Welcome to the Los Angeles Short Film Festival
Meet filmmakers in person at the Red Carpet, Awards Ceremony, and Q&As after screenings.
We’ll present local, national and international productions.
Enjoy premieres and AWARD winning films previously screened at other famous film festivals around the world. Comedies, dramas, animations, you name it.
10% OF TICKET SALES AND 100% FROM FESTIVAL T-SHIRTS SALES WILL GO TO "FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN" www.freearts.org
Join us. Have fun. Be inspired.
Meet filmmakers in person at the Red Carpet, Awards Ceremony, and Q&As after screenings.
We’ll present local, national and international productions.
Enjoy premieres and AWARD winning films previously screened at other famous film festivals around the world. Comedies, dramas, animations, you name it.
10% OF TICKET SALES AND 100% FROM FESTIVAL T-SHIRTS SALES WILL GO TO "FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN" www.freearts.org
Join us. Have fun. Be inspired.
Saturday, March 9 and Sunday March 10, 2019
Promenade Playhouse 1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401 DAY 1 Saturday March 9 Red Carpet 1:00 PM Awards 1:15 PM Break 1:50 PM- 2:00 PM Tickets, door $20 online $18 here Saturday March 9 Block 1, 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM Q&A, 3:00 PM 3:20 PM Break, 3:20- 3:30 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 SOLD OUT You may try get single tickets at the venue before screenings. The Door by Kenan Baysal Drama/Comedy 4:00 MJ by Jamie Delaney Short Horror 13:00 Camlo by David Moody Short Drama 13:00 Trust Ball by Anthony Famulari & Ryan Famulari Short Comedy 13:15 Collapsing Time by Dorian Warneck Short Documentary 4:30 Surfer Joe by Jim Keeshen Short Animation 5:14 A Cold Spring by Max Quill Short Drama 6:30 Saturday March 9 Block 2, 3:30 PM- 4:30 PM Q&A, 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM Break, 4:50 PM- 5:00 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 here The Mingle by Jacob Pinger Short Comedy 15:29 Shell by Stella Rosen Short Animation 6:09 Wrong Number by Megan Binnie Short Horror 0:53 Rapacious by Eamonn Keane Short Drama 12:53 The Good Will by Christel Elsayah Short Drama 8:14 Doze by AJ Reid Short Drama 7:40 Echo by Boriša Simović and Kosta Rakićević Short Animation 7:42 Saturday March 9 Block 3, 5:00 PM- 6:30 PM Q&A, 6:30 PM - 6:50 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 here Sex Bomb by Michael Gene Conti Short Comedy 3:37 Pour 585 by Patrick Smith Short Animation 4:40 Black Eyed Child by Tony Morales Short Horror 9:01 Maren by Ludo Vici Short Drama 23:47 Mad Santa by Bruce Blain Short Drama 6:42 After Birth by Burgess Coffield Short Documentary 11:29 Tangent Orbits by Niccolò Valentino Short Drama 11:28 SKIN by Panos Katsimperis Short Drama, Short Sci-Fi 17:18 DAY 2 BUY 1 GET ONE FREE - SUNDAYS FILMS ONLY Get your ALL FILMS PASS for $70 and bring a friend for FREE! Tickets, door $40 online $35 here Sunday March 10 Block 4, 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Q&A, 2:00 PM 2:20 PM Break, 2:20- 2:30 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 here After All by Michael Cusack Short Animation 13.25 The Birds Sing Too Loud by Jack Kenny Short Comedy 14:58 John 137 by Joseph Guice Short Horror 4:30 Greater Fool by Julia Honnacker Short Comedy 7:11 Don't Lose Heart by Christine Arnold Short Animation 2:29 Portrait of a Lamb by Marco Zappala Short Drama 12:30 Mogu and Perol by Tsuneo Goda Short Animation 8:32 Sunday March 10 Block 5, 2:30 PM- 3:30 PM Q&A, 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM Break, 3:50 PM- 4:00 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 here Clementine by Aaron G. Hale Short Comedy 11:28 Never Worn by Joshua Corbaley Experimental 1:00 Global Dance Heroes - Global Inspiration! by Teresa Taylor Short Documentary 5:45 Home is Here by Suejee Lee Short Animation 2:52 NOA by Angel Barroeta Short Drama 14:45 Life on Trial by Carol Jacobsen Short Documentary 13:43 Sunday March 10 Block 6, 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM Q&A, 5:00 PM 5:20 PM Break, 5:20- 5:30 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 here We Have Your Wife by Jim Ford Short Comedy 6:24 Maldives by Slawomir Bracki Short Drama, Short Experimental 12:14 Planet by Bill Sebastian Short Sci-Fi 10:28 Child, Disrupted by Krista Riihimaki Short Documentary 25:30 Sunday March 10 Block 7, 5:30 PM- 6:50 PM Q&A, 6:50 PM - 7:10 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 here The Little Nothing by Najlah El Ouahhabi Short Drama 9:37 We have to go by Johan Bodell Short Drama 12:00 Two Of A Kind by Donal Moloney Short Documentary 19:49 Women of The Gulag by Marianna Yarovskaya Short Documentary 40:00 BUY 1 GET ONE FREE Get your ALL FILMS PASS for $70 and bring a friend for FREE! Tickets, door $80 online $70 here BUY 1 GET ONE FREE - SUNDAYS FILMS ONLY Get your ALL FILMS PASS for $70 and bring a friend for FREE! Tickets, door $40 online $35 here 
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Get any festival ticket and 10% of the sales will go to Free Arts for Abused Children. SECOND OPTION: Come to Festival and get any t-shirt and 100% of the sales will go to them as well.
Don't miss super funny comedy with Jane Lynch and Kate Mulgrew.
The Birds Sing Too Loud by Jack Kenny Short Comedy 14:58 Sunday March 10 Block 4, 1:00 PM Tickets, door $15 online $12 here 
Don't miss our sister film fest: Hollywood Screenings Film Festival.
Same place, two weeks later: Sat-Sun, March 23-24. http://www.hollywoodscreenings.org/2019.html 
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SCHEDULE
Red Carpet & Awards Ceremony
Red Carpet 1:00 PM
Awards 1:15 PM
Break 1:50 PM- 2:00 PM
Tickets, door $20 online $18 here
Red Carpet 1:00 PM
Awards 1:15 PM
Break 1:50 PM- 2:00 PM
Tickets, door $20 online $18 here
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Your Ceremony Awards and Q&A Host
TANIA ESTRADA Comedian / Actress/ Radio Personality / Producer |
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Screenings and Q&As
Saturday March 9
Block 1, 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Q&A, 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
Break, 3:20- 3:30 PM
SOLD OUT
You may try get single tickets at the venue before screenings.
Saturday March 9
Block 1, 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Q&A, 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
Break, 3:20- 3:30 PM
SOLD OUT
You may try get single tickets at the venue before screenings.
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The Door
by Kenan Baysal Drama/Comedy 4:00 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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The Door
An obsessed guy dealing with his loosened door that keeps opening. |
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MJ
by Jamie Delaney Short Horror 13:00 |
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MJ
In this dangerously over saturated and image-obsessed world of social media and fleeting hype, Mary Jane is desperately trying to make real connections, frustrated she starts curating her identity, creating the perfect online ‘self’. But increasingly disappointed by her real life encounters she finds herself alienated and numb surrounded by superficial characters, in order to pull her self out of obscurity she resorts to drastic measures. Using the very tools of her narcotic generation. TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/246983686 |
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Camlo
by David Moody Short Drama 13:00 |
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Camlo
A young Roma boy's journey through modern day Belfast. Camlo tries to understand where he fits into a society that has never accepted him. TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/287676907 |
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Trust Ball
by Anthony Famulari & Ryan Famulari Short Comedy 13:15 |
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Trust Ball
A corporate team building seminar turns into a wildly cathartic experience. |
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Collapsing Time
by Dorian Warneck Short Documentary 4:30 |
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Collapsing Time
Zoe Keller is a graphite artist creating large-scale, highly detailed drawings. using the traditions of scientific illustration, she weaves complex visual narratives about at-risk species and wild places. Collapsing Time takes a look at the motivations behind her work. |
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A Cold Spring
by Max Quill Short Drama 6:30 |
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A Cold Spring
A little girl stuck in an unhappy home takes matters into her own hands. |
Saturday March 9
Block 2, 3:30 PM- 4:30 PM
Q&A, 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Break, 4:50 PM- 5:00 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
Block 2, 3:30 PM- 4:30 PM
Q&A, 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Break, 4:50 PM- 5:00 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
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The Mingle
by Jacob Pinger Short Comedy 15:29 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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The Mingle
A real-life comedy about a young, widowed mom who attends an awkward singles dating event, and is surprised to discover what she was really looking for. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/276652808 |
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Shell
by Stella Rosen Short Animation 6:09 |
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Shell
A traveler goes searching for a strange comet and is physically changed. |
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Wrong Number
by Megan Binnie Short Horror 0:53 |
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Wrong Number
A woman gets a mysterious text in the middle of the night. |
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Rapacious
by Eamonn Keane Short Drama 12:53 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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Rapacious
Short Film - On the run from his rapacious lifestyle, a man hides deep in the woods trying to come to terms with the death of a loved one. Fearing capture and running low on provisions he is faced with no hope. He awakens the next morning to face his greatest fear of all. |
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The Good Will
by Christel Elsayah Short Drama 8:14 |
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The Good Will
Janina finds out that she got chlamydia and decides to medicate her boyfriend behind his back because she does not want him to find out that she was cheating and even giving him chlamydia. (If he got even got it). She wants to be on the safe side. However universe and life decides to go the honest way and consequences arise. |
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Doze
by AJ Reid Short Drama 7:40 |
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Doze
A young woman struggles to balance work, the GRE, and her overall well-being amid the sudden onset of narcolepsy. |
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Echo
by Boriša Simović and Kosta Rakićević Short Animation 7:42 |
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Echo
A five-year-old boy spends a day with his father, whom he only occasionally sees, in nature, with the game of calling Echo. After a great emotional charge that the play and the presence of his father create in him, he returns to his mother's house, where there is no place for such outbursts of 'irrational' attitude towards the world. |
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Sex Bomb
by Michael Gene Conti Short Comedy 3:37 |
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Sex Bomb
The blood starts pumping when a rough-neck SWAT team faces off against a ticking time bomb that only one of them has the "equipment" to defuse. |
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Pour 585
by Patrick Smith Short Animation 4:40 |
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Pour 585
In a dystopian world populated by animated wine glasses, a timid character tries to escape an important rite of passage. When he disrupts the standard pouring ritual, he discovers that individuality comes with a price. Pour 585 is a cautionary tale about the dangers of conformity that uses metaphor to illustrate the process of indoctrination. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/262633984 |
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Black Eyed Child
by Tony Morales Short Horror 9:01 |
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Black Eyed Child (BEC)
Since 1998 the appearances of the BEC has been constant, and the consequences of looking directly into their eyes has been irreversible. A terminally ill women will recieve a visit from a BEC, who will not come alone on a stormy night, who will be accompanied by a malignant entity. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/310510050 |
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Maren
by Ludo Vici Short Drama 23:47 |
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Maren
The life of MAREN couldn´t be better. Everything is like she wanted it to be. She has a nice home, no financial worries, a happy marriage. She fulfilled every expectation, she feels save and she wants to celebrate all this with her husband, who is returning from a long business trip. The table for a romantic dinner is booked, but as she is waiting for him in the restaurant, her cellphone rings and she must learn that her husband died in a car crash in this very moment. Everything, that was defining her life is destroyed within the blink of an eye. Death entered her life and as she tries to understand what happened, death in person is sitting right at her table. She takes her chance begging for the life of her husband and death makes an sinister offer. If she wants her husband back she has to sacrifice one of the other guests in the restaurant. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/310510050 |
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Mad Santa
by Bruce Blain Short Drama 6:42 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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Mad Santa
Don't make Santa mad. |
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After Birth
by Burgess Coffield Short Documentary 11:29 |
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After Birth
After Birth is a short documentary film about the struggles of postpartum depression and the women who work in the specific field of placenta encapsulation. |
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Tangent Orbits
by Niccolò Valentino Short Drama 11:28 |
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Tangent Orbits
Love or work ambition? Often, life put you against the wall. Sofia seems to chose the job opportunity: she doesn’t know when she will have an other big chance. However, in the end, she changes her mind: real love is too much powerful. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/290049350 |
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SKIN
by Panos Katsimperis Short Drama, Short Sci-Fi 17:18 |
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SKIN
Eleni, an 11 year-old girl, faces the changes in her family and social environment, after she's infected by a rare illness that periodically turns any human organism into a robotic one. |
Sunday March 10
Block 4, 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
Q&A, 2:00 PM 2:20 PM
Break, 2:20- 2:30 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
Block 4, 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
Q&A, 2:00 PM 2:20 PM
Break, 2:20- 2:30 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
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After All
by Michael Cusack Short Animation 13.25 |
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After All
After all is said and done... all that is left are memories. A man cleans out his childhood home remembering past conversations. TRAILER https://www.dropbox.com/s/v96pkz96wf2bxs7/AfterAll_TLR_v001.mov?dl=0 |
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The Birds Sing Too Loud
by Jack Kenny Short Comedy 14:58 |
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The Birds Sing Too Loud
In an effort to mend old washed out bridges, Mitch invites his two bitter, complaining aunts for a visit to his fancy home in Hollywood. It doesn't go well. |
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John 137
by Joseph Guice Short Horror 4:30 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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John 137
Amid gender segregation, a man acts on an impulse to help a woman in need. But, he takes it too far. And must face the consequences. |
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Greater Fool
by Julia Honnacker Short Comedy 7:11 |
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Greater Fool
This dark comedic piece wrestles with the idea of love and gender-roles. Are men really only after one thing and do women really still believe in love? Who is corrupting whom at this point? Story: Tommy is a romantic at heart but his love life just doesn't seem to take off. So he finally visits Stella, a once renowned beautiful and empowering "love-doctor", only to find a now alcoholic, disheveled and cynical woman, who is trying to convince him that love does not exist. The question remains just who is the Greater Fool in this brief but thought-provoking encounter? |
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Don't Lose Heart
by Christine Arnold Short Animation 2:29 |
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Don't Lose Heart
Don’t Lose Heart is the story about a young girl on the day of her heart transplant, but her transplant cooler gets lost in transit and must make it back to her before time runs out. |
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Portrait of a Lamb
by Marco Zappala Short Drama 12:30 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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Portrait of a Lamb
A short film about the aftermath of sexual assault, revenge, and how far we will go to seek retribution. |
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Mogu and Perol
by Tsuneo Goda Short Animation 8:32 |
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Mogu and Perol
A story about two friends living on Yummy Island, where delicious food can be found everywhere! Whenever Mogu is cooking, Perol just pops up and eats the yummy meal. One day Perol finds a very tasty looking Brrrr-berry that Mogu was about to pick. Perol doesn't wait for a second to taste the berry which brings about an unexpected quarrel between the two. |
Sunday March 10
Block 5, 2:30 PM- 3:30 PM
Q&A, 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Break, 3:50 PM- 4:00 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
Block 5, 2:30 PM- 3:30 PM
Q&A, 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Break, 3:50 PM- 4:00 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
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Clementine
by Aaron G. Hale Short Comedy 11:28 |
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Clementine
A film crew shoots a documentary about the home life of a seemingly normal, happy couple. But some things aren't how they appear on the surface. |
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Never Worn
by Joshua Corbaley Experimental 1:00 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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Never Worn
We find ourselves alone in a desolate long forgotten place that has a story to tell. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/315356167 |
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Global Dance Heroes - Global Inspiration!
by Teresa Taylor Short Documentary 5:45 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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Global Dance Heroes - Global Inspiration!
The mission of The Global Dance Initiative is to spotlight, and support, HEROES from around the globe – that use DANCE to Heal, Connect and Inspire. The beauty and the impact that dance has on those with Down Syndrome is stunning. It not only helps with physical coordination & strength, but with the dancer’s confidence & self-esteem, which serves them in forming meaningful friendships and family bonding. Dance literally changes the life of the participant, and their entire family. |
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Home is Here
by Suejee Lee in Short Animation 2:52 |
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Home is Here
The story is about a lily livered fisherman who remembers a life changing experience. |
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NOA
by Angel Barroeta Short Drama 14:45 |
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NOA
A spiritual journey, in a dystopian and chaotic society, brings Noa to dive deep into the dark side of humanity. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/252611174 |
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Life on Trial
by Carol Jacobsen Short Documentary 13:43 |
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Life on Trial
Stacy Barker served 23 years in a U.S. prison for killing her rapist in self-defense. She narrates a powerful indictment of the American criminal/penal system and recounts her own and other prisoners’ acts of resistance for women’s justice and human rights. |
Sunday March 10
Block 6, 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Q&A, 5:00 PM 5:20 PM
Break, 5:20- 5:30 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
Block 6, 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Q&A, 5:00 PM 5:20 PM
Break, 5:20- 5:30 PM
Tickets, door $15 online $12 here
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We Have Your Wife
by Jim Ford Short Comedy 6:24 |
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We Have Your Wife
Two criminals kidnap a man's wife. When they call with their ransom demands, they are very surprised with his response. |
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Maldives
by Slawomir Bracki Short Drama, Short Experimental 12:14 |
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Maldives
Elton is lost in the undergrowth of his own thoughts, a tangle of relationships, gender identity and loneliness. What was once hidden deep in his subconscious rises to the surface, taking hold, and dragging him and the audience on an emotional roller coaster. |
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Planet
by Bill Sebastian Short Sci-Fi 10:28 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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Planet
A husband buys his wife a planet for their anniversary. Five years later, they find the national space agency at their door. TRAILER / TEASER: https://vimeo.com/283605026 |
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Child, Disrupted
by Krista Riihimaki Short Documentary 25:30 |
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Child, Disrupted
As a society, are we in danger of raising a generation of children disrupted by the overuse of technology? Through interviews with experts in the fields of neuroscience, occupational therapy, addiction, psychology, and sociology, we uncover the reality behind fears about the effects of screen time on children. TRAILER https://vimeo.com/259970380 |
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The Little Nothing
by Najlah El Ouahhabi Short Drama 9:37 |
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The Little Nothing
A young woman, Sylvia, is being treated at a clinic that claims to help her overcome her depression by stimulating lucid dreams. The feeling of being in control of the dream is addictive, causing her to be reluctant to return to reality. |
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We have to go
by Johan Bodell Short Drama 12:00 DIRECTOR IN PERSON! |
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We have to go
Reports about chaos, panic and troop movements are being broadcast on the radio. Both her husband and kids are away, the war has struck Sweden very suddenly. Despite this, Lisen and Per decides to head out on the Swedish countryside to track down their kids. |
SCREENING OF THE DAY
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Women of The Gulag
by Marianna Yarovskaya Short Documentary 40:00 |
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Women of the Gulag
The film Women of the Gulag tells the compelling and tragic stories of the women – last survivors of the Gulag, the brutal system of repression and terror that devastated the Soviet population during the regime of Stalin. The Gulag was first captured by Solzhenitsyn in his opus, Gulag Archipelago. Never before the stories of women and women’s experience in these camp was told in an international documentary film. A collection of unique and candid interviews with women who survived the Stalin's repression of the 1930s. TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWoDjX_cDY |
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RESULTS
Best Short Drama Rapacious Best Short Comedy TRUST BALL Best Short Documentary AFTER A BIRTH Best Short Horror John 137 Best Short Sci-Fi PLANET Best Short Animation SURFER JOE Best Short Experimental THE DOOR Best Super Short Experimental NEVER WORN BEST PRODUCED SCRIPT We have to go BEST PERFORMANCE Jane Lynch HONORABLE MENTION Portrait of a Lamb HONORABLE MENTION DOZE HONORABLE MENTION Mad Santa HONORABLE MENTION A cold spring BEST OF THE FESTIVAL Child, Disrupted Congratulations everyone! |
EVENT PHOTOS
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