REEL Shorts: Saturday Night Show
Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 1326 W. Hollywood Ave., Chicago, IL 60660
screening
Closing-night program of the 23rd Annual Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Fest. 10 short films, approx. 80-90 min.
1. Banana (Ep 1) — dir. Raghav Puri, Kieran Barry (California, 14:00). A Korean-American influencer's identity crisis after mukbang fame.
2. Stop When Your Ancestors Say So — dir. Daniel Simon Zhang (Illinois, 5:41). Ghost ancestors argue over a tomato-egg recipe.
3. Hockey Mom — dir. Mikaela Lily Davies (Canada, 5:59). A distracted mom must fix a forgotten goalie stick before the game.
4. Perfect Game — dir. Christopher C Avent Sr. (Illinois, 7:07). A man revisits a Little League field and a pitcher's memory.
5. ERUCTATION — dir. Victoria Trow (Oregon, 6:49). A woman tries for the world record for loudest female burp.
6. Mort — dir. Larry Ziegelman, Terry Ziegelman (Chicago, 13:02). An actuary's all-nighter is interrupted by a visitor claiming to be Death.
7. Length of The Wool — dir. Sunny Wang (China, 4:47). A knitted scarf grows longer as it binds a mother and child.
8. PATRICK ROWLAND: A Weird Kid Grows Up On The West Side Of Chicago — dir. Ben Guest, Patrick Rowland (United States, 6:53). Documentary on a one-man show about a childhood on Chicago's West Side.
9. The King of Time — dir. Erinn Hayes (United States, 12:45). An overworked man hopes a cabin will trap him in a time loop.
10. Pistachio — dir. Adriana Trajkovski, Jesse Rothenberg (Chicago, 10:43). A woman who can't finish anything is helped by a determined pistachio.
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