11:00am
Uptown 2

Spice up your life! Dive into the festival weekend by taking in a marvelous mixed bag of scintillating shorts. These stories range from a wacky watchful house to a true tale of badgers bothering Brits! It's a beautiful bounty of masterful miscellany.

Morning Eclectic

11:30am
Uptown 1

Some families are assigned at birth, others are chosen. Still others are grown and nourished over time. Either way, the ties that bind also can bend or break as life takes its twists and turns. Take a journey through the communal struggles and triumphs of characters who are entrenched in the familiar familial feuds that many of us face. Family comes first and last here!

Family Ties

1:00pm
Uptown 2

Houston, we have a program! Blast off into alternate realities where the space-time continuum is corrupted and dystopian dehumanization is rampant. Meet fantastical South African creatures and enter into the world of artificial intelligence-based apps that may soon shape our world. Just don't look at the moon!

A.L.: Artificial Life

1:30pm
Uptown 1

How do we see each other? How do we see ourselves? Watch these fearless filmmakers flip perception on its head and reclaim their identities through bold conversations on motherhood, sexuality, self-image, gender identity, and more. A lionhearted line-up of individuals expressing exactly who they are - and aren’t - for the world to see.

Reclaiming Me

2:30pm
SIFF Film Center

Borders, billionaires, foreign-born babies, rehabilitation, and the right to bear arms. The rights we are given and responsibilities we face as global citizens are brought into focus by these 5 documentaries illuminating personal perspectives of those on the frontlines of progress. The events are current and the tides of change are rising. Lean in and join the conversation!

Global Currents

3:30pm
Uptown 1

And the award for most palpable performance by a performer in a leading role goes to...you decide! We've rounded up the most scintillating scene-stealers to showcase the sacred theatrics of tried-and-true thespians. Thuffering thuccotash! (snapping is widely encouraged)

Palpable Performances

4:30 PM
Film Center

Seed&Spark connects people through stories that matter. Since 2012, their platform has helped thousands of creators bring stories to life and to audiences via story-centric crowdfunding, on-platform streaming, live community events and workplace programs that cultivate a culture of diversity and inclusion. At the heart of their cornerstone “Crowdfunding to Build Independence” workshop is a dedication to connecting creators with their audiences. It lays out the steps toward a successful crowdfunding campaign, as well as a career-long action plan most likely to create a lasting, flourishing, direct relationship with your audience. You’ll learn how to find and activate your audience, structure your crowdfunding campaign and pitch video, pick the right goal and incentives, and much more beyond marketing the campaign itself. Because after all, it isn’t just about crowdfunding: it’s about career building. Your career starts here!

Seed&Spark: Crowdfunding to Build Independence

6:30pm
Uptown 1

Just got paid, it's friday night, party huntin', feelin' right! Make your first weekend stop this highkey hectic mix of upbeat yams that'll yeet your wheat and make you ready to hit the street! From music vids to magical kids to a nostalgic nod to being a kid to a wrestler who can't cry to cupid's mighty try and a happy little fly who...just might die. Jk! Who knows! Gotta see for yourself kthxbye.

Happy Hour Shorts

7:30pm
SIFF Film Center

Buckle your eyebelts and grit your teeth, this wild ride will take you into the depths of drama. From a vengeful church confession to a blind man's deteriorating marriage to an all-knowing robotic servant, your senses will be satiated by this dark display of deep emotion. Too legit to grit, amirite?!

Powerful Grit

8:30pm
Uptown 1

Make your way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I'm NFFTY bound! Friday's featured shorts block takes you on an emotional journey through life, love, and the psychological effects of solitary confinement. You know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see this screening, tonight.

The Long & Short of It

9:30pm
SIFF Film Center

What is life? Are we human? Or are we dancer? Can a copy machine feel love? Is the future a repeat of the past? If you're looking for visions of what's to come of our Earthly reality, look no further than this collection of outlandish, otherworldly observations from cunning creators. Now where did I put my keys?

A Screening Darkly

10:30pm
Uptown 1

Question: What do you get when you (redacted) a (redacted) and then put it in a (redacted) until it (redacted)? Answer: This screening! Come with an open mind, leave with a (redacted) mind. 9 of out 100 doctors reccomend this screening as a cure for (redacted)!

After Hours Absurdity