Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour 2022
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films curated from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival short film program, including three titles that won Festival awards.
Considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers, the Festival includes fiction, documentary and animation from around the world. Throughout its almost 40 years of history, the Festival has always supported short films, providing a platform for both established and new filmmakers to connect with audiences.
The 2022 Short Film Tour program is a sampling of Festival offerings and a testament to the unique storytelling potential that the format holds. Audiences who missed the Sundance Film Festival—which took place online and in-person in seven cities across the country from January 20 through January 30 this year—can enjoy a mix of fiction, documentary, and animated shorts that are funny, sad, inspirational, and full of strong characters.
Program
Goodbye Jerome! (Au revoir Jérôme!) / France
Directors and Screenwriters: Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr
Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.
If I Go Will They Miss Me / U.S.A.
Director and Screenwriter: Walter Thompson-Hernaìndez
Lil’ Ant is obsessed with Pegasus, the Greek mythological character, since first learning about him at school in Watts, California. He begins to notice imaginary airplane people around his home, and yearns to fly with them.
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction.
Makassar Is a City for Football Fans / Indonesia/France
Director and Screenwriter: Khozy Rizal
In a city where men have to go crazy about football, Akbar has to pretend to love the game in order to prevent rejection from his new college friends.
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver / U.S.A.
Directors: Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster
In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch’s sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to smuggle one of the world’s rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.
Short Film Special Jury Award: Screenwriting.
Training Wheels / U.S.A.
Director and Screenwriter: Alison Rich
A socially inept woman rents one man to prepare for another.
Warsha / France/Lebanon
Director and Screenwriter: Dania Bdeir
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
You Go Girl! / U.S.A.
Director: Shariffa Ali
Audrey, a New York City comedian who can make a joke of any situation, faces a staggering challenge in the beautiful mountains of Oregon. Can this city woman overcome her fears and rise?
more info at this website: www.sundance.org/festivals/short-film
Ithaca Premiere
2022 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour official trailer from Sundance Shorts Tour on Vimeo.