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Bensenville Arts Council presents the
Bensenville Short Film Festival March 19, 2026 | 7:00 PM This year's festival features some of the best short films from around the world. Comedy, horror, drama, romance, documentary, and more. Purchase tickets while you can! Tickets will also be available before the show begins. The festival starts at 7 PM at Bensenville's Center Theatre, 9 S. Center St. Bensenville, IL 601016. |
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The Intention Invention 4:33 min. Director: R.J. Sullivan Country: United States (Oregon) An idealistic inventor develops a technology capable of detecting the true intentions of anyone it targets. The Forest of Souls 5:00 min. Director: Pierre Gaffié Country: France Mathilde is a young accoustician. Fascinated by the power of sounds, she wants to invent a new way of travelling through time and find the souls of the departed... Rumspringa 3:56 min. Director: Miia Piironen Country: Canada Three Amish guys on their first binge of freedom find themselves on the run from a bumbling highway patrolman. Spider-Zan 12:45 min. Director: Maryam Khodabakhsh Country: Iran Negar is a young girl who loses something that causes trouble for her right on the day of her proposal ceremony. Freakin Weekend 6:24 min. Director: David L Bradburn Country: United States (Illinois) A horror spoof about a couple trying to decide what to do for the weekend. The Lone Angler 4:25 min. Director: Giselle Calderon Country: United States (Illinois) A mysterious individual enters a saloon in a human-desolate town instead occupied by anthropomorphic sea creatures. He’s hiding a secret that, if revealed, could put his life on the line. This secret becomes difficult to keep when robbers barge in. Will the individual stand by idly or will he risk it all to save the aquatic patrons? |
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Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In The Ice
5:00 min. Director: Jason Lindsey Country: United States (Illinois) “Breaking Ice” follows photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series, prompted by his son's question about what the world will look like due to climate change. To Be 14:00 min. Director: Puya Mofid Country: Iran An elementary school teacher severely punishes a black student. As a result, the student develops a speech impairment. The family obtains a warrant for the teacher's arrest, and the teacher faces a difficult choice. Bird Drone 8:55 min. Director: Radheya Jang Jegatheva Country: Australia A heartfelt story of unrequited love explored through a lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life. Love Mirrors 8:30 min. Director: Pablo Tréhin-Marçot Country: France While a couple is fighting the woman and the man both escape in their own fantasy. Will they rejoin at the end? Kids Who Dance 12:51 min. Director: Mackenzie Miner Country: United States (Indiana) A dance class in Indianapolis allows for three kids in wheelchairs to come together and grow in confidence. Children at the Rooftop Cinema
9:54 min. Director: 侑紀 刷場 (Yuki Suriba) Country: Japan Children watch movies on a rooftop. The films depict moments of rebirth. Are these children angels? Fallen angels? Or perhaps gods themselves? A Legal
5:21 min. Directors: Christopher M. Devor, Yousef Y. Abutaleb Country: United States (Illinois) A literal alien from outer space must prove his citizenship to the president of the United States before getting caught and deported from the land of the free. So Tender A Flame 14:59 min. Director: Carolyne Paschal Country: United States (Indiana) A grieving carpenter's life is upended when two orphans arrive at his doorstep, setting him on a path of healing. CHECK PLEASE 9:38 min. Director: Shane Chung Country: United States (Illinois) Two headstrong Koreans can't agree on who's treating who to dinner, causing their casual restaurant outing to spiral into a martial arts deathmatch. |
