Short Film Program
Trapped: Mind-Altering Shorts 2026
A thrilling program of surprising, surreal, and even sinister shorts featuring some of our favorite off-kilter genre films of the year.
Fri Jun 26 7:00 PM
The Films
COME AS YOU ARE // Pepper Wilhelm (1969-1998)
Theodore Collatos | US | 8
Come As You Are reconstructs the legacy of Pepper Wilhelm, a 1990s “bad girl” artist, through institutional testimony and archival debris, revealing how radical work survives just long enough to be misunderstood, reframed, and safely archived.
Imago
Ariel Zengotita | US | 13
When Ana's mom starts transforming into a bug, their codependent relationship reaches its boiling point.
The Last Cinnamon Roll
Michael Langan | US | 9
Danny would give anything to share a cinnamon roll with his daughter. Anything.
Prison Park
Aida Toutounchi & Kourosh Ataee | Iran | 15
A group of old friends, including a girl and four boys, face bullying from a man who claims to be a security officer, and are confronted with the agency of the girl in the group in response to the boys' passivity.
Retreat
Andrew Callaway & Andrew Ahn | US | 15
Two boys on a church youth group retreat discover someone stuck inside a cave.
Event Details
7:00 PM
Doors Open
8:30 PM
Films Begin
More short films in this program to be announced soon...
TICKETS
Venue
Industry City, Courtyard 5/6
33 35th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232
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