SF Short Film Festival presents:
CALIFORNIA SUITS YOU

A writer, tasked with interviewing the owner of a store during its grand opening, finds an album cover that shouldn't exist and becomes determined to find out what that record holds.

CHASE YOUR DREAMS

Led by the fluttering allure of a childhood dream, a dancer embarks on a whimsical, breathless journey, a choreography of pursuit, a a literal, continuous sprint, moving one beat ahead of the rhythm, she must fight through a gauntlet of detours threatening to derail her from her childhood wish.

LIFE GOES ON

BILL is in end of life care waiting for the sweet release of death - but unfortunately for him, he's stuck in an infinite time loop, causing the day to restart the second his heart stops... A darkly comic yet sweet and hopeful film about enjoying the time you have left and saying the important things to the important people. Starring BAFTA winner David Bradley (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones).

NORMAL KIDS

Teo and Mikey are inseparable friends - until a small betrayal sparks a fight before their school’s year-end show.

SCHIZM

A man grappling with bizarre side effects from losing a loved one, opens up about his struggle on YouTube, forming an unexpected bond with a young girl.

DERIVE

Guided by posthumous instructions to release her ex-wife’s ashes, a reclusive book publisher embarks on a Surrealist odyssey (a dérive) across New York City, experiencing a series of spontaneous connections along the way that inspire her to engage the world anew.

STAI BENE

Set in Florence and performed entirely in Italian, this intimate drama follows an American woman and an Italian man whose chance encounter blossoms into an unexpected romance. As their connection deepens, they share moments of joy, vulnerability, and quiet intimacy, while grappling with the realities that make their future uncertain.

The short film— what a perfect genre. Like the perfect snack. Or the very best poem: intensity and imagination distilled down to the most crucial and poignant of words. Short films are the quintessential starting point, and for some filmmakers, the definitive end goal.

The San Francisco International Festival of Short Films was launched in 2006. Since then SF Shorts has showcased incredible engaging independent films that are quick to make a statement, tell a story or express an idea. Recently this festival merged with the 29 year old San Francisco IndieFest, combining SF Shorts' curatorial vision with SF IndieFest's festival presentation expertise. This combined event now presents one week of the best short films from around the world at an historic San Francisco art house theater.