Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon
Poster
Directed by
Bill Morrison
Full Synopsis
When masked and nameless US Border Patrol agents abduct a man from a residential street in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood without a warrant, his neighbors attempt to obstruct the vehicle carrying him from leaving their block.
The three shorts in the Viewfinder section will be screened together:
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Swan Lake
Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon
Producer
Bill Morrison
Jamie Kalven
María Inés Zamudio
Screenwriter
Bill Morrison
Jamie Kalven
Editor
Bill Morrison
Distribution
Bill Morrison
Festivals & Awards
Visions du Réel 2026 – Special Mention, International Medium and Short Film Competition
UnArchive Found Footage Fest 2026 – Best Short Film, ex aequo & Student Jury Award for Best Short Film
Film Fest Gent 2026 - Best International Short Film
Chicago International Film Festival 2026 - Gold Hugo Documentary Short Film
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Bill Morrison
Director
Bill Morrison is an American filmmaker whose work is deeply rooted in archival and found footage. He is best known for Decasia, Dawson City: Frozen Time and Incident. His films explore memory, history and the material life of images; Incident won the International Documentary Association’s Best Short Film Award and was nominated for an Academy Award.
