Short Attention Span Cinema

Short Attention Span Cinema: Let’s Keep This Conversation to a Minimum

Friday, November 6 - Thursday, December 3, 2026

As part of our ongoing Short Attention Span Cinema program, IFC Center is proud to present a new short film by Maira Kalman and Alex Kalman in 4 chapters.

4 tiny portraits of Clara Schumann, Cicero, Martha Graham and Franz Kafka through the eyes of laughter
Chapter 1:
Let’s Keep This Conversation to a Minimum: Cicero on Betrayal (3:23 min) Nov 6 – 12
Chapter 2:
Let’s Keep This Conversation to a Minimum: Martha Graham on Mortality (2:55 min) Nov 13 – 19
Chapter 3:
Let’s Keep This Conversation to a Minimum: Clara Schumann on Love (4:16 min) Nov 20 – 26
Chapter 4:
Let’s Keep This Conversation to a Minimum: Franz Kafka on Hope (4:33 min) Nov 27 – Dec 3

Artist Statement

We are amazed at how wonderful

and terrible things are at the exact same time.

Laughter and tears.

What courage people have. What dignity.

– Maira Kalman and Alex Kalman

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