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MicroCinema Club

07/12/17
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm


Crosstown Arts
430 N Cleveland
Memphis, TN 38104 United States

Monthly short film screening series, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts.

This month: Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
The 2017 program offers audiences a taste of Sundance, from laugh-out-loud comedy to contemplative reflections of the world we live in.

Two screenings: 7 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) & 9 pm (doors open at 8:45 pm). Seating is limited. Admission is pay-what-you-can.


The 2017 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, the 2017 program offers new audiences a taste of what the festival offers, from laugh-out-loud comedy to contemplative reflections of the world we live in.

5 FILMS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
Written & Directed by Peter Huang | 2016, Canada | 5 min.
Take a satirical look at the dumber side of technology.

AND THE WHOLE SKY FIT IN THE DEAD COW’S EYE
Written & Directed by Francisca Alegría | 2016, Chile, U.S.A. | 19 min.
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Emeteria is visited by the ghost of her patrón, Teodoro. She believes he has come to take her to the afterlife—but he has more devastating news (in Spanish with English subtitles).

COME SWIM
Written and directed by Kristen Stewart | 2017, U.S.A. | 17 min.
This is a diptych of one man’s day, half impressionist and half realist portraits.

LUCIA, BEFORE AND AFTER
Written and directed by Anu Valia | 2016, U.S.A. | 14 min.
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction
After traveling 200 miles, a young woman waits out Texas’ state-mandated 24-hour waiting period before her abortion can proceed.

NIGHT SHIFT
Written and directed by Marshall Tyler | 2017, U.S.A. | 15 min.
Get a glimpse into a day in the life of a bathroom attendant in a Los Angeles nightclub.

PUSSY
Written and directed by Renata Gasiorowska | 2016, Poland | 9 min.
Alone at home one evening, a young girl decides to have a solo pleasure session—but not everything goes according to plan.

TEN METER TOWER
Directed by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson | 2016, Sweden | 16 min.
People who have never been up a 10-meter diving tower must choose whether to jump or climb down in this entertaining study of people in a vulnerable position (In Swedish with English subtitles).


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