The Arizona Short Film Festival 2023 is taking place at the Loft Cinema with a screening program of 13 short films of different genres. After last year's online edition, we are excited to return to the cinema halls with a varied collection of films full of fresh artistic takes.   

Aiming to showcase emerging talents as well as address social issues of today, the ASFF23 selection runs the gamut of fiction, comedy and drama, documentary films, and animated films. Loyal to our vision to serve as a connecting platform, our selected indie shorts aim to spark conversations and give birth to new ideas.

As always, this year's screening program showcases both upcoming and established filmmakers, including student films and newcomers' creations.

The documentary The Stolen de Kooning: Recovery and Redemption by the multi-awarded Christopher Sprinkle tells the story of Willem de Kooning's Woman-Ochre painting, which was stolen from a museum in Arizona and discovered in an antique store in Silver City, New Mexico 30 years later torn, in need for extensive repairs.

In the animated short category, Thomas Smoor Isaksen's A Dream of Hawaii, a tale about plastic pollution stretched to the extreme and human hope for survival in a desperate situation and David Shen Miller's The Cocoon are bound to captivate your attention.

In the short film category competes the Made of Flesh (Florence Rochat, Serena Robin) which comes to Arizona after the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, IndieCork (Ireland) and FIFF (France) and Sequin which has been to over 20 film festivals worldwide.

Screening Program:

Screening Slot 1: 6:00 p.m - 7:20 p.m.

Made of Flesh, 15', Florence Rochat, Serena Robin, France, Best Short Film
The Pamphlet, 17', Justin Heyl, The Netherlands, Best Cinematographer
Juli. 16', Mauritz Brekke Solberg, Norway, Best Director  
Gardez, 17', Julian Isfort, Germany, Best Short Comedy
A Dream of Hawaii, 10', Thomas Smoor Isaksen, Norway, Best Short Animation
Sequin, 4', Averi Israel, United States, Best Short Film

Break: 7:20 - 7:30 p.m.

Screening Slot 2: 7:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m.

Maria Theresa Gives Birth, 23', Nikol Cibulya, Hungary, Best Short Film
The Stolen de Kooning: Recovery and Redemption, 8', Christopher Sprinkle, United States, Best Short Documentary
The Fourth, 12', Johnny Kirk, United States, Best Short Film
The Cocoon, 9', David Shen Miller, United States, Best Short Animation
The Hours Before Sunrise, 13', Daniel H. A. Stewart, Canada, Best Short Film
Wannabe, 13', Josie Andrews, United States, Best Student Short
Takbir, 15', Jordi Calvet, Spain, Best Writer

Films are in English or with English subtitles.

Date: July 23, 2023

Times:

Doors Open: 5:30 p.m.
Starting Time: 6:00 p.m.

Location:

The Loft Cinema,
3233 East Speedway Boulevard,
Tucson, AZ 85716.

Entrance: Free

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