Slamdance On The Road 2026 Shorts Program + Q&A

Slamdance on the Road 2026 Shorts Program:

Panther Pat (12MIN, 2026)

In 1970, Patricia Palinkas became the first woman to play professional football. “Panther Pat” traces this high-stakes moment in sports history and the shattering of the gender barrier in America’s game.

Everhand (6MIN, 2025)

Reimagines the timeless “deal with the devil” on a weathered Midwest farmstead. One-armed rancher Abe Brightwell struggles to maintain his livelihood alongside his wife Edie, until a shadowy biotech company offers him a sleek new bionic limb — the Everhand.

Beaks (22MIN, 2023)

In northern France, where cockfighting is still legal, 20-year-old Anaïs finds herself facing a mountain of debt following the death of her father, a former breeder of fighting cocks.

Cat & Nat (21MIN, 2026)

Disturbing fortune cookie predictions send a girl and her cat into a surreal spiral.

Transitional Object (8MIN, 2026)

For a child, a ‘transitional object’ acts as a comforting talisman that bridges inner worlds to external realities. This 16mm stop-motion animation uses traditional, mixed media techniques to explore a young girl’s bond with her stuffed snowman.

Dead Grandma (2MIN, 2026)

Grandma died at the worst possible moment.

Contours (13MIN, 2025)

Upon using a modern art museum as the setting for a role play game that goes hopelessly awry, a deaf couple desperate to rekindle their spark finds the reconnection they seek in their shared experience over an abstract sculpture.

___ in Paris (9MIN, 2026)

We lived a secret life, hidden from your husband—a romance of furtive meetings and a future eternally postponed. We stole a week to be together in France; I still could never film us directly, but in the textures and details of the city, I captured the tragic absences of our affair, infinite in the shadows, impossible in the open.

Q&A following screening.