7 Nov 2026
22nd New York City Short Film Festival
Family Strings
16:50 > USA > 2026 > NYC premiere
Directors: Daniel Wright & Brendan Young
Synopsis: As his orchestra audition approaches, a young musician receives a donated World War II-era violin, connecting him with its benefactor who is grappling with his family’s Nazi past.
Cara de Cona
17:36 > Spain > 2025 > NYC premiere
Director: Guillermo de Oliveira
Synopsis: Moncho is obsessed with his new neighbor Pardavila. After several attempts to make his life impossible, he designs the perfect plan to kill him.
PROGRAM A – 4pm
CARA DE CONA, Guillermo de Oliveira
PARADÄIZ, Matea Radic
RUDE BOY, Tomer Katri
FAMILY STRINGS, Daniel Wright & Brendan Young
GETAR HERO, Teddy Stern
Getar Hero
15:50 > USA > 2026
Director: Teddy Stern
Synopsis: On a crowded Bombay platform, a cowboy wakes to find his guitar and wallet gone. Struggling to keep his job and his dignity, he navigates the maximum city, tested and rebuffed at every turn.
Frosting
13:21 > USA > 2026 > NYC premiere
Directors: Matt Appleby & Matt Consalvo
Synopsis: On the evening of Elliot and Aaron’s 10-year roommate anniversary, one of them makes a careless mistake, forcing the boys to confront the true nature of their relationship.
Larnaca
16:00 > Israel > 2026 > North America premiere
Directors: Talia Tai Biton & Gil Peled
Synopsis: A young couple embark on a romantic sea voyage until Ruth’s past surfaces from the depths, threatening to erode the relationship.
PROGRAM B – 6:30pm
LARNACA, Talia Tai Biton & Gil Peled
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS, Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
SAMMI, WHO CAN DETACH HIS BODY PARTS, Rein Maychaelson
INVESTIGATOR, Jennifer Grausman
FROSTING, Matt Appleby & Matt Consalvo
Paradaïz
9:28 > Canada > 2025
Director: Matea Radic
Synopsis: Welcome to a place where the houses have holes, tomatoes are ticking time bombs and snails wander the streets in search of a safe space.
2026 Official Selections
Investigator
16:43 > USA > 2026 > NYC premiere
Director: Jennifer Grausman
Synopsis: Amidst the foggy evergreen forest of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, private investigator Leigh Hearon explores the criminal underbelly of a small town.
Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts
19:00 > Indonesia > 2025
Director: Rein Maychaelson
Synopsis: Sammi was born with the peculiar ability to remove his body parts. His mother is trying to collect them.
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
17:28 > Canada > 2025
Directors: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski,
Synopsis: A haunting fable about a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked deeds.
Rude Boy
13:00 > Israel > 2028 > North America premiere
Director: Tomer Katri
Synopsis: Adam, a rebellious teenager with a sharp tongue, faces off against Meir, a bus driver fearful for his livelihood.