Short Film Friday

SHORT FILM FRIDAY – Join us for an evening of captivating shorts in two carefully curated programs, plus a dinner intermission. Your ticket includes admission to both programs and covers the cost of your meal. This year’s Short Film Friday program begins with our “All in the Family” block and returns after dinner for our “Against All Odds” block.

What’s included in this event:

  • a drink to kick things off
  • admission to Program 1: All In The Family + filmmaker Q&A
  • a dinner & dessert intermission
  • admission to Program 2: Against All Odds + filmmaker Q&A

PROGRAM 1: ALL IN THE FAMILY

Regardless of circumstance, chances are your family, whether biological or of your choosing, has impacted your life and how you have chosen to live it. The films in the “All in the Family” block highlight familial relationships, family dynamics, unspoken familial truths, and their effects on our individual stories. This block includes stand-out shorts from festivals like SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival, and Sundance Film Festival.

Featured shorts:

  • Balloon Boy
  • Jedo’s Dead
  • One Note
  • Oh, Christmas Tree
  • Favourites
  • Viaje de Negocios
  • The Test

PROGRAM 2: AGAINST ALL ODDS

Each story presents characters confronting and overcoming various emotional, physical, societal, and internal obstacles. The title of the first short of this block, “Impossible is Just a Word,” beautifully encapsulates the spirit of resilience that defines all the films featured. By the end of Short Film Friday, you will have experienced a full spectrum of emotions—bring your tissues; tears of joy and laughter are guaranteed!

Featured shorts:

  • Impossible Is Just A Word
  • The Minotaur’s Strike
  • Terminally Ill
  • Perfect Ten
  • Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World

See the Film

Fri Oct 11

LOOK Dine-In Cinemas | Tysons at the Boro
1667 Silver Hill Dr, McLean, VA 22102
5:30 pm