Name: Short Films from the Rochester Intl. Film Festival
Start: 2026-10-13
End: 2026-10-13

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Each year, the Rochester International Film Festival presents selected short films from around the world at the Dryden Theatre. Festival attendees vote for their favorites, which the Rochester International Film Festival offers as their "Best of the Fest" programs. Here are the short films that will be shown at this program:  
  
- "Waiting" (2023) | 8 minutes long | Drama | USA | A father anxiously awaits the news of his child's birth. He travels to the hospital to meet his baby, uncertain how the baby's mother will greet him.  
- "Somewhere in Between" (2024) | 15 minutes long | Comedy | USA | Two friends get together for a low-key New Year’s Eve when a man from the future suddenly crashes their celebration.  
- "It’s for You: Ephemeral Art and Death of the Phone Booth" (2024) | 29 minutes long | Documentary | USA | There were once 60,000 working phone booths in Los Angeles. A disparate band of street artists are repurposing this outdated technology as canvases for unique expressions of a moment in time.  
- "The Bench" (2016) | 6 minutes long | Drama | USA | There is more than meets the eye in this random encounter on a park bench.  
- "Dog Clog" (2017) | 4 minutes long | Animation | USA | A pup's day has gone down the tubes. Can someone throw him a bone?  
- "Pen, Again" (2024) | 13 minutes long | Drama (mature) | USA | Leo has unexpectedly lost his wife. He turns to new technology to ease his loss. (Content warning: Discussion of suicide)  
  
Please note: These films are intended for adults (ages 18+). No registration is required. If you need any reasonable accommodations, please contact Sue Del Pozzo at susan.delpozzo@libraryweb.org at least 7 business days before the event.

Short Films from the Rochester Intl. Film Festival

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