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.