SF Short FF: All Mixed Up

Bunny is Missing
Director: Sepe Rafiei
Country: United States
Runtime: 12 minutes
Celine’s cat, Bunny, is missing, prompting a desperate search that leads to an unexpected discovery.

Rear View
Director: Matthew Conboy
Screenwriter: Timothy Gunatilaka
Country: United States
Runtime: 12 minutes
A driver for a mysterious ride-share app forms a tender connection with a new passenger, which could break the balance between life and death if they defy the driving directions of the app.

Tender Exchange
Director: Melissa Perez Winder
Country: United States
Runtime: 13 minutes
A short observational documentary that takes us inside the only needle exchange in California run entirely by people who use drugs. Shot in intimate verite style, the film was captured over the course of several days but is edited to represent one day at the exchange.

Buna
Director: Searit Kahsay Huluf
Country: United States
Runtime: 17 minutes
An infatuated African-American chef creates an imaginary romantic relationship with an Ethiopian chef across the street—but her fantasies soon begin to overpower her senses, causing her to lose her grip on reality.

Really Good Friends
Director: Adam Sekuler
Country: United States
Runtime: 10 minutes
In a hotel room, a woman in her 60s shares a surprising and provocative story of longing and unlikely connection.

Greta
Director: Arya Zarifi, Rajiv Raoor”
Country: United States
Runtime: 8 minutes
A horror-comedy about an aspiring environmentalist failing in increasingly spectacular fashion to fight climate change in the hopes of emulating his climate icon.

Living Dictionary: Aymara
Director: Laura Garber, Jennifer Wiley
Country: United States
Runtime: 8 minutes
Does language shape our perception of the world? What unique words from the Aymara, an indigenous Andean language can the Bay Area learn?

That’s Our Time
Director:Alex Backes
Country: United States
Runtime: 10 minutes
Danny’s stuck in a dead-end job. It keeps him focused on the clock and unable to connect with those around him. At their final session, his sympathetic therapist tries to help him realize that it’s more important to focus on the time you have left than the time you’ve already spent.
Presented as part of San Francisco Short Film Festival.