2021 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
Friday, July 9 - Thursday, July 29, 2021
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films selected from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival program, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for close to 40 years. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the 2021 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers and shows that short films transcend traditional storytelling.
The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and gives a home to both established and new filmmakers with shorts for audiences to discover and celebrate. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is made for risk-taking. Short films are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences.
The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alumni Andrea Arnold, Lake Bell, Damien Chazelle, Destin Daniel Cretton, Jay and Mark Duplass, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Todd Haynes, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Joey Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.
Presented by the Sundance Film Festival.
2021 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour:
BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop – Directed by Jason Park. USA, 16 min.
A young Korean-American hustler runs throughout the city of Chicago making sales out of his “mobile gift shop.
Black Bodies – Directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall. Canada, 4 min.
A Black man laments as he comes face-to-face with the realities of being Black in the 21st century.
The Criminals – Directed by Serhat Karaaslan. France, Romania, Turkey, 23 min.
In a town in Turkey, a young couple is looking for some privacy. They are rejected from the hotels because they do not have a marriage certificate. When they think they found a way, the situation gets out of hand.
KKUM – Directed by Kang-min Kim. South Korea, U.S.A., 9 min.
My mother’s dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion.
To Know Her – Directed by Natalie Chao. U.S.A., Hong Kong, 15 min.
A poetic exploration of the camera’s gaze and a family’s relationship with the filmmaker’s mother.
White Wedding – Directed by Melody C. Roscher. U.S.A., 10 min.
Amidst a racially tense Southern wedding, a biracial bride has the chance to confront her estranged Black father after accidentally hiring his wedding band to perform.
Wiggle Room – Directed by Sam Guest and Julia Baylis. U.S.A., 13 min.
Determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession, Daisy confronts the shady insurance agent who owes her money. Wiggle Room received the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting.
- Running Time 95 minutes
- Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil
IFC Center does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. In addition to the synopses, trailers and other links on our website, further information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com as well as through general internet searches.