Narrative Shorts
BFF Girls
Three dorky American girls magically transform into beautiful Japanese Superheroes and fight a tampon monster as they begin their journey into womanhood. Screened before the narrative feature An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
Screening
Date
Time
7:45 pm
September 30, 2018
Narrative Short
Brian Lonano
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/ 14 min
Janek/Bastard
An exploration of the intricate relationship between a Christian and a Jewish boy in 1942 Poland. Screened before the documentary feature Jewish American Soldiers: Stories from WWII
Screening
Date
Time
2:30 pm
September 30, 2018
Narrative Short
Muriel Naim
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/19 min
EVERY OTHER WEEKEND
"Every Other Weekend" is a day-in-the-life story about the volatile relationship between a strong willed 10 year old girl and her misguided alcoholic mother.
Screening
Date
Time
12:30 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 1
Josh Victor Rothstein
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/18 min
Me (with You)
This short film is an improvisational journey through acquaintance, intimacy, love, commitment and loss. Filmmaker Jim McQuaid and actress Caitlin Wells share creative credit. Stylistically daring to be a love story in which only one partner is seen on camera, and created with a seven- sentence story and just two scripted lines of dialog, the result is an emotional river of moments in a life.
Screening
Date
Time
12:30 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 1
Jim McQaid
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/9 min
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Meanders
Set in different centuries, Meanders is a tale of crooked lovers who despite their adequate conversational skills refrain from communicating their true feelings. While ego and the fear of getting hurt steers their destinies, letters are unsent, words untold and crucial moments lost forever. Unable to learn from the mistakes of previous generations, it might take artificial intelligence to lead them out of the loop.
Screening
Date
Time
12:30 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 1
Tereza Srbova
Directed by:
Narrative Short/United Kingdom/2018/20 min
Queer and Southern God
After being raped, Hank, a trans person, finds himself knocked up and alone. In spite of a lifetime of attempts, Hank can't shake his Christian guilt, and is in a constant wrestling match with his choices.
Screening
Date
Time
12:30 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 1
Melisse Tokic
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/23 min
STUCK
STUCK is a romantic comedy that follows two strangers (Ebony and Dre) who become physically wedged in the act of a one-night stand. Their only path to separation is to be vulnerable and share a secret with one another.
Screening
Date
Time
12:30 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 1
Praheme
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/17 min
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Stages
A breakup and a journey through grief.
Screening
Date
Time
12:30 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 1
Thomas Kim
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/11 min
The Dress You Have On
A surprising find challenges a couple to question the foundation of their relationship.
Screening
Date
Time
12:30 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 1
Courtney Hope Therond
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/14 min
An Act of Terror
The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South.
Screening
Date
Time
2:40 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 2
Ashley Paige Brim
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/16 min
People You May Know
Eleven years after their break up, a woman tracks down her first love through Facebook. But what begins as a friendly meeting turns into something much more sinister.
Screening
Date
Time
2:40 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 2
Louisa Fielden
Directed by:
Narrative Short/United Kingdom/2018/18 min
Quiet Denial
An African-American woman deals with degrading remarks and insults while auditioning to study classical piano with a world-renowned concert pianist.
Screening
Date
Time
2:40 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 2
Zuri Alexander
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/15 min
Riverment
A former Civil Rights activist fears for the safety of her granddaughter who is determined to follow in her footsteps.
Screening
Date
Time
2:40 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 2
Shayla Racquel
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/19 min
Sun Shine
When an African American teenager gets a seemingly depressed white guy to open up, she discovers he's on his way to commit a horrible act.
Screening
Date
Time
2:40 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 2
Walker Hare
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/8 min
Theo's Trade
"Theo's Trade" is a timely drama about a disheartened news reporter who escapes his city's racial-fueled conflicts by performing historical re-enactments at a small-town museum. When an ambitious former colleague tempts him to return to broadcasting, he's compelled to consider the responsibility that binds him and the media to his community.
Screening
Date
Time
2:40 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 2
Albert Lawrence, Stephen Lentini
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/10 min
Work
A young mom questions her choices and identity while raising her daughter on a farm.
Screening
Date
Time
2:40 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 2
Sam Griffith
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/10 min
Entry Point
In an old antique mill, a young woman has a mysterious encounter when she accidentally discovers invaluable objects from someone's dark past.
Screening
Date
Time
4:50 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Rebecca Bagley Cook
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/17 min
Expectant
Expectant tells the story of Joanna, who desperately wants to fill a void in her life with a child. That second chance comes from an unexpected source - the sky.
Screening
Date
Time
4:50 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Benjamin Sliker, Matthew Bumby
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/14 min
Frontier
After two days of camping alone in the woods, a ten-year-old girl's reality begins to blend with her favorite comic book.
Screening
Date
Time
4:50 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Chuck Kleven
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/16 min
Grand Dragon
X-Men obsessed Maria gets her favorite toy stuck on the roof and must confront the sinister, sickly old man who lives upstairs to get it back.
Screening
Date
Time
4:50 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Chris Gervais
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/7 min
Noise Machines
A Brooklyn drummer begins hearing an irritating sound coming from within his bedroom walls and stops at nothing to eradicate it. In following an increasingly destructive path, he is confronted with the dangerous reality of toxic masculinity.
Screening
Date
Time
4:50 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Collin Meath, Benjamin Drew Thompson
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/10 min
Sarah’s Big Day
A misbehaving young girl is sent to bed one night without any dinner, only to awake the next morning and find out she's all alone. Well, almost...
Screening
Date
Time
4:50 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Chris Baker
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/20 min
Somnium
A young woman lives in pursuit of a dream world that may eventually consume her.
Screening
Date
Time
4:50 pm
September 29, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Erika Edwards
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/13 min
I See Something
After realizing they are all alone at home, a brother and sister try to determine if there is something outside the windows watching them. As the night proceeds, they find that fear is enhanced by the imagination.
Screening
Date
Time
9:25 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 4
James Fite
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/15 min
Interitum
A night in the life of Death - personified as a woman -as she helps three strangers cross over into... whatever they believed in. Or didn't.
Screening
Date
Time
9:25 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Devan Allyce
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/23 min
Riley Was Here
Humankind narrowly avoided an apocalyptic event but some of those who survived struggle to move on after their horrific losses.
Screening
Date
Time
9:25 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Jon Rhoads, Mike Marrero
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/15 min
The Blind Eye Looks Within
Two survivors make their way across a desolate landscape with a terrible secret in tow that holds the key to their survival and that of the human race.
Screening
Date
Time
9:25 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 4
J.T.McRoberts
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/19 min
The Replacement
On election night, a janitor feels cheated out of a life he might have lived when his own clone becomes the President. He goes on a bender to seek justice, encountering new forms of prejudice, dismissal, and classism. In a society where the morality around cloning is dividing the masses, physically looking like the newly elected President has its own dangers!
Screening
Date
Time
9:25 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Sean Miller
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/15 min
Writer's Block
A writer in the middle of her creative process, receives a series of anonymous packages with morbidly disturbing content. This mysterious intrusion into her life ignites a war between her anxiety and the work she is struggling to create.
Screening
Date
Time
9:25 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Alex Mendez Giner
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/9 min
Craving
At a seedy motel, Beau hides an unhealthy habit from his girlfriend Lena.
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Lance Johnson
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/11 min
Dr. Mantis
Dr. Mantis is a practicing psychotherapist but a full time praying mantis. Often, she doesn't know where one ends and the other begins. But the truth is, she doesn't really care. Fred is a transitioning caterpillar who bugs her. So much so that, this time, Dr, Mantis made Fred pay in advance.
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Brandon Mikolaski
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/3 min
Earworm
After waking up with a song stuck in his head, a man discovers that it is coming from an unlikely source.
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Anil Dhokai
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/10 min
Men Don't Whisper
After being emasculated at a sales conference, gay couple Reese and Peyton set out to do the most masculine thing they can think of - sleep with some women.
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Jordan Firstman
Directed by:
Special Presentation/US/2018/22 min
Sac de Merde
Based on a true story, "Sac de Merde" tells the tale of Mazel Mankewicz, an unlucky-in-love yet irrationally optimistic New Yorker who thinks her luck has changed when she spends the night with the man of her dreams. As it turns out, he might just be full of shit. Literally.
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Greg Chwerchak
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/13 min
Spoiler Alert
Surrounded by a world of social media and gossip, a young woman has one simple request. No Spoilers!
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Asha Chai-Chang
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/6 min
Street Dykes
Cecil Tanner sets out on a journey....a journey to find the infamous street dykes of Louisiana. He's just a guy lookin for some dykes.
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Haven Nutt
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/8 min
Totally Becky
A Youtuber very pro-Black mother, Rebecca Mason-Happ, gets hooked up on a job by her neighbor, Mr. Cleophus Jenkins. She must follow a set of rules but her Blackness might be a rule changer.
Screening
Date
Time
6:40 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Dre Robinson
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/11 min
Wa-Wa-Watch Dog
Using the given prompts of a Commedia Dell'Arte character (Tartaglia, who stutters), the plot conflict word "meddlesome" and the line of dialogue, "Send me to space when I die," four friends made this single-take scene in twenty minutes as a short film.
Screening
Date
Time
7:00 pm
September 28, 2018
Narrative Shorts Block 5
Luke Norby
Directed by:
Narrative Short/US/2018/3 min
