Thursday, September 21 @ 3:30pm | Sunday, September 24 @ 9am
Pickle | The Function of Music | The Tables | The Mysteries | The Hanging | Edges
From rescuing goldfish to ping pong to base-jumping, the subjects of the highly entertaining shorts are not your everyday obsessions. Then again, these aren't your typical folks either. 
*This program contains mature language

Pickle
Director: Amy Nicholson | Short Documentary | 15:20 MIN.
Pickle is an ode to man’s capacity to care for all creatures throughout their sometimes greatly protracted existence until their occasionally sudden and unfortunate demise.

The Function of Music
Director: Mac Premo | Short Documentary | 4 MIN.
Director Mac Premo sits down with Jad Abumrad and talks about sound, music and the function of music...then turns that conversation into a film.

The Tables
Director: Jon Bunning | Short Documentary | 15 MIN.
A look at the powerful connection between a pair of outdoor ping pong tables in the heart of New York City and the unlikely group of people they’ve brought together, from homeless people to investment bankers to gangbangers.

The Mysteries
Director: Skip Armstrong | Short Documentary | 5 MIN.
Adventure Photographer Krystle Wright finds closure on her five year pursuit for a  single perfect shot in BASE jumping.

The Hanging - Northern California Premiere
Director: Geoffrey Feinberg | Short Documentary | 15 MIN.
Nineteen-year-old Kirill hangs out on the rooftops of apartment blocks, where his brazen stunts have earned him the nickname “Russian Spiderman.”

Edges
Director: Jonathan Hiller & Katie Stjernholm
​Short Documentary | 9:27 MIN.
Yvonne Dowlen has been ice skating for as long as she can remember. And at the ripe age of 90, she still ice skates at least five days a week and competes in figure skating competitions across the country. Her secret to longevity seems to lie not only in staying active, but simply in doing what she loves. Edges is a celebration of a long life lived well.