The 16th Annual San Jose International Short Film Festival offers an incredible lineup of more than 100 imagination-stretching short films from across the globe, screened over four days. The films are programmed into over 20 screening blocks plus special events, a testament to the creative range of the featured films. They exemplify excellence in every genre from thought-provoking documentaries and dramatic shorts, to world cinema, comedy shorts, entertaining science fiction/horror selections, beautifully-crafted animation, to family-friendly shorts and more.

Schedule of Events:

October 24, 2024

Thursday Screenings
Opening Night Screenings
On Two Screens
Doors open 7 pm
Opening Night After-party
VIP and Filmmaker Passholder
Immediately following Opening Night Screening

October 25, 2024

Friday Screening
Theater 5
11:45 am And So It Begins
2 pm Festival Rewind One
4:30 pm Family Matters
7 pm The Human Experience
9:45 pm What the What?!?

Friday Screening
Theater 6
12 pm A Hard DOC's Life
2:15 pm Festival Rewind Two
5 pm World Cinema One
7:30 pm Make Em' Laugh
10 pm I've Got A Bad Feeling About This

October 26, 2024

Saturday Screening
Theater 5
11:30AM An Uncomfortable Truth
2 pm More from a Hard Doc's Life
4:30 pm Return of the ink and paint club
7 pm Musically Inclined
9:30pm Make Em Laugh Again

Saturday Screening
Theater 6
11am Family Funs
1:30pm World Cinema Two
4 pm Life Interrupted
6:30pm The World Beyond
8 pm The Long and short of it
10:15pm It was a dark and Stormy Night

October 27, 2024

Sunday Screening
Theater 5
12:30 pm World Cinema Three
2:30 pm All The World's A Stage
5 pm Audience Award Screening One
7 pm Screening

Theater 6
11:30 am The Alternative Universe
2 pm The Road Not Taken
4:30 pm Closing Night Screening
7:15 pm Audience Award Screening Two

Date: October 24 - 27, 2024

Location: CineArts Santana Row, 3088 Olsen Drive San Jose, CA 95101

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