Short Film Program #1 Director: Trevor Jones Time: 5 Mins. - Country: USA » Film Synopsis
My Grandfather's Ship
When Brendan's Grandfather passes away, he goes on an incredible journey into the deepest depths of his soul to mend the broken piece his grandfather left behind.
Pampeliška
Short Film Program #1 Director: Laurel Parmet Time: 11 Mins. - Country: Czech Republic » Film Synopsis
Pampeliška
Eleven year old Klara runs away from home after a fight with her abusive father and spends the day playing with her best friend Lucie. Their relationship, however, is tested when Klara cannot forget the realities of her life at home.
When two American scout snipers fail to quell an insurgent attack on a small Iraqi village, the mission becomes a rescue operation when one of their own is taken behind enemy lines.
I Wanna Shine
Short Film Program #1 Director: Prakriti Maduro Time: 8 Mins. - Country: Venezuela » Film Synopsis» Media Kit
I Wanna Shine
When the clerk locks the Film Equipment Room that night, the gear comes alive. Cameras, lights, microphones, cables, tripods wake up and start shooting their own film, a musical on which for the first time, they are the stars. They shine with their own light, but always careful not to be seen by humans.
Short Film Program #1 Director: Joey Dello Russo Time: 15 Mins. - Country: USA » Film Synopsis» Media Kit
Shudder House
On a rural estate in 1951, a boy named Robby trudges through a meaningless childhood. Training on classical piano is his only chore dictated by unloving parents. But when a Southern farmhand named Emma returns to the farm with a guitar in hand, Robby faces his only opportunity to grow and feel beyond his boyish blues.
Sleeping With Frank shows a slice of a morning in Queens, NY. A couple readies for the day. Wake-up, get dressed, and eat breakfast. The tableaux are familiar: cozy, rote, intimate and distant. Dance and choreographed gestures reveal a potent underbelly to the lacquer of such domestic normalcy.
An epic David & Goliath action-adventure about a girl named Cosett who seeks vengeance against the monstrous Demon King for stealing the soul of her sister. When the moment comes however, Cosett instead proposes an interesting trade that surprises even the immortal demon.
Short Film Program #2 Director: Carlos Florez Time: 2 Mins. - Country: USA » Film Synopsis
NASA
The 'NASA' short film remembers a time when sending a man to the moon was a great hope for Humanity and the symbol of the USA victory over the Soviet Union during the Cold War but also questions if our continued use of science will serve the betterment of our humanity or the destruction of ourselves and our universe.
Short Film Program #2 Director: Chad Jackson Time: 5 Mins. - Country: USA » Film Synopsis
Dressing Down
dressing-down: noun: a sound scolding, earful, going-over, chewing out, punishment with blows or words. For example, 'Like an idiot I thought this break up with Stacy was going to be easy and mutual, but she didn't, and gave me a severe dressing down.'
Short Film Program #2 Director: Heather de Michele Time: 35 Mins. - Country: USA » Film Synopsis» Media Kit
The Real Girl's Guide to Everything Else
A journalist nearly dropped by her agent because her work is too smart, political, lesbian and feminist goes undercover as a glitter wearing, shoe-obsessed, cosmo-drinking straight girl.
Seven years ago, Kara and Brian emptied their bank accounts and launched a company out of their two-bedroom apartment to sell lighted handbags. Their story careens from wild success to near-total disaster. In this documentary, creative and successful inventors and entrepreneurs openly share their experiences and advice on what it takes to make it big time.