30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less

Sometimes great movies come in small sizes. Enjoy one of these shorts, all under thirty minutes. Check back monthly for new selections!

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30 Minutes or Less
  • Sierra

    Directed by Sander Joon • 2022 • Estonia

    A father and son embark on a freewheeling road race that spins off into surreal and unexpectedly poignant realms in this brightly colored, boldly graphic animated capriccio.

  • Call Your Father

    Directed by Jordan Firstman • 2016 • United States
    Starring Craig Chester, Jordan Firstman

    Usually a reserved guy, Greg struggles to keep up with young, unpredictable Josh on their first date. But as things heat up and spiral out of control, the two men must confront the generational divide that...

  • Warsha

    Directed by Dania Bdeir • 2022 • Lebanon, France
    Starring Khansa, Kamal Saleh, Hassan Aqqoul

    Queer alienation gives way to an ecstatic experience of liberation in Dania Bdeir’s dazzlingly conceived short, a Sundance prizewinner. One morning, Mohammad (Khansa), a Syrian migrant working constructi...

  • Borom sarret

    Directed by Ousmane Sembène • 1963 • Senegal

    This groundbreaking short film, which won first prize at the 1963 Touris Film Festival in France, was the directorial debut of Ousmane Sembène.

    Restored in 2013 by the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Éclair, in association wit...

  • FISHING WITH JOHN: Episode 1

    “Montauk with Jim Jarmusch”
    Directed by John Lurie • 1992 • United States

    John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime in FISHING WITH JOHN. In this episode, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Lo...

  • Shadow Animals

    Directed by Jerry Carlsson • 2017 • Sweden
    Starring Ayla Turin, Cecilia Milocco, Peter Melin

    Marall, a young girl, accompanies her parents to a dinner party where the strange social rituals of the adult world take an unsettling turn.

  • Shake! Otis at Monterey

    Directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus • 1986 • United States

    Redding, a venerable star of Memphis’s Stax record label, seduced the "love crowd" in one of his best, and last, performances. SHAKE! OTIS AT MONTEREY, feature the entire set of this legendary musician, a performance that has ...

  • À propos de Nice

    Directed by Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman • 1930 • France

    Jean Vigo was twenty-five when he made this, his debut film, a silent cinematic poem that reveals, through a thrilling and ironic use of montage, the economic reality hidden behind the facade of the Mediterranean resort town of Nice. The fi...