Short Circuit
The Short Circuit will be at VISFF on Friday, April 17th at 1pm at the Malaspina Theatre.
Doors will open an hour before show time at 6pm. Mambo’s Pizza will be available at intermission for $2 a slice.
Short Circuit Film Festival is a showcase of short films presented annually by CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers in Victoria BC. For the 14th edition in 2026, Short Circuit is hitting the road to present a tour of local films in four locations across Vancouver Island. CineVic is excited and grateful to partner with Comox Valley International Film Festival in Courtenay (screening April 3rd), Monday Night Movies in Tofino (screening April 13th), and Vancouver Island Short Film Festival in Nanaimo (screening April 17th). The tour wraps up with a two-day hometown festival in Victoria (screenings May 1st+2nd).
Bridge Disaster of 1896, by Steven Davies
A short hybrid documentary recontextualizing the Point Ellice Bridge Disaster of 1896, a disaster that took place during a colonial celebration and military demonstration on Queen Victoria’s 76th birthday in what is now known as Victoria, British Columbia.
Buddy Check for Jesse, by Michael Anthony
After losing his incredible son, Jesse Short-Gershman, at age 22 to suicide, Dr. Stu Gershman made a decision: to talk openly about mental health in an unlikely place — the locker room.
Between the Tracks, by Bill Weaver
While pondering suicide, an unhoused man came across a harmonica on a railroad bridge. It was a moment that turned his life around.
A Special Little Fish, by Sonya Lee
Underwater camerawoman Tiare Boyes returns to Morrison Creek, the backyard stream that shaped her childhood on Vancouver Island. Once seeking far-off expeditions and adventures, she now finds herself navigating the rhythms and challenges of new motherhood while searching for inspiration closer to home.
An Indigenous woman with dreams of leaving her small community says goodbye and heads to the big city.
A coming-of-age film that explores how young men are brought up to understand boundaries and consent.
A grieving young woman finds healing sparks when she begins noticing the birds around her.
The Keys I’m Missing, by Jonathan Brenneman
In this short poem and video essay, Victoria-based filmmakers Callum Jones and Jonathan Brenneman explore what we lose emotionally and spiritually when important objects go missing.
A Red Eye Flight from Seattle to Boston departs as usual but that’s where the usual ends.