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Shorts, Bushwick’s movie theater for short films, puts up a new lineup every Friday on Troutman Street

The nonprofit cinema is open 5 to 10 p.m. daily; this week's program has 16 films of three to 22 minutes, and viewers pay at the end for what they watched.

Two workers on ladders stain a curved wooden bar inside the Shorts Movie Theater space, under round pendant lights and exposed brick, with a geometric stained-glass panel on the far wall.

Shorts, Bushwick’s movie theater for short films, puts up a new lineup every Friday on Troutman Street

The nonprofit cinema is open 5 to 10 p.m. daily; this week's program has 16 films of three to 22 minutes, and viewers pay at the end for what they watched.

Shorts, Bushwick’s movie theater for short films, puts up a new lineup every Friday on Troutman Street
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Shorts Movie Theater, a nonprofit cinema in Bushwick that shows only short films, is open every day from 5 to 10 p.m. at 236 Troutman St., between Knickerbocker and Wilson avenues, and puts up a new lineup every Friday, according to its website. The theater was founded by Karma Masselli, a 2019 graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

The program running Nov. 6 through Nov. 12 lists 16 shorts, from three to 22 minutes long, beginning with “36 Hour Walk” at 5:30 p.m. and ending with “Brain Job: Perception” at 9:37 p.m.

There is a three-minute break between films, when viewers can come in or go out, according to the theater’s FAQ. Each viewer gets a ticket listing the night’s whole lineup, and an usher stamps it for each film the viewer enters or leaves. Viewers pay at the end for the films they saw, and tickets are not sold in advance. The lobby serves a dinner and snacks menu from chef Natalie Cappellini; the FAQ says a liquor license is pending.

The FAQ says the first film each day, around 5:10 p.m., is a “Community Slot” for local filmmakers, free to submit and free to attend; the lineup posted for this…

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