The AFS ShortCase is an annual program of short films made by AFS members at the MAKE level and above. The event will include a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers featured in the program. Stay tuned for an announcement of the full lineup.

This screening is free and open to the public, but you must reserve your ticket in advance.

THE FILMS

CAN I DANCE FOR A SANDWICH
Filmmaker: Mike Woolf, Beef and Pie Productions
Photographer Alan Pogue’s documentation of Austin’s cultural and political life over the last 50 years is unmatched. So of course he was there, in the rain, shutter clicking, catching a random moment as it became magic. ‘Dance for a Sandwich’ is one of ten short documentaries embedded in the 23rd Street Mural Project.

BABE MAGNET
Filmmaker: Rachel Kichler
Upon news of their cancelled flight, four strangers band together to rent a car from Corpus Christi to Houston.

TINY, TEXAS
Filmmaker: David Lykes Keenan
In 1980s Texas, a star player and his coach face off on the basketball court and, figuratively speaking, hard truths are revealed as the onion of their relationship is peeled back.

BLACK MAGIC
Filmmaker: Cristin Stephens
Black Magic is about a diversity hire who contends with the expectations of her boss at the cost of her identity.

REVERIE
Filmmaker: Kelli Horan
In a future where time travel is used as a form of therapy, Imogen grapples with the weight of her troubled past and is given the opportunity to revisit her younger self and confront the experiences that shaped her present self.

BOYZ NIGHT
Filmmaker: Chris Lyke
When their mutual friend flakes on game night, two acquaintances get to know each other better.

RACA
Filmmaker: Drew Saplin
Raca follows Nacho, a socially inept, katana-wielding weirdo in search of connection, as he treks across his small coastal town on the 4th of July on a quest to find ice for his “best friends” in time for the fireworks show.

GRILLED QUESO
Filmmaker: Sergio Muñoz Esquer
A night in the life of an immigrant couple working in a food truck in the busiest area in Austin.

THE HUNGRY STORYTELLER
Filmmaker: Yuta Yamaguchi
A three-year-old boy tells his first favorite story.