2021 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour

The Short Film Tour features a wide variety of storytelling, including fiction, documentary and animation from around the globe and includes two special jury award winners from the 2021 Festival. For close to 40 years, the Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program has widely been considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers, including Wes Anderson, Damien Chazelle, Dee Rees, David O. Russell, Joey Soloway and many others.

The tour, and the Festival, are programs of Sundance Institute, a leading arts nonprofit dedicated to advancing work by and opportunities for independent creators. This year the Festival received close to 10,000 short film submissions, selecting 50 to show. The Festival programs a collection of shorts from its most recent Festival to go on a theatrical tour to independent art houses in more than 60 cities nationwide. It is one of very few theatrical releases of short films in the United States.

Mike Plante, Senior Programmer for Sundance Film Festival, said, “For the past decade, our Short Film Tour has traveled across the United States to reach new audiences who might not get a chance to see some of the amazing shorts we find each year. After having to pause last year due to the pandemic we are excited to be able to bring these short films to audiences in-person and be part of programming that is welcoming independent film fans back to theaters. This year’s program continues our tradition of stories that speak to today’s world, explore the human condition, and entertain with a wide variety of styles.”

Ralph Giordano, Festival Director for IFSOC, said, “We are looking forward to sharing the Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour films with audiences at Cottonwood Center for the Arts! We can’t wait to bring these short films to Colorado Springs.”

For more information and to purchase tickets to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour, please visit https://ifsoc.eventive.org