Shorts Program 3

Presented by Big Bend Film Commission SHORTS PROGRAM 3: BEST LIL’ SHORTS IN AUSTIN The State Theatre Sunday, November 1, 2026 Doors: 8:30pm Show: 9pm ANAIMIA (US, 13 MIN) Writer/Director: Drew Saplin A pregnant woman selling her home is haunted by bizarre cravings. After a night of binge eating, the Seller must hide herself, and a half eaten bag of mulch, as a Realtor takes a terminally ill Buyer on a tour of The House. ASSEMBLY REQUIRED (US, 11 MIN) Writer/Director: Andy Volk A grieving man receives an unexpected package. BLOOD MONEY (US, 24 MIN) Writer: Kenny Tran, Russell Kinscherff Director: Russell Kinscherff After their train robbery turns bloody at the hands of Texas Rangers, the survivors of one of America's last outlaw gangs rendezvous at their safehouse where they investigate who, if anyone, sold them out to the law. HITCHHIKER (US, 10 MIN) Writer: Samantha Walker Director: Scott Rice A woman traveling alone on a highway at night crosses paths with two men that change her life, one a lonely gas station attendant, and the other, a man on the run. JEEPERS CAPERS (US, 13 MIN) Writer/Director: Nora Rubenstein A musical caper about a grocery store clerk named Jules and the stolen jewels in a jar of capers that could be his ticket to Hollywood. Set in a reimagining of the 1930s that only ever existed in cinema and dreams. PIOJO (US, 16 MIN) Writer/Director: Miguel Alvarez In the near future, a father must confront his spirituality when the authorities use a new technology to take his son from him. PRESSURE POINTS (US, 13 MIN) Writer/Director: Janelle Lee Austin When two lifelong friends discover the spark in their marriages has faded, their sex lives are unexpectedly reignited by an unassuming elder with "magic hands" who unlocks desire and proves that sexuality has no expiration date. Limited advance individual tickets are now on-sale for select Austin Film Festival screenings. The advance individual tickets are $20 each. Film Passes grant access to all films p