 1987: From There to Here We're going from one place to another in China in 1987. From Guangzhou to Guilin. Runtime: 7:55 Directed by: Harry Roseman Harry Roseman received a BFA at Pratt. He was a tenured professor of Art at Vassar College. Over the years his art career moved between genres, sculpture, drawing, photography, and video. His work is in a number of major museums including, The Cincinnati Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, The Menil Collection, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Walker Art Museum. Two of his most ambitious public commissions are in the NYC Subway and JFK Airport. Recently he had two small animations at the Blue Star Animation Festival in San Antonio, TX. His film Temple of the Six Banyan Trees was screened at the Video and Experimental Film Festival, NYC, in 2023. His work can be seen on Vimeo and YouTube. The video he is submitting for this screening is the 13th in the ongoing China 1987 series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/26782e39-91aa-4718-b728-2892797d800a/_MG_6146.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out RECIFE TEM UM CORAÇÃO Silvo Silva, known as a brega phenomenon in Recife (Brazil), performs a live broadcast with his followers to try to buy a new bluetooth speaker. Runtime: 20:00 Directed by: Rodrigo Sena Rodrigo Sena, an award-winning director, has directed short films such as "O Menino do Dente de Ouro," which won the Gostoso Festival, and "Cuscuz Peitinho," which won the Vitória Film Festival. He also directed "A Tradicional Família Brasileira Katu," which won the Brasília Film Festival. He wrote, directed, and photographed "Encantarias," a three-episode TV series, and is currently developing his first feature film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/a0ab7bc9-f765-4f10-a02c-f25914124996/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+10.29.31+PM.png Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out Crazy Cat Lady: A Documentary About Rhonda A short documentary about Rhonda, my neighbor, who takes care of the cats that prowl the neighborhood. Runtime: 7:22 Directed by: Edward Loupe Edward Loupe is a student filmmaker from Lawrence, Kansas. He attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 2017 with a BFA in Film Directing. He is currently attending the graduate film production program at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio to obtain an MFA in film production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/42b027e2-066a-40ad-8e8b-e9ca4c6033ca/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+10.35.49+PM.png Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out Pipe Runtime: 8:31 Directed by: Ben Gordon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/0ee5a74f-44d9-4942-8933-89468415d549/Screenshot_2025-03-13_at_5.webp Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out Lightning in a Bottle Archives of historic media reports and scenes of fictional spaces blend to reconstruct the closure of Pittsburgh’s Schenley High School. As classrooms become luxury apartments, former students confront the politics of memory, contested histories, and the covert violence of public space converted into private real estate. Runtime: 10:30 Directed by: Chantal Feitosa-Desouza Chantal Feitosa-Desouza is a Brazilian United Statesian from Queens, New York. She is a filmmaker, a learner, and a facilitator of workshops and public events beyond the traditional classroom setting. Her practice is guided by the visual process of collage and its potential to create new histories from found fragments. Her work is always proposing slower methods of thinking, remembering, and storytelling for an audience. Chantal holds an MFA in Art with a focus on filmmaking and social practice from Carnegie Mellon University. She received her BFA in film/animation/video from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has screened at locations including Bodega Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Vidlings & Tapeheads, and Silver Eye Center for Photography. She was an artist in residence at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Residency Unlimited, and Smack Mellon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/05152acb-59b5-491b-9a13-c5bf366aaab7/3D_3.1.1.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out Stroad Movie “A kaleidoscopic portrait of the landscape designed to be everything.” A "stroad" is the bastard offspring of a “street” and a “road”. Any functional landscape reveals its purpose at a glance. The stroad may contain markings that dictate behavior or inspire feelings of existential dread. If you can resist the powerful currents of consumer destiny, even for a moment, you may discover that getting lost is the path to freedom. Runtime: 9:59 Directed by: Pablo Nez Garcia Pablo Nez Garcia is a New Jersey filmmaker fretting over macro and microscopic queer contradictions while employing the hifalutin confidence of a film director. Offering alternative perspectives through animation and analog techniques, they explore themes around ephemera, capitalist subconscious, and the logic puzzle of communicating through filmmaking. Pablo graduated from Rutgers University in 2024 with a BFA in Filmmaking. Their films have shown at festivals, galleries, and live events across the US including Slamdance, AIFVF, and the SoMad gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/c2873c9f-1bc3-4ac1-bcac-ad9661671db6/vlcsnap-2024-10-20-21h34m47s830.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out The Fastest Boxer in the World BE YOURSELF. A one day shot-on-video odyssey in the life of Matthew Morales, the fastest boxer in the world. Runtime: 8:21 Directed by: Griffin Conner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/44dc52d6-1a0e-4f3c-b666-c1b3ac64375f/95d4ddb49a-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out Dear Motek An intergenerational relationship is challenged when a grandmother’s allegiance to moral purity and isolated worship lead her to a premature welcoming of the afterlife. Runtime: 13:44 Directed by: Gabi Rudin Gabi Rudin is a filmmaker and video editor living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New York. Her nonfiction films search for communion and mystical significance in a secular, tangible world susceptible to loneliness and isolation. Through mixing archival sound and image, film and video, her films unravel the entangled intimacies of intergenerational questioning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/8b0310c0-2271-4c8c-ae10-e1862af7ca07/R_2025_03.jpg Schedule of Events - Short Docs / Q+A - Make it stand out Ř Runtime: 3:34 Directed by: Abigél Dérczy Abigél Dérczy is a Hungarian animator and illustrator. She studies animation at MOME in Budapest and did exchange studies at the animation and film studio at UMPRUM in Prague. In her works, she enjoys exploring her personal life and lighter themes in a surreal and humorous way. https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/hedonist monthly 0.5 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/2eb18ea7-3d7b-40e9-8797-63089c6d21ee/hedoposter.jpg Schedule of Events - The Hedonist - Make it stand out The Hedonist After a nervous breakdown, a young office assistant flees to his parents’ house in Arizona and hires an escort to take care of him. Runtime: 1:22:53 Directed by Nick Funess Nick Funess is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles, California. He makes movies about sad people doing funny things. His first feature, ‘Young Blondes, Stalked, and Murdered,’ was an official selection at Panic Fest and Salem Horror Fest. Hedonist is a dark comedy that offers an incisive look into one man’s quarter-life crisis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703524388-2PSSSTIZ065SLZC7WR64/Screen+Shot+2025-07-30+at+10.25.54+PM.png Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703521314-HFUPZKSK0AJATSQ8NJ2O/Screen+Shot+2025-07-30+at+10.25.03+PM.png Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703489088-08WQ78XA59QM7P1WKYJI/1.jpg Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703497101-WQE7M2FRKPSH93AOF18A/2.jpg Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703476740-PH1DCYEQVOT95DL619HX/Screen+Shot+2025-07-30+at+10.29.05+PM.png Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703508479-2OORLOAEI8W5Z857CCNQ/3.jpg Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703514611-VCU1WPJPCCFP6D7HOJ06/4.jpg Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703523148-BYN1MBZAPF3BW1FTB31J/5.jpg Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703526349-O99W1BIFSVTS9GI16KUB/Screen+Shot+2025-07-30+at+10.27.11+PM.png Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1754703527875-T0VHGF5QVCU88751KGOE/Screen+Shot+2025-07-30+at+10.27.35+PM.png Schedule of Events - The Hedonist https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/live-action-shorts-qa monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/f7c827f7-f05f-4b3c-a78d-e590ae00b37e/Timeline_1_01_00_53_23.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out Better Never Than Never A man in his late 30's coming to terms with his life long procrastination. Runtime: 4:21 Directed by: James Johnson I'm a filmmaker from New Zealand living in New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/92982f55-e14c-4098-af18-e6b27f704038/Screen+Shot+2025-08-10+at+5.29.33+PM.png Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out Jasper Jelqs An aspiring entrepreneur struggles to date after injuring his penis in a workplace accident. Runtime:13:47 Directed by: William Kahn William is a writer, director and musician based in Los Angeles, California. An alum of the University of Pennsylvania and UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, he is currently working on his debut feature HELP WANTED with indie veteran Michael Mailer attached to produce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/9d0d81f5-a382-4d0b-a3fd-dcdc85132742/Screen_Shot_2021-09-23_at_4.51.50_PM.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out Brian's Party A casual housewarming party breaks into a joyous uproar when the beer finally arrives – but moving into a new apartment, you have to be considerate of the noise you’re making. You never know who might be listening… Some parties get too loud. Some parties get just loud enough… Runtime: 3:12 Directed by: Joshua Mozes Joshua Mozes is a Brooklyn based film maker. He is a member of the film collective, The Filmshop - and has worked in film distribution for 6 years, currently residing at Kino Lorber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/48acc0be-4310-4005-95ec-202b01b837f3/Pococurante.stillD.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out Poco a Poco When a married woman takes a coworker friend for a harmless birthday drink, things get complicated and boundaries get broken. Runtime: 6:20 Directed by: Donna Bonilla Wheeler Donna Bonilla Wheeler is a Latine Indigenous writer and director working in film, stage and TV. She focuses on stories of diverse women and marginalized groups, in off-the-beaten path or heroic situations, exploring humanity, foibles, and the power of authenticity. Themes also touch on boundaries and personal agency. Works are Nicholl SFs, Gotham No Borders, Slamdance, Sundance Collab, Stowe, Sidewalk and PageCraft Labs, NYSAF Workshops, and MIPTV/Cannes invited projects. Her short film, The Girl Next Door was awarded Grand Jury honors at Mystic Film Festival, Jury Award at Silent River, REMI Award at Worldfest Houston, and Honorable Mention at Cine Pobre. Her murder mystery mockumentary, Death of a Saleswoman, sold at Cannes / AFM / Berlin markets and streams globally on major platforms. Donna created and leads the #MentorLatinaDirectors Fellowship Program, and its vibrant community of Latina-Indigenous film/TV directors. She is also a classically trained violinist and experienced skydiver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/195ecc54-f879-4cbe-bff1-1cf694808653/Screen+Shot+2025-08-10+at+5.43.34+PM.png Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out Vasomotor Rhinitis The film's central theme is the condescending attitude of a simple civil servant towards high-ranking government officials. The short film was based on Anton Chekhov's "Death of a Civil Servant" story. The film's main character, a man, sneezes in a concert hall and puts a high-ranking official in an embarrassing situation. Despite apologizing, the main character feels a slavish fear that ultimately proves fatal to the man's life. Runtime: 15:00 Directed by: Mikheil Gabaidze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/6e6f9523-5ea2-422a-bd05-b7111106a87d/ToHellWithYou_Still_06.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out To Hell With You A stubborn demon and a tenacious angel quarrel about the fate of a young man's soul after a botched exorcism. Runtime: 14:57 Directed by: Jason Sheedy After graduating with a BFA in Film and Television at SCAD, Jason's debut feature film, "Patient," won best picture in its category at the Nocturna International Film Festival and aired on Showtime Network. He has since written, directed, and edited several award-winning short films that have garnered acclaim online and in festivals all over the world ("Checkpoint," "The Mages of Rage and The Desecration of The House of Mimicry," "The Reclaimers"). His screenplays have also placed in the Austin Film Festival, Killer Shorts, Screencraft, Stage 32, Film Empire, Scriptapalooza, Slamdance, and the Finish Line Script Competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/8dcc8aa1-f3c4-4a0f-b58d-2e057e071c48/Screen+Shot+2025-08-10+at+5.50.59+PM.png Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out Excursion A first date is disrupted by car trouble and a mysterious hitchhiker. Runtime: 9:28 Directed by: Boothe Carlson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/5b802c4b-e9d0-449b-bfbd-b9f5930721a0/PICTURELOCK_01_02_43_17.jpg Schedule of Events - Live-Action Shorts Block B / Q+A - Make it stand out Eat Hot Chip & Lie After a woman gets manipulated into becoming a hot sauce influencer by her TikTok-obsessed frenemy, she must find a way to exact revenge before the spice kills her. Runtime: 14:51 Directed by: Anders Kapur Anders Kapur is a filmmaker who lives in New York City. His short doc "A Vida Recomeça", about amputee skateboarder Felipe Nunes, was nominated for a Webby Award in 2019. He also served as an editor and creative producer on "The Cricket Kings of Queens", a 30 minute documentary that was an official selection at the Manhattan Film Festival and Breckenridge Film Festival and was featured by the BBC World Service. He most recently worked at Business Insider, where his work gained two Webby Award nominations and a NATJA Silver Award. https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/autobio monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/6d79f86a-758a-4b06-a8f0-d1d006931cc9/Lee_em.webp Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out I Made A Camera: One Day is theoretically part of a larger project with the goal of self expression through various homemade recording tools. Pretentiously inspired by Vertov, Solanas, and Getino, I wanted to make my own camera eye that does not adhere to normative video aesthetics. The imperfections in my kino-glaz are unique to me and perhaps represent my perspective better than the clinical quality of a mass manufactured camera and lens. Runtime: 3:12 Directed By: Lee Emmerich Lee is a documentary filmmaker based in New York City and the Hudson Valley with a particular interest in auto-ethnography and the avant-doc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/9235a32a-ce82-42de-a916-746b9751e6c4/scratch_track_under_vid_snaps.00_00_33_00.Still001.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out PICKUP My body is a machine that carries me. Runtime: 3:12 Directed by: Kaye Hurley Kaye Hurley is a writer and multimedia artist working in performance, video, and sound. She is currently an Exponential Festival Fellow and her multimedia performance piece :/secondplace will premiere in the 2026 Festival. She is an alum of the Soho Rep Writer Director Lab (with Kedian Keohan), and also sound designs and performs in Amando Houser’s DeliaDelia! The Flat-Chested Witch! khurley.info @a_femme_url https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/d7faea7b-8b97-498e-a8bd-9abc090a54d3/extracreditstill.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Extra Credit Going to school was hard for Angel. She was shy, quiet, and had not had a good handle on the English language yet. This stop-motion reveals all her childhood memories of school and everything in between. Runtime: 5:44 Directed by: Angel Yau Angel Yau is an award-winning comedian, storyteller, and filmmaker from Queens, New York. She founded Asian American Film Thing, a yearly screening celebrating all Asian American filmmakers and artists. She was recently featured in a BBC documentary about being a comedian dealing with anxiety and OCD. She also did a TEDx talk about comedy at Columbia University.Angel's stop-motion animations are where she explores her childhood in comedic but heartfelt ways, dealing with solitude, rejection, and alienation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/e7474467-05d9-4f6b-a71a-53e5ba433a09/mancave.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out The Man Cave A childhood memory re-enacted through a mixture of publicly sourced photos, staged scenes, and stop motion animation, “The Man Cave” is a brief, bewildering journey inside two young girls’ shared vision of manhood. It’s an irreverent child’s eye view of male sexuality, seen through a proto-feminist lens: the male “safe space” of the “man cave” invaded by girls, culminating in absurd, exuberant fantasy. The music in the film, a cover of “You’ve Got Something There” from the 1930s musical “Varsity Show,” is used with the permission of Warner Chappell. Runtime: 2:05 Directed by: Sarah Legow Sarah Legow (b. 1982, Youngstown, Ohio, USA) is a sculpture, video, text, and installation artist living in Porto, Portugal. She has had screenings, exhibitions, and site-specific projects shown internationally. Her festival record includes FUSO Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Lisboa, VideoBardo, Cadence Video Poetry Festival, Bideodromo, GRRL HAUS CINEMA, and Mientras Tanto CINE, while her video installations and sculpture have appeared in exhibitions + public art projects with Media Art Friesland, the Jane Addams Hull House Museum, Grizzly Grizzly, and ArtSpace Bremerhaven. She earned an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania (2016), BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2011), and BA in Art History from Grinnell College (2005). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/0452c530-6aa9-44f2-858f-67abe908e140/Message_from_Minion_Land_Screenshot3.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out 1-Day Adult So, essentially, from what I can glean, the “Minions” are a series of films are about these little yellow creatures, a sickly old man and also his wife (?). They sing and dance to popular songs and they have all been very friendly to me. This is a film about a theme park in Singapore. Runtime: 5:00 Directed by: Elias ZX Elias ZX is a filmmaker, producer and curator based out of Brooklyn, New York. Their work has been featured in film festivals around the world including the Academy-Award qualifying Athens International Film & Video Festival and Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. Their work has screened online as part of NoBudge, Film-maker's Co-op, Do Not Research and Troma Now. In 2020 they founded the Long Distance Film Festival, a quarantine project meant to unite filmmakers around the world beyond genre lines. After winning the audience award in 2021 for the film REBIRTH.jpeg, they served on the jury for Drunken Film Festival Oakland in 2022 as a judge of U.S. Narrative films. They have a very kind heart and you should really stop yelling at them. Please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/5b59e3fb-db56-43bd-87ea-ba430f7d1e17/OCD6.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out OCD: of course death Irrationally intrusive night thoughts, rituals and dreams centered around one highly rational fear: death. Runtime: 3:03 Directed by: Sarah Bex Rice Sarah Bex Rice is an enthusiast of experimental films, re-use of archival material and all things fine times. Much of Rice’s work remixes her and her family’s own archive to revisit personal nostalgia through a broader lens. She currently programs for Brooklyn Film Festival and Ceres Food Film Festival and also works in archival film/video licensing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/a0c988b8-9639-4466-8e54-6a3ea7231e5e/I_can_see_the_moon_ColbyLamson-Gordon_Still3.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out I can see the moon, and sometimes I wonder is a video essay addressed to my unknown birth mother. I use nineties camcorder videos layered with historical charts and iPhone videos to reflect on a relationship I may never have. Runtime: 4:17 Directed by: Colby Lamson-Gordon Colby Lamson-Gordon studies the contents and limits of embodied memory through video, image, and sound. Informed by transracial, transnational (dis)placement, they make from imagined memory and imperfect connection to place.Colby’s video work has been seen at the East Village Film Festival and Parsons School of Design. Their sound works and collaborations have been performed at Residency Unlimited, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Mannes School of Music, and Gallery ZXY. Colby’s images have been installed in pop-up exhibitions throughout Brooklyn. They received an MFA in Design & Technology from Parsons School of Design and a BA in Economics from Barnard College. Colby lives and works in New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/aae69eb1-96ca-40f6-971e-c343035edccf/closure+still+1.png Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Closure Through a visual poetic of interlaced archival imagery and spoken word, a soul reckons with the weight of disillusionment—grappling with lost hopes, the grief of harm endured, and the journey toward renewal. Runtime: 3:08 Directed by: Sierra Francesca Enea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/30e9822f-73cc-48b9-9446-6fadf271bb78/rocco.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Rocco In the hustle of New York City, Rocco feels small, lonely and alienated. He harbors a big heart and an even bigger dream of finding true love. Will he ever find it? Wandering the maze of the big city, he discovers the importance of being true to oneself and the beauty of fleeting moments. Runtime: 4:36 Directed by: Summayya Wagenseil and Lucia Buricelli Lucia Buricelli is a photographer born and raised in Venice, Italy, currently living in New York City. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for urban environments, Lucia’s work captures the essence of daily life through a unique blend of street photography and documentary storytelling. Her distinctive use of frontal flash and vibrant color palettes brings an immediate, almost dramatic quality to her images, highlighting the often-overlooked details of everyday scenes. Her images offer a compelling exploration of human behavior and the intricate interactions within urban settings. Lucia creates narratives that reveal the subtle complexities of modern life. Her work has been published in the New York Times, New Yorker, Time, Vogue, Buzzfeed, Wall Street Journal and more. Rocco is her first film. Summayya Wagenseil is a filmmaker based between New York City and Texas. She began her professional journey working in art institutions, igniting her passion for storytelling across various mediums. As an American filmmaker with a rich multi-racial and cultural background, her work seeks to explore and reclaim Americana tropes and locations in novel, untold ways. Her films delve into themes of community, identity, and displacement, connecting diverse audiences with timeless, transnational narratives. In 2023, she made her directorial debut with 'If You Don’t Love Me, Set Me Free', which won the “Best Experimental Short” award at the Manhattan Film Festival. Rocco is her second film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/c6040264-b525-4ba6-bf9a-2e0c120d4152/idliketobefamoustoo.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out And I’d Like to Be Famous Too A horrendous date with a 46-year-old comic. Runtime: 6:01 Directed by: Sam Becker Levy Sam Becker Levy is a 22-year-old writer, filmmaker, and media artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He recently graduated from The New School's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts with a powerful degree in Culture & Media Studies. He also does comedy and theater work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/b5a025d3-34f7-43f4-98aa-41d8745a6ad0/gettingtoknowyouagain.jpg Schedule of Events - Autobiographical Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Getting To Know You Again A once-close bond now tinged with emotional distance. A 60-year-old father and 25-year-old daughter confront their changing dynamic and the challenges of reconnecting. Runtime: 18:15 Directed by: Desirée Tolchin Desirée's work explores the cyclical banality of the human condition through fictional and non-fictional lenses. Her body of work is a collection of intimate experiences portrayed through slow cinema, distant memories, and wandering narratives. The result being, an honest portrayal of the struggles within the fleeting present moments of the everyday. Her work has screened at festivals such as Brooklyn Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festival, Sydney Women's International Film Festival, Fisura Film Festival, Defy Film Festival, Mystic Film Festival, and Still Voices Film Festival. https://www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/events/animated-shorts monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/351e7779-8bd0-4f8f-a21e-bea12bb06ea1/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+11.09.35+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Redelude A handmade film which explores the sensation of becoming immersed in imaginary spaces. Journey through stars, circuits, and neurons to look at plants, rocks, and fossils. Runtime: 12:26 Directed by: Julien Miller Julien Miller is a painter/animator from Fly Creek, NY. In 2017, they received their BFA in Painting and Drawing from SUNY Purchase. They currently maintain a studio practice in Queens making experimental handmade animations in which they explore things that frighten and intrigue them. Including social collapse in the wake of global warming, advanced technology morphing into immersive digital environments, first person memories translated into paint, and alien botanists experimenting on unheard of plants. After creating storyboards by mixing elements from dreams, real life, and science fiction, Julien meticulously illustrates backgrounds and cells cut from paper for their films. Shooting frame-by-frame, combining replacement, stop motion, layering, and digital illustration processes, they assemble universes to explore storytelling through animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/0a78f8bf-802b-4cfd-ba60-370153172fa7/03.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out DYNAMICS (Frozen Movements) is an experimental, dreamy and surreal stop-motion film, created using everyday materials. The film offers a visual reflection on transformations that emerge through the intuitive blending of dissimilar elements. The result is a non-narrative art film where fantasy, form and texture merge into a sensory experience. This short animation invites viewers to surrender to a world where logic gives way to atmosphere and intuition. The hypnotic soundscape enhances the avant-garde character of the film and leaves plenty of room for personal interpretation. Runtime: 14:00 Directed by: Teo Baehler I am a multidisciplinary artist (Art Academy CSIA, Lugano, CH) who positions myself autonomously and vulnerably in relation to the established art world. This mindset grants me the freedom to approach reality from a different perspective and to explore boundaries in search of new narratives and stagings. By experimenting with the most everyday materials, intuitive processes emerge in which the unknown is embraced and mistakes are seen as sources of inspiration. I favor a hands-on, craft-based approach that allows me to fully express my personality and imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1a425247-2893-4703-8c4c-491e4a3f1411/Nostril_11.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Nostril is a stop-motion animated short film about Lala, a sleep-deprived woman kept awake by her husband’s obnoxious snoring. When the sound becomes so powerful that it quite literally sucks her into his nose, Lala finds herself in a terrifying battle against the boogery germ creatures that dwell within. Blending comedy and horror, Nostril looks at the things we put up with for love, highlighting relationship struggles with a light-hearted tone. Runtime: 4:30 Directed By: Michael Dondero and Shengnan Dong Michael Dondero: An Emmy-award winning film-maker, animator, and writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and based in Brooklyn, NY. Learn more about Michael on his website , IMDB and on instagram. Shengnan Dong: A 3D Character designer/3D generalist who specializes in game design, fine art, animation, and toy production. To learn more, visit her website and follow her instagram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/85ea2683-e45e-467b-881a-49e1d62ced75/LI_STILL_campfirehigh.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Lonely Island is a mixed-media short film about a starving man washed ashore on a mysterious island where he befriends a crab who helps him survive. A nightmarish fever–dream narrative taking place within a collage jungle and painted sea, Lonely Island is a tale that reflects humanity and its relationship to the non-human world. Runtime: 4:22 Directed by: Kristie Kish Kristie Kish is an Emmy-nominated multimedia artist born and raised in New York. Her creative practice explores the intersection of technology and the natural world, using footage, printed matter, natural objects, and data as tools to uncover new perspectives on the environment and our relationship with it. Although her work fuses together a variety of materials and techniques into an unusual or nonsensical clusterfuck hybrid thing, it somehow feels familiar and enchanting. Before working digitally, she spent her time in the printmaking studio where she developed her love for multilayered visual language. Her work was shown in group exhibitions and published in literary arts journals. She received a BA in Studio Art with a focus on printmaking from CUNY Hunter College in 2016 and an MFA in Computer Arts specializing in motion graphics and experimental art from School of Visual Arts (SVA) in 2023. As a freelance motion designer, she creates and animates work that ranges from corporate commercials to quirky and bizarre cartoons. She prefers the latter. Her work was broadcast on Nat Geo Wild, SYFY, and Nickelodeon while her personal work was shown in film festivals around the world, group exhibitions, and published literary arts journals. Kristie is also the Co-Founder of Mothers Milk, a canned coconut water cocktail brand that's as fun and refreshing as it sounds. In her free time, Kristie is hangin' with her giant bunny rabbit and plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/502d80ed-71c5-4a23-b925-4cd4845ea352/still_006.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Lorraine and the Ladybugs Lorraine is a neat girl who suddenly, inexplicably, has ladybugs fly out of her mouth each time she opens it. How will she adjust to her new life? Runtime: 2:24 Directed by: Muriel Smith Muriel Smith is a Montreal animator and illustrator who loves playing on the computer. Her animations celebrate the traditions of the medium (drawing funny faces) and the charm of digital textures. She received her BFA in Film Animation in 2025 from Concordia University, and continues to develop her practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/31211232-f456-431a-9eae-4f89a4dae312/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+11.28.33+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Clown Boy A bullied high school student orders a mysterious package that fills his world with awe and possibility. Runtime: 2:22 Directed by: Jake Elijah Jake Elijah is a 26-year-old musician, animator, and video editor based in Ridgewood, New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/44f6e43a-e546-4679-bd45-b5ba1d9914a8/still3_HE.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Heaven’s Escape is a short film about a girl who dies in a mosh pit during the opening band's set and wakes up in Heaven. She escapes Heaven in time to see her favorite band, Piss Cups, perform. Runtime: 4:00 Directed by: Mira Seeba Mira Seeba is an animator and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. She specializes in 2D animation. Her distinctive style, developed during her time at Pratt Institute, is marked by varied line widths and flattened perspectives. Her capstone film, Heaven's Escape, was screened at the Best of Animation Showcase at Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn and won Best Visual Design. Her short film, 300%, was shown at the Grotesque Film Festival at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater in Minneapolis. Additionally, she interned at Feral Cat Den, a Brooklyn-based game design studio where she developed concept art and animations for the team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/7efb0545-6b8f-463d-ae63-cb7f256259f2/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+11.35.11+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Was Time Laughing re-edit of the music video for Big Zippers “Time Was Laughing” with sound effects instead of music. I hope you have a great time watching this video. Please let me know if it was any good by texting me at +1 514-777-7062 Runtime: 2:58 Directed by: Jordan Minkoff Jordan Minkoff is a Montreal-based 2D animator, filmmaker, and music video director. His work possesses humorous and surreal attributes informed by his experience in painting and music. By combining traditional and modern techniques, his work yields nostalgic and distinct results. Under the moniker of Dr. Cool, Jordan has directed work for artists on labels such as Warner Brothers, Sub Pop, JYP Entertainment, Arbutus Records. His work has been featured in film festivals internationally, and he has received two Vimeo Staff Picks which maybe means he’s okay at what he does! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/c7c49b16-9086-467e-8f96-d540ab20293d/aa527ebc85-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Howl if You Love Me Boy has girl. Boy loses girl. Boy wins girl back, but girl is a werewolf. Runtime: 7:47 Directed by: John R. Dilworth Academy Award nominated director John R. Dilworth is a New York-based animation director and designer whose work has appeared on Netflix, Showtime, HBO, FOX, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, MTV, Canal +, and Arte. His films have screened in museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. He is the founder of Stretch Films, Inc., an independent animation design and production studio in New York City. His 1994 breakthrough film, THE DIRDY BIRDY was selected in over 100 international festivals and has won many prizes including a Mikeldo do Plata de Animacion in Spain. THE DIRDY BIRDY was featured on MTV’s debut of “Cartoon Sushi,” a series to highlight the best in independent animation. The Venice Film Festival and the Zagreb Festival of World Animation has placed a print of THE DIRDY BIRDY in their permanent archive. The popularity of the film continued as a broadband series on Comedy Central’s website, Motherload in 2000. THE CHICKEN FROM OUTER SPACE, Dilworth’s 1995 animated short film, sponsored by Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network, was nominated for an Academy Award, and Annie Award. In 1998, Dilworth turned THE CHICKEN FROM OUTER SPACE into a series for Cartoon Network entitled COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG. He served as executive producer, director, and co-writer of all 104 shorts, as well as voicing numerous characters. COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG is one of Cartoon Network’s top-rated shows and has been broadcast continuously since 1999 on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Dilworth's 2005 independent film, LIFE IN TRANSITION, has received international recognition, being awarded Best of Show at the ASIFA-East Animation Festival, Maverick Award for Best Animation at Woodstock Film Festival, and Nominated for an Annie Award for Best Animated Short. The film was selected for the 2005 tour “Animation Show of Shows,” the best of contemporary international animation. Dilworth produced two new films in 2017, GOOSE IN HIGH HEELS and MOM GOT EATEN BY A SPIDER DEMON. HOWL IF YOU LOVE ME is Dilworth’s latest film. The website for many of John R. Dilworth's animation is www.stretchfilms.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/46c028ed-539a-47af-8a58-f1455d5e2e69/ec740104b3-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Zoonomia proceeds from the notion that if the rules that govern our universe and determine how it develops were altered, what we see around us would be profoundly different. It represents an imaginative investigation into how things might have evolved if events had followed a slightly different trajectory, allowing for hybrids of existing organisms, the return of extinct species and unpredictable motivations, interactions and outcomes. All the inhabitants are monsters in a sense. None of them belongs comfortably in their environment or with each other. Interactions are charged, outcomes unpredictable. Meaning is elusive or non-existent. Runtime: 7:10 Directed By: Yeon Jin Kim Yeon Jin Kim is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker, born in South Korea and based in New York City. She makes narrative videos by making scroll drawings and miniature models and characters out of cardboard, paper, and other materials. This deliberately low-tech process is often combined with various animation techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/d04cc23c-5bb3-4bf5-a4ee-a0936ac5cfdb/Monday_Screenshot_3a.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Monday is a stop-motion short film about a grumpy business-cat dreading work. While waiting for the bus, a mysterious ball of wool appears out of nowhere. What will the cat do? Runtime: 0:58 Directed by: Linh Phung Linh Phung is a stop-motion animator and director based in New Jersey, where she brings tiny puppets and personal stories to life one frame at a time. After years of teaching art in NYC public schools, she made the leap into stop-motion animation to combine her love of using physical materials and digital software to tell stories. Linh enjoys the meditative process of making small things move and making puppets by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/d9ea7fee-47ee-4ff5-a4bb-0f224bc32b82/ministry_of_good_news_still_2.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Ministry of Good News The main character accidentally floods his apartment while filling the bathtub. The situation looks disastrous until the Ministry of Good News intervenes and turns it in a positive direction! Runtime: 1:20 Directed by: Jonáš Urbánek Jonáš Urbánek got into animation in high school at SPŠST Panská, where he studied Film and Television Production. After graduating, he spent a year studying Motion Design at VOŠ Scholastika, and then continued his studies at UMPRUM in the Animation studio. In 2023, he completed a semester-long internship in the Illustration and Animation studio at Kingston University in London. He is currently working on his bachelor’s film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/91a3290d-8c63-4f8d-b547-cfacf1ca3752/4cddc2e643-poster.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out it all sounds like the beatles You’re overwhelmed, you’re overloaded, you’re overstimulated and it’s all accompanied by The Beatles. Runtime: 2:33 Directed by: Maisie Sherriff Maisie is an animation student from London studying at Kingston School of Art and UMPRUM. They make experimental animations by hand with an emphasis on materiality and playfulness as a way to convey more abstract emotions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/1dc78e26-a162-484b-a4f5-db73a8d97399/Screen+Shot+2025-08-08+at+11.54.07+PM.png Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out Y2 Chaos a digital journey of the Y2K era. Runtime: 1:17 Directed by: Cheryl Okonkwo and Lydia Tiruneh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64458042262fb84cd61ef1ca/fbf29fe9-65d6-466f-a27d-28f43a6f1b96/poopoo6_1.1.1.jpg Schedule of Events - Animated Shorts / Q+A - Make it stand out How To Say What You Really Mean Sweepy Bear struggles to find the right words to express his inner world, and turns to a popular book for help. Runtime: 0:55 Directed by: Wyatt Bertz Combining a dual passion for music and visual art, Wyatt Bertz’s original compositions, productions, and animated visualizers have been distributed by labels such as Transgressive, Thirty Tigers, The Orchard, City Slang, and Far Cry Records. Audio-visual commissions, always masking subversive messaging with commercial polish, have ranged from community non-profits, like Newtown Creek Alliance, to digital-native companies like GIPHY, to megalithic brands like Hasbro. His first solo gallery installation in New York, “The Last Time I’ll Use Plastic,” premiered in May 2025 at Stephen Street Gallery with a mixture of sculpture, design and video elements, and featured ongoing performances from a multidisciplinary peer group. Other work has been exhibited at The Emily Harvey Foundation, Coaxial Arts, CLEA RSKY, the Bombay Beach Biennale, Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival, Faurschou Foundation, and the Living Gallery. 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