Award Winners
A New Beginning
When a photographer begins to lose his ability to see, he must cope with his growing disability while taking one final trip to photograph the most beautiful vistas in the world. When the dust settles and his travels are over, an unexpected memory from his travels gives him the strength to move on.
Directed by:
Erik Lauer
Student Short/US/2018/10 min
Screening
Student Shorts Block
Date
September 30, 2018
Time
12:30 pm
Blessed Days
Adele, an 85 years old lady, confronts very hardly the loss of her husband, after 63 years of shared life. An unexpected dream, will bring Adele to relive the last moments of their life together, at the museum. She will be able to overcome the pain.
Directed by:
Valentina Casadei
Student Short/France/2018/13 min
Screening
Student Shorts Block
Date
September 30, 2018
Time
12:30 pm
Edge of Apollo
Alex is a young boy who has an obsession with space. After watching the launch of Apollo 11 launch he dreams that he too can someday go to space. Growing up in mid-western America in the 60s, Alex has been raised Catholic and taught to believe in God and heaven. He is learning, growing, and trying to understand, and has questions about where space goes and where heaven is. These questions become even more complicated when Alex overhears his mother, Paula, talking about an illness that has been previously hidden from Alex. Due to her developing illness, Paula's own faith has begun to waiver, and she struggles to hide her deteriorating health from her son as well as answer his questions that she doesn't know how to answer for herself. As the story unfolds Alex becomes increasingly disorientated between the reality of what is happening and his dreams, blurring his sense of hope and bewilderment of the possibilities of space exploration.
Directed by:
Marcus Hann, Jenna Andres
Student Short/Canada/2018/11 min
Screening
Student Shorts Block
Date
September 30, 2018
Time
12:30 pm
Splash!
Toy fisherman Skip and his faithful pup Pip sail for adventure on the high seas of their bathtub, but fun turns to fright when they discover just what is lurking below them in the soapy water.
Directed by:
Gavin Lankford
Student Short/US/2018/5 min
Screening
Student Shorts Block
Date
September 30, 2018
Time
12:30 pm