The Sunderland Shorts Film Festival will feature at the Snowdance Film Festival in Essen, Germany, starting February 4, as part of a new collaboration between the two events. Where it End will feature at the Snowdance Film Festival in Essen, Germany as part of The Sunderland Shorts Film Festival (Image: Supplied)The festival was originally inspired and supported by DC Shorts during its early development. The Sunderland Shorts Film Festival will feature at the Snowdance Film Festival in Essen, Germany (Image: Supplied)Also showing is director Ellie Land’s animation Plunge, which explores the benefits of cold-water swimming off Roker’s coastline. This year’s Sunderland Shorts Film Festival will run in the city from May 11 to 17, with a full programme of screenings, workshops, and events to be announced soon. The Sunderland Shorts showcase will be held at Sabu at the Lichtburg on Sunday, February 8, starting at 3pm.