SHORT LIST SHORTS: IN THE ABSENCE + LITTLE MISS SUMO + STAY CLOSE

IN THE ABSENCE
DIR: Seung-jun Yi
When the passenger ferry MV Sewol sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.
Courtesy of Field of Vision.
(USA/South Korea, 29 MIN, Korean)
In person: producer Gary Byung-Seok Kam

LITTLE MISS SUMO
DIR: Matt Kay
Banned from competing professionally, female sumo wrestler Hiyori faces the reality of forced retirement at the age of 21.
Courtesy of Netflix.
(UK/USA/JAPAN, 19 MIN, Japanese, English)
In person: Matt Kay

STAY CLOSE
DIR: Luther Clement, Shuhan Fan
An underdog fencer from Brooklyn overcomes a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.
Courtesy of New York Times Op-Docs/POV Shorts.
(USA, 19 MIN)
In person: Luther Clement, Shuhan Fan, subject Keeth Smart