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streetside cinema is an outdoor, year-long, film festival that seeks to further immerse our community in the magic of cinema by providing free access to a curated festival of short films from around the world.

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august 8 – 21, 2025 – long goodbyes

“The best of the best, picked by Colin”

rh (jan caplan, france): a human resources manager is interviewing an employee. at least, that’s what he thinks.

grizzly business (kyle nelson, usa): a grizzly bear escapes from the city zoo. a man works late on his wedding anniversary.

borrowed time (hannah berry george, uk): thanks to new technology, liam is able to bring his dead dad back to life for just five minutes and finally ask a very important question.

lighted up (filip rudnicki, poland): the story of a film star who worked with the biggest names in polish cinema, told with a wink.

third wheel (kevin haefelin, switzerland): samurai comedy about a three-way relationship with a ghost set in edo japan.

poong (laurent hiroyuki rohrbasser, robin szymczak + vinh nguyen, switzerland): a failed trick shot attempt leads to the adventure of a ping pong ball.

screensong (valentin sismann, france): screensong is a video piece, a musical system that exists only through a visual process, in this case the representation of the machine eye trespassing into domestic and private space.

toast (schohy thomas, france): jacky and francis have just launched their first rocket with one mission : film the earth from space. but the latter has deviated from its trajectory… they must now recover the onboard camera to avoid being arrested by the police. they go to the bedside of mr. chicken, the unfortunate man who saw his house hit by their rocket.

i havn’t told my garden yet (diek grobler, netherlands): in this poetry-film, of a poem by emily dickinson, the poet ponders on her mortality.

arena (elia merlot + mathilde zampier, france): eva is a young MMA fighter with endometriosis. despite her intense pain and supported by her coach, eva enters the cage, facing not one but two fights.

twenty-two reels. thirty-five countries. seventy seven films.

streetside cinema boasts an impressive collection of films that are both visually varied and geographically diverse. Featuring animated shorts, narrative films, and documentaries from across the state, over the country, and around the world, season se7en has something for everyone.

four hours forty-four minutes and 34 seconds of excellence.

You’re watching the best of the best. Out of 1,409 submissions, only the top five percent of films were selected for screening. Entries were submitted through FilmFreeway and are now open for the 2025-2026 season.

come watch with us!

Visit a/perture cinema on 4th street and look for the street-facing TV mounted directly to the right of the main entrance. Each reel of short films will run on loop throughout the day and will screen for approximately two weeks.

submissions are now open for season eight!

click below to see submission requirements and submit at no cost on Film Freeway