Jul
27
Our Own House
SYNOPSIS The locals in Punta Gorda, a small remote town in Southern Belize, remember a time without electricity, roads, and plastics. Amidst the influx of single-use plastics, an activist and his neighbors confront the threat to their piece of paradise. https://vimeo.com/405231430 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Documentary Short Program - ENGAGED & COMMITTED CREDITS Director: Vanessa Bergonzoli, Jeremy Kaplan, Tyler Robinson Writer: Vanessa Bergonzoli Producer: Vanessa Bergonzoli FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Short Length: 22 min Location: Belize Language: English
Jul
27
Lowland Kids
SYNOPSIS As climate change literally erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on pastoral Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations. https://vimeo.com/282694564 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Documentary Short Program - Engaged & Committed CREDITS Director: Sandra Winther Writer: Sandra Winther Producer: William Crouse FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Short Length: 22 min Location: USA Language: English
Jul
27
Teranga – Life in the Waiting Room
SYNOPSIS A stunning observational short documentary about youth, music and collective trauma set in Naples, Italy, and filmed over two years, Teranga - Life in the Waiting room vividly humanizes West African migrants living in Europe. The film depicts asylum seekers as rarely seen before, as they figure out how to fill the time while they wait endlessly for notice on their documents. Unable to work and with their lives on hold for years, they find ways to keep themselves feeling alive by relying on music as a crucial tool for resistance, survival and integration. https://vimeo.com/344283557 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday,…
Jul
27
The Neighbors’ Window
SYNOPSIS Winner of the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, The Neighbor’s Window is the story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move into the apartment across the street. ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - OUTSIDE CREDITS Director: Marshall Curry Writer: Marshall Curry Producer: Marshall Curry, Elizabeth Martin, Jonathan Olson, Julia Kennelly FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 20 min Location: USA Language: Englis
Jul
27
Adams
SYNOPSIS Based on a short story by Man Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders, Adams is a very dark comedy starring Patton Oswalt and Fred Armisen. Oswalt plays Roger, a regular guy who's always been suspicious of Adams (Armisen), his pretentious next-door neighbor. One day Roger comes home to find Adams standing in his kitchen in his underwear. The allegorical conflict that ensues explores themes like fear of the other and anti-intellectualism that are very much of the moment in America today. https://vimeo.com/436268517 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest…
Jul
27
Dog Fight
SYNOPSIS In a dog fight venue, a referee expels two gamblers who keep fighting with one another. The gamblers let their dogs fight outside the main venue, with a jointly bought sheep as the prize. One of the dogs dies in the fight and its owner kills the other dog for revenge - and the war begins... https://vimeo.com/354431624 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - OUTSIDE CREDITS Director: Ali Arefnasab Writer: Ali Arefnasab Producer: Ali Arefnasab, Majid Mehdizadeh FILM INFORMATION Genre:…
Jul
27
Bride. Groom. Herring.
SYNOPSIS Even back in one’s hometown after a long absence, you’re not safe from condemnation, assumption and punishment. https://vimeo.com/385227132 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - OUTSIDE CREDITS Director: Dmitriy Endaltsev Writer: Dmitriy Endaltsev, Yulia Krutova FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 25 min Location: Russia Language: Russian [w/English subtitles]
Jul
27
Maude
SYNOPSIS When retired housewife Maude wins a cruise for two, her hope of escape from her stale marriage is placed on Henry, her local shopkeeper. ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - INSIDE CREDITS Director: Toby Frow Writer: Emily Marcuson Producer: Jessica Hodges FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 19 min Location: United Kingdom Language: English
Jul
27
Carol
SYNOPSIS A superb violin player gives up romanticism and rediscovers his art. https://vimeo.com/339722800 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - INSIDE CREDITS Director: A. Emanuele "Ray Heart" Coniglio Writer: Andrea Antoniani, A. Emanuele "Ray Heart" Coniglio Producer: A. Emanuele "Ray Heart" Coniglio FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 9 min Location: Italy Language: Italian [w/English subtitles]
Jul
27
The Magical Forest and the Things
SYNOPSIS A six year old narrator teams up with an adult illustrator during Covid-19 to tell a hand-drawn animated story about human consumption and the social reinforcements that affect it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=teTWq-eX_L4&feature=emb_logo ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - INSIDE CREDITS Director: Dave Russo FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 4 min Location: USA Language: English
Jul
27
Bronagh
SYNOPSIS Bronagh moves to a quiet, small-town to be alone with her grief, but caught between imagination and reality, she soon invents some contrary coping mechanisms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4-h5guOKy4 ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - INSIDE CREDITS Director: Jessica Courtney Leen, Megan Haly Writer: Jessica Courtney Leen Producer: Bold Lip Productions FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 13 min Location: United Kingdom Language: English
Jul
27
Le Trou
SYNOPSIS A young man spends the afternoon tirelessly digging a grave shaped hole in the ground. By the time his mother calls him to dinner, his brother, Martin, is nowhere to be seen. ONLINE AVAILABILITY Dates: Thursday, August 27 - Thursday, September 3 Time: All hours Access to the film: Fest Pass or Ticket Location: Narrative Short Program - INSIDE CREDITS Director: Max Zevon-Powell Producer: Max Zevon-Powell FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 3 min Location: USA Language: French [w/English subtitles]
