A towering figure in the art world, standing at 6’7″, John Baldessari’s epic career is crammed into 5 and a half frenzied minutes. Narrated by Tom Waits.

Two naive lovebirds share a redemptive night in this quiet short from Iceland—NSFW.

Working a graveyard mailroom shift, a young actor learns life-long lessons from the melting-pot of racial diversity in the office.

The formation of love, and then its disintegration. The cycle of a relationship, told with beauty and empathy.

Peter’s life has been spent in both fascination and fear of his quickening perception of time with age. As he nears the end of his days, his interest turns to obsession and he undertakes progressively extreme measures to control and counter time’s increasing pace.

An incredibly rich paper-based stop-motion film about the therapeutic powers of the Korean bathhouse from a CalArts student.

In a bland, ultilitarian world of rhythm and order, one worker finds his inner Jazz.

A graduation animation from CalArts, a spare, powerful 9/11 story that is heartbreakingly perfect.

Written and starring Smallville’s Michael Rosenbaum, this festival hit is a sometimes dark fantasy about a boy-giant.

Amar is 14 and top of his class. He’s also his family’s main breadwinner, working two jobs six and a half days a week. An observational documentary that follows Amar through his daily life.

The “true” story of Sophia, a young woman dealing with a rare and very dangerous condition.

Overlaid on top of images of hyperkinetic traffic, a familiar narrative is told in a novel way—through text messages.

Coal queen pageant contestant Arianna Bailey competes for a crown to represent her family’s way of life. Former miner Goose Stewart lives with the memories of a mine explosion. One thing binds both families: coal.

When a you choose a popular dueling spot to settle your quarrel, others might intrude.

Yesterday kicked off the 3rd year that the NYC-based Film Festival presented an online component for viewers at home. Last year we gave you full coverage of over many short…