Highlights from Nitehawk Shorts Fest 2024

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This past weekend, Nitehawk Cinemas were bustling—and not just with people eager to see bald Elvis and snag a well-marketed viral popcorn bucket. Nitehawk Shorts Fest began Wednesday and ran through Sunday night. I’ve come to look forward to Nitehawk Shorts Fest every year for the programming, the pristine projection, and the preponderance of filmmakers from the New York scene. It’s a low-key festival, executed well—and to top it all off, half the festival takes place within walking distance from my apartment (something Sundance should consider).

This year, I stopped by for three of the festival’s seven screening blocks. I’d seen a few of the shorts before. I very much enjoyed Nyala Moon’s Dilating for Maximum Results and Wes Andre Goodrich’s Palm Sunday when they played at Metrograph’s Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Faces showcase last year. And same for Conor Dooley’s Gold & Mud, which screened in the same NoBudge block as Fried Shrimp a while back.

Other than those films, here are some favorites I caught this year:

Still from Marissa Losoya’s Beyond Failure.