Jul
30
The Drink
PREMIERE DESIGNATION NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Two colleagues head for a drink after work. After a bystander informs Zoe that Jack has spiked her drink, she's haunted by the imagined rape and sits before him acting normal so not to raise suspicion until the police arrive. SCREENING INFORMATION Thursday, August 22, 2019 1:30 pm Marquis Screening Room CREDITS Director: Cosima Spender Writer: Teresa Sparks Producers: Cosima Spender, Alessio Bergamo, Valerio Bonelli FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 12 min Location: London, UK Language: English
Jul
30
Drowning in Sands
PREMIERE DESIGNATION VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Two Sudanese inventors are determined to stop the desert from swallowing up their country. Despite international sanctions and a failing economy, they succeed in building Sudan’s first robot farmer and enter it into a national TV competition. https://youtu.be/JnLaXUVw0lA SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, 23, 2019 10:00 am Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Lucy Provan Producers: One World Media, The British Council Sudan FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Short Length: 31 min Location: Sudan Languages: Arabic, English
Jul
31
Échappé
PREMIERE DESIGNATION VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS In 1970, a preeminent Soviet ballet company tours the West to showcase their elite dancers. During a performance of “Sleeping Beauty” in New York, a rising ballerina begins to suspect her brother of defecting. https://youtu.be/55XnUGb1KdU SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 25, 2019 1:00 pm Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Allison Mattox (will attend the festival) Writer: Allison Mattox Producers: Charlie Wilson, P.J. Walsh FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 13 min Location: USA Languages: English, Russian
Jul
31
Estrellita
SYNOPSIS Estrellita, (or Little Star) tells a piercing story about the constant threat of family separation and deportation for undocumented farmworkers in Vermont. Seen through the eyes of a little girl growing up on a dairy farm, the story begins in an idyllic wonderland of childhood adventure that turns dark when a powerful force raids the farm to capture her father. https://vimeo.com/276050194 SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 23, 2019 1:30 pm Town Hall Theater CREDITS Director: Daniel Houghton (will attend the festival) Writer: Daniel Houghton Producer: Daniel Houghton FILM INFORMATION Genre: Animated Short Length: 8 min Location: USA Languages: English, Spanish
Jul
31
Eternal Harvest
PREMIERE DESIGNATION NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Using drones, dance, farm implements, heirloom quilts, agriculture, and video installation, Eternal Harvest is a short film about the cycle of life as depicted by the growing season on a rural Kansas farm. https://vimeo.com/305627693 SCREENING INFORMATION Saturday, August 24, 2019 10:00 am Dana Auditorium CREDITS Director: David Wayne Reed (will attend the festival) Writer: David Wayne Reed Producer: David Wayne Reed FILM INFORMATION Genre: Experimental Short Length: 12 min Location: USA Language: English
Jul
31
Exorcist of Apartheid
PREMIERE DESIGNATION USA PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A young, white filmmaker in South Africa asks his grandmother what his grandfather did during apartheid. She gives him a box of family videos. A fascinating set of revelations follows. https://youtu.be/O-lh1jQuRo8 SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 23, 2019 1:30 pm Marquis Screening Room CREDITS Director: Adam Heyns Producer: Christoph Heyns FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Short Length: 20 min Location: South Africa Language: Afrikaans
Jul
31
Fall ’99
PREMIERE DESIGNATION NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Fall, 1999. A bisexual punk, Danny, navigates his first serious romantic relationship with a quiet boy from Connecticut, Michael, at a small liberal arts college. Once he receives a call from a former lover, Danny must confront his own fears of isolation and mortality when he finds out he needs to be tested for HIV. https://vimeo.com/349576983/5d1b6e4d8a SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 25, 2019 4:00 pm Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Max Tullio Writer: Max Tullio Producer: Genevieve Scott FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 18 min Location: USA Language: English
Jul
31
Goodnight
PREMIERE DESIGNATION WORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A short animated film about trying to sleep amidst anxiety. SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 25, 2019 10:00 am Marquis Screening Room CREDITS Director: Cece Wheeler Writer: Cece Wheeler Producer: Cece Wheeler FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 1 min Location: USA Language: English
Jul
31
Hardcover
PREMIERE DESIGNATION NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Carrie Austen joins an elite book club only to discover it's an underground fight club where mothers go to release their frustrations. https://vimeo.com/348699816 SCREENING INFORMATION Saturday, August 24, 2019 7:15 pm Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Lukas Dong Writer: Gillian Annis Producer: Mo Thompson, Camille St Gal de Pons FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 12 min Location: USA Language: English
Jul
31
Home
PREMIERE DESIGNATION WORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A close examination of a mother’s life at home with a one year old and an absent father. https://vimeo.com/348963030 SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 25, 2019 10:00 am Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Pamela Albarren, Caroline Askew (will attend the festival) Writer: Caroline Askew Producer: Caroline Askew FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 5 min Location: France Language: English
Jul
31
How Purple Became
PREMIERE DESIGNATION WORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Each missing a central aspect, two characters meander through a Jungian journey seeking to understand the construction of the whole Self. SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 23, 2019 10:00 am Twilight Hall CREDITS Director: Cathy Ye (will attend the festival) Writer: Cathy Ye Producer: Cathy Ye FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 9min Location:USA Language: English
Jul
31
Iron Hands
PREMIERE DESIGNATION VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS As a 12-year-old girl prepares for her final test trying out for the traditionally all-boys Chinese youth Olympic weightlifting team, she makes an unlikely connection with the gym's reclusive groundskeeper. https://vimeo.com/194457798 SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 25, 2019 1:00 pm Town Hall Theater CREDITS Director: Johnson Cheng Writer: Johnson Cheng Producers: Tianqi Zhuo, Felicity Wang FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 11 min Location: China Language: Chinese
