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Block 1 @ 1:45 PM

Offense

Director: A.J. Moss

Country: United States

RT: 6min

Synopsis: A boy with an obsession to prove himself to be better than his younger but taller brother begins to lead their relationship towards destruction....

Still And Quiet

Director: Antonina Kerguelen Roman

Country: United States

RT: 7min

Synopsis: Rae struggles to choose between her plans for her future, or taking care of her mentally ill brother. One day, in her secret getaway spot in an abandoned RV, Rae has an encounter that brings her closer to her decision....

The Moon Thief

Director: Xiaoxiong Guo

Country: United States

RT: 10min

Synopsis: Space hero Lance returns to childhood hometown to meet his child hood friend Selena. When he finds, he has already become a stranger in Selena’s eyes, Lance leaves the café she runs. Lance leaves Selena a short letter and a small piece of rock he brings from lunar surface. Turns out, Lance dedicates his whole life for space career just for completing his commitment with Selena. The commitment for stealing the moon for her....

Dark Horses

Director: Jessica Lytton

Country: United States

RT: 11min

Synopsis: Dark Horses is the story of two strangers, who are thrown together by an unfortunate mistake and their journey from for to friend....

CXL

Director: Jordan Blazak

Country: United States

RT: 13min

Synopsis: After celebrating her 140th birthday, Martha must come to terms with the reality of death. Sustained by a mobile life support chair, she is pushed to the physical and emotional edge in her journey to feel alive once more....

The Father Of Art

Director: Fred Macdonald

Country: United States

RT: 15min

Synopsis: Dale Schröder (1951- 2029) was a Swiss artist known for creating AI human hybrids using social media platforms. At the insistence of an ambitious art curator, Dale agrees to introduce his work to the general public. Captured by a documentary ‘filmmaker’, the show’s opening night is a disastrous blend of confusion, fear, and revulsion....

Scissor Pass

Director: Sam Shapiro

Country: United States

RT: 16min

Synopsis: Ambition and opportunity separate high school hockey teammates, sending one to college and leaving one in a dead-end job, but memories of their glory days lead them both to hard lessons in the importance of friendship and timing, inspired by a true story....

Block 2 @ 2:15 PM

Oneself

Director: Vicente Manzano

Country: United States

RT: 9min

Synopsis: Dom lives in a near future world where people dating their doppelgängers is now a big trending. His resentment toward this new culture of love will reach an outbreak point when he finds out his sister is now dating her doppelgänger....

Coffee And Cellphones

Director: Natasha Nova

Country: United States

RT: 4min

Synopsis: Coffee & Cellphones is a love letter to the millennial generation disguised as a short comedy series spotlighting our two most beloved addictions: technological devices and caffeine....

The Reason To Live

Director: Boyoung Kim

Country: United States

RT: 11min

Synopsis: An optimistic, busking musician tells his story about how music has transformed his life from his troubled past and why he can’t give up playing music....

Arsenic

Director: Vanesa Prieto

Country: United States

RT: 14min

Synopsis: Vivian, an investigative journalist writing a story on a suicide case, meets a stripper named Arsenic/Talula and they begin a troubled relationship marked by lies and delusions....

Fated to Repeat

Director: Logan J. Freeman

Country: United States

RT: 16min

Synopsis: A musician takes the stage singing for her dead lover’s band. After a meltdown in the middle of their comeback set, she sets out to find the one guest she invited to the show....

Viceroy

Director: Stone Taul

Country: United States

RT: 21min

Synopsis: Malcolm and Saul are two brothers living in a motel room together. Malcolm struggles to take care of his mentally challenged brother, Saul, while also dealing with his own sanity....

(Out)caste

Director: Elena Aksenova

Country: United States

RT: 21min

Synopsis: Dasi, a Dalit (“untouchable”) woman, dehydrates while manual scavenging, emptying dry non-flushing outdoor toilets for upper caste villagers. This leaves Amrita, her 11-year-old daughter, to finish this work and pick up where her mother left off....

Block 3 @ 4 PM

Play Money

Director: Anthony Gilmore

Country: United States

RT: 87min

Synopsis: “Ten years ago: A college drop-out, an aging family man, a former Disney child actor, and a self-taught programmer were making millions. Their business model was simple — earn real money by selling virtual objects or services in games like World of Warcraft. It was a gold mine. Until Blizzard Entertainment, the game’s developer, stepped in. Play Money is the untold story between upstart entrepreneurs and big business. Join our misfit pioneers on their extraordinary ride of success and failure that changed the gaming industry forever.”...

Block 4 @ 4:45 PM

The Lightkeeper

Director: Zach Bandler

Country: United States

RT: 16min

Synopsis: Set on a remote stretch of stormy coastline, a hardened young woman agrees to dinner at the home of an aging recluse. Featuring SAG Award nominee Meg Steedle and Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award winner Bruce Davison....

Hunting Lands

Director: Zack Wilcox

Country: United States

RT: 83min

Synopsis: A reclusive veteran witnesses a crime decides to take justice into his own hands....

Block 5 @ 6 PM

#Take Me Anywhere

Director: LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner

Country: United States

RT: 44min

Synopsis: “In mid-2016, LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner embarked on a month-long project to hitchhike the internet, in an artwork commissioned by Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Finnish Institute in London. Each day, the trio posted their coordinates online and waited for a ride. Whoever then appeared could take them anywhere they chose. For the duration of the project, their journey could be tracked in real time at http://take-me-anywhere.net, with their path entirely in the hands of the public.”...

The Women Who Run Hollywood

Director: Julia Kuperberg and Clara Kuperberg

Country: France

RT: 52min

Synopsis: Before 1920 there were more women producers and directors in Hollywood than in the entire history of cinema. Going back over the fascinating careers of these women, from Alice Guy Blaché to Dorothy Arzner, including Lois Weber and Mary Pickford, one discovers with stupefaction a whole gallery of fabulous and passionate pioneers, who between 1910 and 1920 have been of crucial importance in the foundation of Hollywood and the film industry as we know it today. It is them who have directed the first films with a story line, invented color films and even the sound track. And however incredible this might sound today, these pioneers were even better paid than men. And what holds true of all of them? They were women and are forgotten....

Block 6 @ 7 PM

The Kicking Yoda

Director: Alfredo Adan Roses

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: This is the story of Doug Blevins, one of the best kicking football coaches of his time that never kicked a ball in his life....

Becoming Iconic

Director: Neal Thibedeau

Country: United States

RT: 90min

Synopsis: BECOMING ICONIC delineates the perilous journey of first time filmmaker Jonathan Baker, narrated both by Jonathan directly and indirectly by Jodie Foster, Adrian Lyne, John Badham and Taylor Hackford, who share wisdom about first-time filmmaking perils. It’s an eccentric journey starting from a boy’s dream....

Block 7 @ 8:15 PM

Benjamin

Director: Bob Saget

Country: United States

RT: 85min

Synopsis: A family calls in an intervention for Benjamin, their teenage son whom they believe to be hooked on crystal meth. Soon, it becomes clear that those who are confronting Benjamin’s problem also have many problems of their own....

Bedtime Story

Director: Kevin Alejandro

Country: United States

RT: 15min

Synopsis: A cash-strapped literary agent hatches a plan to turn a lousy writer into a bestselling author....

Happy Little Bluebirds

Director: Giovanni Mojica, Sarah Choi

Country: United States

RT: 15min

Synopsis: An elderly couple, struggling with sickness, decide whether they should continue suffering or go out together....

Block 8 @ 9:15 PM

Unexpected Discoveries

Director: James Mabery

Country: United States

RT: 2min

Synopsis: A young fellow finds himself stumbling upon an ordinary flashlight that allows him to explore other places. You never know what is around the corner or what is directly in front of you....

Dr. Mantis: Insect Analyst

Director: Brandon Mikolaski

Country: United States

RT: 3min

Synopsis: Be a fly on the wall in the office of the world’s foremost insect analyst, Dr. P. Mantis. As she helps her patient, Fred, a caterpillar, deal with his identity issues. He doesn’t want to be a butterfly, he’s got a much different idea of what his true destiny should be....

KCLOC

Director: Ninaad Kulkarni

Country: United States

RT: 3min

Synopsis: “Even a broken clock is right twice in a day”, a quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach stood as a strong inspiration for the young filmmaker Ninaad Kulkarni, who spent 8 months exploring and developing a 3 minute animated documentary film called ‘KCLOC’. Ninaad conducted over 60 interviews in New York and Mumbai with individuals from different walks of life to understand their perceptions of time. In this documentary, that features 10 selected interviews, Ninaad gathers these complex ideas to create a unique cinematic experience which leaves the audience questioning their own ideas of time. Time can be haunting, fleeting, limiting or liberating. It is both relative and cruel. Time conditions us, keeps us in motion and is a gauge of our mortality. But, what does time mean to you?...

Paddleball Hole

Director: Keith Cantrell

Country: United States

RT: 3min

Synopsis: Two animated characters discover a portal from their world to Santa Monica Beach, where they cross paths with two real-life beachgoers....

Your Face Global Jam

Director: Ken Mora

Country: United States

RT: 4min

Synopsis: “In 1987, Bill Plympton, now heralded as “”The King of Indie Animation”” was nominated for an Oscar for his debut hand-drawn animated short film “”Your Face.”” For 2017, animators around the world came together for the 30th anniversary of that nomination to ‘Jam’ this historic milestone and celebrate his worldwide influence”...

Fishy

Director: Joseph Sulsenti

Country: United States

RT: 7min

Synopsis: Stranded at sea from a devastating ship wreck, a sailor is saved in more ways than one when accompanied by a drag queen mermaid....

The Wayward Kite

Director: Yuting Hsueh

Country: China

RT: 8min

Synopsis: A little kite breaks its tether, running away in its own odyssey of self-discovery....

Nora

Director: MO DAVOUDIAN FARZAD VARAHRAMYAN

Country: United States

RT: 13min

Synopsis: The last of a secret element was stolen from the old city. A pair of hot-shot pilots are sent to retrieve it but they are forced into becoming the unwilling heroes once the secret of the element is revealed to them....

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