Spain

A group of mourning women cluster around the body of a young girl.

Chiquita Piconera

A grieving mother uses vibrant Spanish dancing to cope with the loss of her youngest daughter, but the intensity of her grief threatens her relationship with her eldest child.
A webcam image of a woman holding a cat is superimposed over an animated background showing a cluttered round table.

Abortion Party

As the filmmaker narrates the events surrounding an abortion she had in college, the events she describes play out behind her in animated form. The initially irreverent tone, matching the disjointed images on screen, turns melancholy as she considers the consequences of her decision.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 10: Outré.[…]

Shorts 10: Outré

The creators of these shorts unabashedly follow their own singular visions into wildly new and weird territories.

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