Short Film Classics

What are the “greatest” short films of all time? This past year, Talking Shorts, yanco and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg asked filmmakers, curators, critics, and scholars worldwide this very question. The inquiry concluded in an inspiring list of films that celebrate the art of short film through the decades – the beginnings of a short film canon. In this program, Go Short presents some of our favorites from the list, and our own response to the practice of canonmaking. From playful to poetic to experimental, and everything in between, join us in celebrating some of the classic films that made short form cinema what it is today.

Content warning: this program contains sexual references.