Friday, November 20 at 3:30 PM, Tropic Cinema + Q&A
Buy Single Tickets6 films · 85 min
Critics' picks and festival winners lead this superb slate of documentary short films, entertaining audiences while also impacting and inspiring.
World Premiere
A group of Ernest Hemingway lookalikes travel to Havana, Cuba, to donate equipment and supplies to the Gigi All Star Little League Team.
Directed by Cassidy Rast & Odin Wadleigh · 9 min
Official Selection, 2026 Tribeca Festival
In 1970, Pat Palinkas became the first woman to play professional football when she stepped onto the field for the Orlando Panthers. Panther Pat resurrects this high-stakes moment in sports history, tracing how one woman challenged the gender barrier of America's game.
Directed by Ashley Brandon · 12 min
Shawn Welcome, Orlando's first African-American poet laureate, finds his true passion for empowering others with poetic expression as he works to cultivate a spoken-word community in his hometown.
Directed by Justin Whittingham · 20 min
The Harmony Project brings together incarcerated men and community members on the outside, using music to break down walls and build empathy.
Directed by Gabrielle Burton & Ursula Burton · 15 min
Set on Capt. Brandon and Jared Cyr's home waters of Key West, Florida, we follow a day in the life of a seventh-generation Keys family.
Directed by Jessica Tolle · 13 min
Join Shelby Shiver, a black bear biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and her all-female team in South Florida as they embark on a critical mission: capturing and tagging black bears to protect the species amidst rapid human development.
Directed by KT Bryden · 16 min