Another Dress, Another Button
Lyn Elliot
USA |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A stop-motion exploration of the plight of spare buttons: they're carefully saved, but never used.
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Fishing or Crab Potting
Sheldon Lieberman
Australia |
with
Indie Shorts
Tue, April 24
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Little Spike wants his father to go fishing or crab potting right now.
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Flying Penguin
Yuji Kamo
Japan |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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How can mama penguin teach junior to fly?
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Fossil Tears
Nahomi Maki
Japan/USA |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 1
Sun, April 29
12:00 pm
Screening Room
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The inhabitants of a mossy planet find a shining blue fossil that was formed out of someone' tears many eras ago.
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It's Such a Beautiful Day
Don Hertzfeldt
USA |
with
Cinema Carnival
Fri, April 13
7:00 pm
Crossroads Festival
with
Cinema Carnival
Fri, April 13
7:00 pm
Crossroads Festival
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Suffering from a diminished memory, Bill finds himself bedridden in a hospital. As his doctors continue to test and treat him, Bill attempts to readjust to life and begins to recall the past. Unfortunately, he can't decide what is and isn't real.
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Live outside the Box
Shu-Hsuan Lin
Taiwan |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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Simon's world gradually becomes smaller until there is nothing left but work. Can he find his way back before it's too late?
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Poodle
Sheldon Lieberman
Australia |
with
Edgy Shorts
Fri, April 27
10:00 pm
Screening Room
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A humorously disturbing animated song about a man and his relationship with his dog.
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Rocks in My Pockets
Shu-Hsuan Lin
Taiwan |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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An exclusive excerpt from a work in progress: a funny film about depression.
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The Game
Marcin Janiec
Poland |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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Somewhere between life and death a thrilling chess match takes place. The stakes are high and the sole referee is a figure with whom no one would want to cross paths.
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The Jockstrap Raiders
Mark Nelson
USA |
with
Cinema Carnival
Fri, April 13
7:00 pm
Crossroads Festival
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 3
Sun, April 29
4:00 pm
Screening Room
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A group of underdog World War I misfits are excluded from the war due to various abnormalities. Threatened by the invading German army, they learn to become a team and overcome their deficiencies in order to save Britain and the world.
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Thumb Snatchers From the Moon Cocoon
Brad Schaffer
USA |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Edgy Shorts
Fri, April 27
10:00 pm
Screening Room
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A short-tempered Texas sheriff uses his cowboy logic to recklessly defeat a race of condescending, cocoon-dwelling critters.
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Wiggle Room
Joe Schenkenberg
USA |
with
Animation Shorts
Tue, April 17
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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All kinds of things happen in the kitchen when nobody's around. Come along for the ride with the most unlikely character...a slug.
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2p
Will Maloney
Ireland |
with
Global Shorts 1
Mon, April 16
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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Billy's passion is collecting two-pence coins. But in his love for the two-pence, Billy often misses the big picture.
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Ben Dover
Doug Carter
Canada |
with
Comedy Shorts
Sat, April 14
9:00 pm
Screening Room
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Ben's much anticipated special 40th birthday surprise turns out to be an unexpected, unwelcome intrusion.
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Bip Bip
Philippe Grégoire
Canada |
with
Comedy Shorts
Sat, April 14
9:00 pm
Screening Room
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Francis wants to fall asleep beside the woman he loves, but her watch has other ideas.
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Flight of the Melvin
Paul DeNigris
Arizona/USA |
with
Shorts For Youth
Sat, April 21
3:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 1
Sun, April 29
12:00 pm
Screening Room
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Having had enough of his mother's constant nagging, 14-year-old space geek Melvin gathers some spare parts and builds himself a jetpack to fly away. A few moments into his first successful flight, Melvin finds himself in the middle of an alien invasion that only he can stop.
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Happy Birthday Timmy
Johnny Cullen
Ireland |
with
Irish Shorts
Mon, April 23
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Timmy gets an inappropriate present from his father.
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Incest! The Musical
Grant Reed
USA |
with
Comedy Shorts
Sat, April 14
9:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 3
Sun, April 29
4:00 pm
Screening Room
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Alex Harris has it all: he's popular, he's class president, and the ladies can't get enough of him. There's just one problem...he's in love with his twin sister, Katie.
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Last Night at Angelo's
Michael Escamilla
USA |
with
Indie Shorts
Tue, April 24
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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It's Rae's last shift waiting tables, and her mission is to confess her true feelings to her favorite regular. It's strange how often we find family and love in the most unlikely of places.
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New Guy in Town
James Ricardo
USA |
with
Comedy Shorts
Sat, April 14
9:00 pm
Screening Room
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A man finds himself in the clutches of a strange new town.
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Nonna si deve asciugare (Grandma Must Get Dry)
Alfredo Covelli
Italy |
with
Global Shorts 1
Mon, April 16
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A family's greed ends up destroying more than their inheritance when they return home to hear the reading of a will.
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Norreen
Domhnall Gleeson
Ireland |
with
Irish Shorts
Mon, April 23
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Through the process of attempting to explain a mysterious death, two Gardaí (policemen) solve their own problems.
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Pentecost
Peter McDonald
Ireland |
with
Irish Shorts
Mon, April 23
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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The last time he served as altar boy, Damien knocked Father O'Toole off the altar and was grounded from his only passion - football. When his father offers him a reprieve, Damien must decide whether to conduct himself properly at mass or never watch his beloved Liverpool play again.
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Protest Contest
Alex Italics
Arizona/USA |
with
Arizona Shorts
Wed, April 18
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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An aspiring pacifist must thwart a sadistic military general and an empty gas tank to beat his rival and become the newest star of the peace movement.
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Stardust & The Bandit
Sarah Sher/Dick Fisher
USA |
Sat, April 14
8:00 pm
Screening Room
Tue, April 24
2:15 pm
Desert View Theater
Tue, April 24
2:15 pm
Desert View Theater
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A nerdy for mob accountant named Guy Bacon enters the Witness Protection Program and is relocated to Old Tucson Studios, the famous movie-set-turned-theme-park in southern Arizona. Things start to get a little hairy for Bacon, however, when someone recognizes him.
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SWOOSH!
Sabina Sattar
United Kingdom |
with
Comedy Shorts
Sat, April 14
9:00 pm
Screening Room
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A new member joins S.W.O.O.S.H!, the Support Week of Overlooked Super Heroes therapy group. But his polite interest turns hostile as he bullies the other members.
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The Assignment
Scott Brignac
USA |
with
Shorts For Youth
Sat, April 21
3:00 pm
Screening Room
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Everyone thinks Brian is boring...even Brian. Can an eccentric teacher help him overcome his awkwardness and live a better life? Upon discovering that Brian is failing English, his teacher sends him on a wild, coming of age journey.
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The Crush
Michael Creagh
Ireland |
with
Irish Shorts
Mon, April 23
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Ardal Travis is in love, but there's just one problem: he's an 8 year old schoolboy and the object of his affection is his teacher, the gorgeous Miss Purdy. When she becomes engaged to her unworthy and crass boyfriend, Ardal is forced into taking drastic action.
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The Future
Venetia Taylor
Australia |
with
Comedy Shorts
Sat, April 14
9:00 pm
Screening Room
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When you're young and in love the future seems bright...but then what?
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The Heist
Thomas Hefferon
Ireland |
with
Irish Shorts
Mon, April 23
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Three would-be bank robbers go through their plan one last time before the heist, but things are quickly complicated when they can't even agree on their code names.
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1000 grams
Tom Bewilogua
Germany |
with
Edgy Shorts
Fri, April 27
10:00 pm
Screening Room
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1000 grams is the average quantity of fat liposuctioned to contour the abs of a normal weight person, and this is a film about flesh.
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A Boy's Life
Elias Benavidez
USA |
with
Dramatic Shorts
Fri, April 20
6:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 3
Sun, April 29
4:00 pm
Screening Room
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With his father in the military, a withdrawn and imaginative boy attempts to prove to his coping mother that the monster beneath his bed is real.
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Alchemy and Other Imperfections
Zachary Rothman
Canada |
with
Edgy Shorts
Fri, April 27
10:00 pm
Screening Room
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A dark fable about a man and a woman who have completely lost touch with the outside world. That is, until the woman takes one last desperate measure to erase the pesky memory that ruined their lives.
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Anna
Daniel Brown
USA |
with
Edgy Shorts
Fri, April 27
10:00 pm
Screening Room
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Anna is tired of being dull and mistreated. Today, she changes all that.
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Augenblicke
Martin Bargiel
Germany |
with
Edgy Shorts
Fri, April 27
10:00 pm
Screening Room
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Schenker's mind is playing tricks on him: he awakes in different places. Now he has to face questioning by an inspector about a dead woman, and his nightmare begins.
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DeafBlind
Ewan Bailey
United Kingdom |
with
Global Shorts 2
Wed, April 25
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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A deaf and blind woman feels Christ's presence in her home despite her deep depression. Is it in fact Christ, or a disturbed young man who is obsessed with her?
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Dreaming American
Lee Percy
USA |
with
Dramatic Shorts
Fri, April 20
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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A young man battles the harsh realities of New York City to keep his dream alive. As success comes within reach, however, he finds himself up against an uncaring immigration system.
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Hath No Man
Linus Koh
Australia |
with
Global Shorts 2
Wed, April 25
6:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 4
Sun, April 29
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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An Australian World War II veteran reminisces about his time in the war, with his memories taking him through the events of a German ambush that changed everything.
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House of Sticks
John Ogden
Australia |
with
Global Shorts 1
Mon, April 16
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A photojournalist becomes reclusive following the death of his wife and unborn child. A stranger appears with a message to help him deal with his grief, but she is not all she seems to be.
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How I Lost My Birthday
Deja Bernhardt
USA |
with
Shorts For Youth
Sat, April 21
3:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 1
Sun, April 29
12:00 pm
Screening Room
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Cita sadly leaves her friends, home, and father behind to move to Bali with her mother on the eve of her parents' divorce. Just when things seem like they couldn't get any worse, she also loses her birthday by crossing over the International Date Line.
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I Fix Everything
Marcelo Borja & Toni Comas
USA |
with
Dramatic Shorts
Fri, April 20
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Five-year-old Kevin needs to fix his favorite toy, but he faces a huge conflict: should he spend his last 50 cents on the toy or buy the most amazing lollipop.
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If It Kills You
David Pike
Arizona/USA |
with
Arizona Shorts
Wed, April 18
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A street girl awakens thinking she has acquired superpowers to get rid of her troubled life.
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Narcocorrido
Ryan Prows
USA |
with
It's In The Blood
Fri, April 20
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A Yuma County Sheriff's deputy robs a drug cartel shipment in a last-ditch scramble for personal survival.
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Parallax
Paul DeNigris
Arizona/USA |
with
Arizona Shorts
Wed, April 18
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A US Army infantryman with a hatred for Arabs is injured in an ambush and rescued by an Iraqi civilian and his son. Sacrificing himself to save his new friends from insurgents, the infantryman has a change of heart and gains a new perspective.
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Private Sun
Rami Alayan
Palestine Territories |
with
Global Shorts 2
Wed, April 25
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Instructed by her doctor to sunbathe in order to reverse a vitamin D deficiency, Mariam finds that private moments under the sun are rare thanks to nosy neighbors, an overbearing sister-in-law, and Israeli surveillance planes.
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Queen
Adam Rose
USA |
with
Indie Shorts
Tue, April 24
6:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 3
Sun, April 29
4:00 pm
Screening Room
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After finding out she'll be denied the child she plans to adopt, a drag cabaret star does her best to fill the void.
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Scenen
Hans Montelius
Sweden |
with
Global Shorts 1
Mon, April 16
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A playwright battles jealousy as he tries to write for his girlfriend and brother. Unfortunately, as the writing and rehearsals progress, his inner demons take over.
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Schrodinger's Box
Britt Pitre
USA |
with
Edgy Shorts
Fri, April 27
10:00 pm
Screening Room
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Who dares to watch the watcher?
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Se Habla Español
Howard Allen
Arizona/USA |
with
Arizona Shorts
Wed, April 18
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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Angelica becomes a powerful connection between Anglo and Hispanic cultures in this day-in-the-life film poem.
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Seek
Richard Bell
Australia |
with
Indie Shorts
Tue, April 24
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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A game of hide-and-seek goes terribly wrong when a woman's 6-year-old son disappears. How far will she go to get him back?
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Shoot the Moon
Alexander Gaeta
USA |
with
Indie Shorts
Tue, April 24
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Marcy Meyers is down on her luck, so she places her faith in national game show that promises a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win it all.
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Soñadores
Thenmozhi Soundarararajan
USA |
with
Shorts For Youth
Sat, April 21
3:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 2
Sun, April 29
2:00 pm
Screening Room
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On the eve of a national Dream Act protest, a high school biology student nervously approaches graduation due to the nature of her immigration status. When she is awarded a college scholarship, she must decide if she will confront her fears or continue to hide and lose her dreams forever.
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Switch
Thomas Hefferon
Ireland |
with
Irish Shorts
Mon, April 23
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Two years after a traumatic car accident left a young girl in a vegetative state, the man who put her there seeks to atone for his crimes. However, he soon discovers that righting his wrongs may take more than what he's prepared to give.
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The Crimson Room
Martin Sharpe
Australia |
with
Global Shorts 1
Mon, April 16
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A young couple make an impulsive stop down a lane that leads them on a dark and terrifying journey.
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The Darkness is Close Behind
Sheena McCann
USA |
with
Dramatic Shorts
Fri, April 20
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Jessie is exhausted looking after his little brother and meth-cooking father until a welcome distraction takes him away for a moment.
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The Maiden and the Princess
Ali Scher
USA |
with
Shorts For Youth
Sat, April 21
3:00 pm
Screening Room
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Little Emmy Adams kisses a girl on the playground and winds up feeling isolated and alone. The Grand High Council of Fairy Tale Rules sends her a fairytale to set things right, but thanks to a rogue fairytale narrator, Emmy finds herself in a very different story.
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The Night Nurse
Terence White
Ireland |
with
Irish Shorts
Mon, April 23
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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A nurse working the graveyard shift on a psychiatric ward searches frantically for a missing patient, only to discover the terrible truth behind the disappearance.
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The Telegram Man
James Khehtie
Australia |
with
Welcoming Departure
Fri, April 27
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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Australia's small farming communities paid a terrible price during World War II. Each week in the rural towns of New South Wales, a different family discovered that a loved one would not be coming home. It's rare to consider the man who delivers such sad news, yet that's precisely what this film does.
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The Way Things Are
Daniel Hyde
Arizona/USA |
with
Arizona Shorts
Wed, April 18
8:00 pm
Screening Room
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A jaded Marine returns home to the Navajo Reservation to find a culture war being waged between the old ways and the new.
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Tumbling
Tina Salmassi
USA |
with
Cinema Carnival
Fri, April 13
7:00 pm
Crossroads Festival
with
Shorts For Youth
Sat, April 21
3:00 pm
Screening Room
with
Best of Fest 1
Sun, April 29
12:00 pm
Screening Room
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An ordinary picnic turns unforgettable when a young boy witnesses several startling encounters including an act of betrayal by his mother. Weaving together themes of youthful curiosity and the confusion of growing up, Tumbling paints a portrait of innocence lost and an awakening to the world.
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Where Moths Fly
Manuel Esparza
USA |
with
Dramatic Shorts
Fri, April 20
6:00 pm
Screening Room
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A family offers their dying robot the chance to live forever. Rather than live, he chooses to see where he goes when he dies.
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