The 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 97-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s festival—widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the 2019 program gives new audiences a taste of what the festival offers, from sharply written comedy and drama, to edgy genre and an intimate family saga.

Sometimes I Think About Dying
Dir. Stefanie Abel Horowitz | USA | 2019 | 13min | NR | DCP
Fran is thinking about dying, but a man in the office might want to date her.

Fast Horse
Dir. Alexandra Lazarowich | Canada | 2018 | 13min | NR | DCP
Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing
The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with second-hand horses and a new jockey on his way to challenge the best riders in the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Suicide by Sunlight
Dir. Nikyatu Jusu | USA | 2019 | 17min | NR | DCP
Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, is forced to restrain her bloodlust to regain custody of her estranged daughters.

Muteum
Dir. A¨ggie Pak Yee Lee | Estonia/Hong Kong | 2018 | 4min | NR | DCP
In an art museum, we learn—from outer to inner, from deep to its deepest, seriously and sincerely.

Crude Oil
Dir. Christopher Good | USA | 2019 | 15min | NR | DCP
Jenny breaks free from a toxic friendship and learns to harness her magical, useless superpower.

The Minors
Dir. Robert Machoian | USA | 2019 | 10min | NR | DCP
Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing
A slice of life about a grandpa and his grandsons, the future and the past.

Brotherhood
Dir. Meryam Joobeur | Canada/Tunisia/Qatar/Sweden | 2018 | 25min | NR | DCP
When a hardened Tunisian shepherd’s son returns home after a long journey with a new wife, tension rises between father and son.