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This is Life Shorts

9 Short Films | 92 min

Raw, intimate, and deeply human, these powerful films explore life’s hardest moments and the resilience that carries us through. From quiet heartbreak to unexpected tenderness, this moving collection reminds us we’re never alone.

Shorts Program

Showtimes

Friday, March 27, 2026

S.V. Woman's Club @ 6:00 PM

Details

Subtitle Language English

Short Films

ALBATROSS Maria, burdened with caregiving for her sick husband, gets invited to a party.

BALLOON ANIMALS Two grocery store employees have an unexpected, helium-fueled encounter with a late-night customer.

DOMINGO FAMILIAR In a peripheral zone of Mexico City, extortion from the area's merchants and residents is an everyday occurrence. Hired killers have come to give an ultimatum to a merchant who has not paid his due.

ESPERANDO An undocumented mother's promise to cheer her daughter on at graduation collides with a cruel reality when she is suddenly detained by ICE.

HUGS A ride on a bike’s luggage rack is a sensory roller coaster through a land full of cuddles.

OUR MONSTERS Our Monsters is a short film about two kids, Daniel and Peter, who team up to defeat the monster in Daniel’s closet.

SEE YOU SOON Inspired by true events, this animated short follows a sibling’s letter bridging history’s wound with hope.

THE FINGER WIFE A domestic horror story with a biting sense of humor - part hand-drawn animation, part stop-motion, all bizarro feminist propaganda! It’s 1975.

WING SHOP A young moth named Pedro seeks new wings. He enters a tailor shop run by Patricia, a meticulous spider, who warns him of the risks involved.

Location

The Woman's Club

574 1st Street East

The story of the Sonoma Valley Woman's Club, now more than a century old, is one of far-seeing founders and equally dedicated members today, who continue to support the social, cultural, and educational needs of the Valley of the Moon.

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