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Block 1 @ 12 PM

Hiatus

Director: Kevin Haefelin

Country: Switzerland

RT: 12min

Synopsis: A philosophy teacher discusses religion in class. In the street he is confronted by his subject in an unexpected way....

Night Dancing

Director: Barney Cokeliss

Country: United States

RT: 6min

Synopsis: Every night, a lonely man sees a beautiful young woman dancing outside his window. He is transfixed by her. Wonders if she’s real. Then things become more complicated…....

I Can Fly

Director: Ruwan Heggelman

Country: United States

RT: 8min

Synopsis: The 22-year-old Lisa is approached on the street by the 23-year-old Sven, after a flirt and a joke, Sven asks Lisa the question: Do you believe that I can fly?...

To Infinity

Director: Julia Kuperberg and Clara Kuperberg

Country: United States

RT: 13min

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....

View

Director: Gabriel Gallindo

Country: Brazil

RT: 15min

Synopsis: Most famous Brazilian Youtuber is kidnapped and forced to continue posting vídeos in captivity asking her fans to donate her ransom via a crowdfunding campaign....

Block 2 @ 3:15 PM

All Aboard the Gravy Train

Director: Andrew Benedict

Country: United States

RT: 10min

Synopsis: Sad sack Kenny goes grocery shopping in the middle of the night to avoid interaction, but his whole life is challenged when he meets someone named Gary, who happens to be a giant, talking can of gravy....

The Aspen Project

Director: Chino Maurice

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: Philosophizing delivery driver Dale transports six addicts to a “rehabilitation center” deep in the woods of Aspen, CO. They arrive at a remote, beautiful house, after a tense and arduous journey. Shocked and delighted, they find that they’re left completely unsupervised. Initially weary of each other’s afflictions, the six quickly become acquainted in a drug and sex fueled night of excess. The next morning Dale returns to collect the group who are awoken to the reality of their choices....

Cupidity

Director: Simon Connolly

Country: UK

RT: 15min

Synopsis: A dark comedy about the destructive nature of avarice. James walks into a bar after closing time and is presented with something he’s never faced before, the perfect opportunity for greed. It’s a split second decision for him and he has to act fast, but when he takes that leap into the unknown he unwittingly sets off a catastrophic chain of events....

The Amazing Ray

Director: Isaac Chehebar

Country: United States

RT: 17min

Synopsis: A local business owner becomes embroiled in a social media shaming controversy....

The Elephone Man

Director: Magarditch Halvadjian

Country: United States

RT: 23min

Synopsis: One day Steve wakes up and realizes he has bonded with his iPhone: he reproduces the calls without picking it up, his voice mimics the callers, he even reads his emails and does his browsing telepathically. The Elephone Man is a hilarious journey asking the frightening question what happens when we become a little too close with our favorite device....

Block 3 @ 3:45 PM

Hollywood’s Greatest Trick

Director: Sohail Al-Jamea & Ali Rizvi

Country: United States

RT: 24min

Synopsis: Visual effects artists are responsible for some of the most iconic moments in movie history. The top 10 highest grossing films of 2016 all contained computer generated imagery. But while Hollywood’s profits grow, visual effects artists struggle for fair pay, representation and recognition beyond the most prestigious award in film — an Oscar....

Keepers of the Magic

Director: Vic Sarin

Country: United States

RT: 78min

Synopsis: Keepers of the Magic celebrates the breathtaking cinematic images that have transfixed audiences around the world. This ground-breaking documentary explores our fascination with moving images and provides insight into how cinema’s most iconic moments came to be. Most of all, it honours the great masters of cinematography, unsung heroes whose vision and talent was always right before our eyes....

Block 4 @ 4:45 PM

THE STROKE

Director: MORGANE POLANSKI

Country: France

RT: 10min

Synopsis: Cleanliness. Routine. Isolation. These are a few of our protagonist’s favorite things. When an unwelcome furry visitor violates the rules of his ritualistic world, things take an unexpected turn…...

Lotus

Director: Blake Ternacz

Country: Australia

RT: 10min

Synopsis: Lotus follows the evolution of a young, aspiring actress who succumbs to the pressures of the film industry. In her quest to become a star, she is forced to face the ideals of perfectionism, fear and self-loathing....

Husk

Director: Emily Seale-Jones

Country: UK

RT: 12min

Synopsis: A Sister tries to pull the shattered pieces of her life back together, after an unimaginable event, that took place a year before to the day, ripped her into a state of paralysis....

TESS

Director: Ji Hyun Kim

Country: United States

RT: 13min

Synopsis: Tess is a young woman who only lives to please Daniel. One day, sudden tragic news shakes Daniel which affects their relationship forever....

Serving Joy

Director: Martin Sharpe

Country: United States

RT: 14min

Synopsis: The table is set, the roast is cooked to perfection, and the soufflés are rising as high as Joy’s blood pressure for the most important dinner party of her life. As the wine begins to flow and facades drop, buried secrets rise closer to the surface and the painful veneer of middle class decorum begins to crack. Keep it together Joy, we’re all watching....

Safe Haven

Director: Martin Stalker

Country: United States

RT: 17min

Synopsis: When a volcanic ash cloud engulfs the city 12 year old Zoran finds himself trapped at home with his elderly neighbour. But this ash cloud is like no other – it carries a virulent contagion which transforms those exposed into feral, black-oozing monstrosities. With the outside world fast descending into chaos and his neighbour beginning to succumb to the virus, Zoran will soon discover that when the ash descends there are no safe havens....

Perplexed Music

Director: Mark McGann

Country: United States

RT: 18min

Synopsis: A man sits alone in a café, locked in a dark world of loss and profound loneliness. The first tentative kiss of two young lovers suddenly seizes his attention and he is fixated. Perplexed Music is the story of a Man who battles for mental stability in a terrifying new world. His search for understanding, and a reason to continue, takes him to the very edge of his own mortality, before the natural process of grief finally reveals the answers he seeks in the universal truths present in everything touched by the cycle of life....

Block 5 @ 5:45 PM

Proper Binge

Director: Michael Burns, Dean Q. Mitchell

Country: United States

RT: 106min

Synopsis: Based on the more somber aspects of life, ‘PROPER BINGE’ is a dark comedy exposing the life of an alcoholic striving for sobriety after a drunken mishap threatens his best friend’s life....

WOKE

Director: Kimberly Aleah

Country: United States

RT: 13min

Synopsis: This short film follows the story of Omega Kappa Epsilon (ΩKE), a newly chartered black fraternity, as it admits its first white member at Wilhelm University in the wake of campus-wide racial tension. What begins as a story seated between the social lines of an interracial brotherhood, takes a dark turn for all of the fraternity’s members as their bond becomes one they never imagined....

Block 6 @ 1:30 PM

My Indiana Muse

Director: Jen Serena, Ric Serena

Country: United States

RT: 44min

Synopsis: Through an unconventional sequence of events, artist Robert Townsend discovers his kodachrome muse and embarks on an ambitious and emotional project that will take more than a decade to complete. ...

IN YOUR FACE – The Neil Zlozower Story

Director: Declan Maynes, Beate Maynes

Country: United States

RT: 92min

Synopsis: Rock music and rock photography are synonymous for the wild antics of their rockstars with one common demeanor: Neil Zlozower, photographer extrordinaire-in-your-face madman. The daily dalliances of “Zloz” as part of the rock ’n’ roll stage show, his work in the studio plus a behind the scenes look at his private life, are well documented and collaborated by friends, family, colleagues and the stars themselves. While his “unique” communication skills may leave a lot to be desired in the real world, the end result of his work can only be described as phenomenal! No other photographer had the access, the attitude and lifestyle to bring a seductive photo perspective through his professional lens. Featuring members of Kiss, Guns n’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Halen, Korn, Rob Zombie, Ratt, Anthrax, Slipknot, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Henry Rollins and many, many more…...

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