Steak Dinner

"We wanted Steak Dinner to begin in a cosy, romantic space, and transform into something pulpier and more evocative of 70s horror films as the characters spiral, hinting at the film’s creature-feature underbelly while keeping it grounded in reality."

The flaws in a couple's relationship are magnified with the untimely arrival of an otherworldly creature in Nathan Mark Ginter's 16mm creature-feature 'Steak Dinner'. Ginter talks to DN about the design and build of the film's beastly star, the challenges of working with the live action puppet, and sharing the Kodak-backed film with festival audiences.

Quaker

"While I would consider myself an atheist, my 14 years attending a Quaker school had a profound effect on me, particularly my experience attending Quaker meetings with my classmates. This practice felt normal to me, so it took a lot of distance from high school for me to realize that it would make an intriguing setting for a film."

With 'Quaker', writer/director Giovanna Molina revisits her high school past to invite audiences into the often misunderstood world of Quakers, and the impact this community had on her during her formative years. Giovanna reveals the raw honesty shared in uncomfortable silences during public meetings between her and her classmates, depicted exquisitely here in her ensemble short, which premiered at Berlinale.

Undeletable

"Sophia had actually never done a single take performance like this before and it was our longest and most detailed as well, so the three of us did a lot of work during the shoot to navigate how the performance needed to modulate between comedy and heartbreak."

The Blaine Brothers discuss working with Sophia Di Martino on 'Undeletable', a single-take short based on a real-life family revelation which led to the leaving of an understandably, but inadvertently, awkward voicemail. We also dig into the decision to shoot it on the very street the original incident took place, the creative choices behind the black & white/4:3 image, and advice to other filmmakers considering their own one-shot shorts.

Tender, Hopeful and Human: 10 Must-Watch Shorts from Tribeca 2026

As the milestone 25th edition of Tribeca draws to a close and having immersed herself in the shorts programmed across this year's anniversary celebrations, Sarah brings you DN's curated list of the 10 short films which most moved us — stories of belonging, identity, and home that make a quiet but stubborn case for hope and the things that draw us back to one another.