CONNECTING HEARTS AND COMMUNITIES ONE SHORT FILM AT A TIME.
with short film events that introduce audiences to storytelling highlighting our shared human experience, helping us see ourselves in each other.
Spark Micro-Short Film Festival
April/May 2025 (Date TBD – Buffalo & Erie County Downtown Central Library)
Spark Micro-Short Film Festival, entering its 5th year in 2025, celebrates the skill, artistry, and impactful storytelling possible through films 5 minutes long and under by culturally diverse local and international adults and youth.
Submissions are open to films up to 5 minutes long (before credits) and under. Submissions will reopen in May/June 2025.
Believe in Ukraine Short Film Program
“Full circle is what Ukrainians want for their country: to go through challenges and come out on the other side better and stronger. Safe and free. And have the pre-war topics return to the surface again, becoming the most critical agenda like as in times of peace. – Anastasia Kirii, Program Curator
This 52-minute short film program begins pre-war stories of day-to-day Ukrainian life, continues with the rough and unbelievable reality of war told from different perspectives, and ends with rebirth, starting the loop all over.
The Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program – Saturday September 6, 2025 1-3 PM
“Haudenosaunee filmmaking is emerging in a way that is becoming more into the public awareness of who we are as people, how we speak, what we look like.” – Terry Jones, co-creator, curator, and host.
This unique short film screening program brings WNY Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members together to connect and celebrate Indigenous storytelling in film/video. HMSFP screens 12-15 short films, up to five minutes in duration, created by Haudenosaunee emerging and professional filmmakers from youth to adult.
HMSFP creates a safe and welcoming space for Haudenosaunee artists and community members where they are seen, heard, and respected. All programming, design, messaging, and marketing decisions for this program are made together.