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Block 1 at 3:30 PM in Theater 3 (Animation)

The Trees of Eden

Director: Dwight Hwang

Country: United States

RT: 15min

Synopsis: When Esarhaddon, a cruel Assyrian King conquers an unsuspecting nation, a mysterious old man appears and transforms the king into the image of the defeated, forcing him to experience the very lives that he has sought to destroy. Based on Tolstoy’s ‘Esarhaddon, King of Assyria...

Return to Sender

Director: Catherine Bailey

Country: United States

RT: 3min

Synopsis: A romantic story about a guy, a girl and the mailbox that brings them together....

Totem

Director: Ariel Jew

Country: United States

RT: 3min

Synopsis: When his grandfather passes, a young Haida boy decides to finish the totem pole that they had started, using the memories that they had together....

Lil Bat

Director: Justin Gorski

Country: United States

RT: 4min

Synopsis: In desolate cave, a lone bat plays with his teddy bear under the watchful supervision of his cardboard parents....

Dear Dad

Director: Carlos Hurtado

Country: United States

RT: 6min

Synopsis: The story of a person trying to survive cancer and realizing the most important thing is…...

VICTOR & ISOLINA

Director: WILLIAM D. CABALLERO

Country: United States

RT: 6min

Synopsis: In the Unique style of Hybrid animation…Living apart, Victor and Isolina (now in their 80’s) answer questions about their life-long, complex and arduous relationship, posed from behind the lens of their documentary filmmaking Grandson. An adorable, touching, poignant love story in a funny he said/she said account....

I AM DYSLEXIC

Director: Mads Johan Øgaard, Katie Noel Wyman

Country: United States

RT: 7min

Synopsis: The animated short film, I AM DYSLEXIC, expresses what it feels like to have a learning difference in our current school system. Those with learning differences should be proud of who they are and should never be made to feel alone. The film uses strong metaphors to portray these emotions, as we follow a little boy in his journey to climb a mountain in a world made of books....

Trouble Brewing

Director: Timothy Heath

Country: United States

RT: 8min

Synopsis: Eager to see the world, a rambunctious baby goat falls into the hands of a reclusive troll where he must learn that there are consequences for his actions or else he will pay the ultimate price....

The Killer Buzz

Director: Barry Jackson

Country: United States

RT: 8min

Synopsis: The flies compete for the love of a ladybug until things reach cataclysmic proportions....

A Boy and His Beast

Director: Calley Macdonald

Country: United States

RT: 9min

Synopsis: A young boy must stop a creature that is terrorizing the countryside in 18th century France. But is it possible that he may be to blame for the beast?...

Fox And The Whale

Director: Robin Joseph

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: The tale of a curious fox who goes in search of an elusive whale. a journey of pursuit, longing and discovery....

Crack’d

Director: Sebastian Brown

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: CG3d Animated Short film is about MeeGGo, who live in a village of eggs on a distant planet; they do nothing but lay around, never trying to discover what exists outside of their shells: the moral to never give up to become who you are and want to be....

Block 2 at 5:15 PM in Theater 4

Legendary Ad

Director: Leonardo Corbucci (DGA)

Country: United States

RT: 96min

Synopsis: What do ‘Star Wars’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘Back to the Future’, ‘Batman’, ‘Goonies’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Pirate of the Caribbean’, ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’ all have in common? LEGENDARY ADs...

Block 3 at 6:00 PM in Theater 3

What Fresh Hell

Director: Can Turedi

Country: United States

RT: 11min

Synopsis: A teenage girl is stuck in a psychological war with her mother in an isolated beach town....

Come Ride With Me

Director: Jacob Langsner

Country: United States

RT: 13min

Synopsis: Come Ride With Me is a student film created at the National High School Institute in Evanston, IL. Based off of the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, it tells the story of 15 year old Connie, who is eager to see the world until unexpectedly hit head-on by its harsh reality....

Johnefe, 17

Country: United States

RT: 14min

Synopsis: An off duty soldier travels with a teenager from the slums of Bogota to work at a ranch and has to decide whether to carry out the orders he was given....

Up The River

Director: Alejandra Castro

Country: United States

RT: 14min

Synopsis: Following a year of estrangement, Anna visits her older sister in prison to reveal the actual reason for her sentence which will change their relationship forever....

Mirage

Director: Harley Chamandy

Country: Canada

RT: 15min

Synopsis: Following the death of his mother, a son must help his father close the book on a unresolved issue....

Alouette

Director: Shai Itzhar

Country: Israel

RT: 22min

Synopsis: A patient in a psychiatric hospital falls in love with a bird and tries to convince his therapist that she’s the one. The arrival the of bird changes everything....

OSCAR

Director: Julius Telmer

Country: United States

RT: 29min

Synopsis: An unhinged teenager maneuvering the threshold of manhood escalates a territorial fight with his mother’s violent boyfriend when he learns of their pregnancy....

Block 4 at 7:45 PM in Theater 4

No Stranger Pilgrims

Director: Andres Rovira

Country: United States

RT: 27min

Synopsis: In the remote desert commune of Slab City, a reunited father and son struggle to heal old wounds and unmask the secrets of the universe(s)....

Delinquent

Director: Kieran Valla

Country: United States

RT: 97min

Synopsis: Delinquent is the thrilling and dramatic exploration of a teenager’s struggle to manage the fall-out of a robbery gone wrong....

Block 5 at 8:30 PM in Theater 3

Before The Fall

Director: Kamelya Alexan

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: In the midst of the American Civil War, a young boy named Thomas, determined to cure his dying mother, wanders into the woods motivated by a mythical story he was once told. It’s here that Thomas must decide the ultimate price he’s willing to pay for the life of someone he loves....

Open Concept

Director: Benjamin Sagaser

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: When newlyweds Mary and Todd discover something out of the ordinary in the back of their trunk while on the way to their honeymoon, they quickly learn that marriage is going to be anything, but a bed of roses....

The Muse Will Find You Working

Director: Wade Koch

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: A fiction writer unravels while a hole in her wall grows....

Wannabe

Director: Matthew Manson

Country: United States

RT: 16min

Synopsis: In 1991 – during a time of enormous racial strife – Daniel, a neurotic Jewish boy and Emefa, a brash Caribbean girl, become the unlikeliest of friends. When Daniel tries to take their relationship to the next level, Emefa is forced to choose between what’s right for her, and what her community demands....

Show Business

Director: Clark Duke

Country: United States

RT: 21min

Synopsis: A glimpse into the life of a somewhat successful actor and his friends and family....

Six Matches

Director: Denis Agarkov

Country: United States

RT: 22min

Synopsis: Seasoned police inspector investigates the circumstances of a neurologist’s comatose state, resulting from a series of illegitimate experiments involving a neutrino generator....

Model Citizen

Director: Matt Berman

Country: United States

RT: 26min

Synopsis: As Angie Everhart’s modeling career implodes, she decides to leave Los Angeles and go home to support her father running for reelection as Mayor. When health reasons cause him to drop out, she ponders whether to run in his place....

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Block 1 at 3:30 PM in Theater 3 (Animation)

Block 2 at 5:15 PM in Theater 4

Block 3 at 6:00 PM in Theater 3

Block 4 at 7:45 PM in Theater 4

Block 5 at 8:30 PM in Theater 3

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