The Downtown Festival: Dissolutions: Selection of Short Films

DISSOLUTIONS
SELECTION OF SHORT FILMS

Dissolutions is a selection of works about crossing into states that feel just outside ordinary reality. Moving through memory, death, altered consciousness, addiction, violence, fate, and the supernatural, these works explore what happens when familiar boundaries begin to blur. Characters are pulled toward other versions of their lives, confronted by forces they cannot fully understand, and asked to reckon with what lies beyond what they thought they knew.

DO IT LIVE, directed by Abyn Reabe, 3 min.
Cerulea, directed by AJ Lambert, 16 min.
0rson, directed by Alan Jones, 10 min.
Hollis, directed by Conor Scheinberg, 13 min.
Linnea, directed by Hillary Sproul, 9 min.
None The Wiser, directed by Isabella Ivoš, 7 min.
CARDBOARD, directed by Juice Caballero, 13 min.
Hot Sarah, directed by Marissa Rubio, 14 min.
Just Below Heaven, directed by William Rowley, 12 min.
This Time For Real, directed by Zachary Zamsky, 19 min.

ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL:
The Downtown Festival is a multidisciplinary celebration of independent film, music, art, and culture held across Lower Manhattan each October. Founded and directed by filmmaker Rebekah Sherman-Myntti, the festival brings together artists across disciplines and generations through film premieres, anniversary screenings, live music performances, artist talks, and special one-night-only events. Programming is led by Sherman-Myntti and Associate Director Briana Bursten, with a focus on discovery, experimentation, community, and genuine artist-to-artist exchange. The festival’s film program runs October 9-18 at Roxy Cinema, with additional programming and special events taking place all over downtown.