REEL Shorts: Saturday Afternoon Show
Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 1326 W. Hollywood Ave., Chicago, IL 60660
screening
Program of the 23rd Annual Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Fest. 10 short films, approx. 80-90 min.
1. 2.0 — dir. Matthew Shafeek, Katy Frame (New York, 15:00). Comedy about an engineer who builds the AI that will replace him.
2. Sandsailors — dir. Rachel Boraz (Chicago, 4:00). Two sand-racing partners in a death race each plan to save the other.
3. Our Monsters — dir. Mia Mango (Petrovic) (Canada, 8:34). Two boys in homemade armor face the monster in a closet.
4. On the Sane Days — dir. Tiffany Winters (Costa Rica/Spain/US, 2:52). Wordless stop-motion music video made without AI.
5. How We Roll — dir. Anthony Ciancio (Illinois, 15:39). A bocce league in the Chicago suburbs.
6. Facade — dir. Sam Slowik (Wisconsin, 3:00). Stop-motion LEGO man built from 4,500 unedited photos.
7. Bored — dir. Jack Smith (Michigan, 15:38). A man with a rigid routine must improvise when his bus is late.
8. Mitzi's Bull Shark Dive Log — dir. Marc Ostrick (California, 3:18). First-person underwater short about bull sharks and ocean conservation.
9. The Crustacean Caper — dir. Kiersten O'Malley (Illinois, 2:13). A girl schemes to free a lobster from a grocery store.
10. Bed/Time — dir. Tamela D'Amico (United States, 11:00). Dramedy about a nightly bedtime struggle between a parent and child.
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