Short Film Program

Dangerous Docs 2026: States of Emergency

An evocative program of docu-shorts exploring catastrophe not as spectacle, but as lived experience—charting the emotional and physical aftermath of a world in constant upheaval.

The Films

Break All The Vases, Steal All The Flowers

Michael Morris | US | 4

Oh rascal children of Gaza,
Come back,
Just come back…

Crying Glacier

Lutz Stautner | Switzerland, Germany | 10

What does a melting glacier sound like? Artist Ludwig Berger attempts to record a disappearing environment.

Desert Ed

Christian Hurley & Bryan Taira | US | 11

After the passing of his longtime teammate on the reality TV Show Battlebots, robot engineer Edward Robinson moves out to the desert, where he reflects on his career and adapts a new hermetic lifestyle.

Endlings

María Luisa Santos | US, Costa Rica | 16

During the first human-driven mass extinction, a filmmaker drifts through churches, ancient DNA labs, and ghostly archives, searching for what remains.

A New Inferno

Nita Blum-Reddick & Jonathan Pickett | US | 16

Filmed during the hottest days of Phoenix, Arizona’s summer heatwave, A New Inferno follows paramedics as they race to save the lives of heatstroke victims using a radical new treatment: ice immersion therapy.

Still Standing

Victor Tadashi Suarez & Livia Albeck-Ripka | US | 10

After the Los Angeles wildfires leave thousands of homes contaminated, residents face an impossible choice: should they risk their health to return home?

Event Details

More short films in this program to be announced soon...