A CHANGE IN MY CITY
DIRECTED BY CARLOS HERNANDEZ
SHORT SHORT | 2 MIN | USA
After the overwhelming frustration that has gone through my mind facing difficulties in the city I call home, I decided to explore the feelings and explain these emotions. With a camera in one hand and a pen in the other I created this to convey the sentiments of regret and regret that I’ve felt as we’ve watched these changes without doing anything. This isn’t only an issue that affects my city, but rather one that is felt throughout the world as new developments occur. As communities it is our job to help our neighbors and it is now our time to act!
A DAY IN THE LIFE
DIRECTED BY JOY LEVY
QWIK QLIPS | 1 MIN | USA
A mini summer adventure!
A JOURNEY TO FROM LOVE
DIRECTED BY ABDULLAH AL-MULLA
INTERNATIONAL SHORT | 15 MIN | DRAMA, SPIRITUAL | DOHA
A journey into the mind of someone suffering from loss. Not knowing what to do when Hajir leaves him, Ashiq keeps all his feelings inside, allowing the pain to fester within his mind, body, and soul. He goes through the five stages of grief – denial, anger, depression, bargaining and, finally, acceptance. At each stage, he delves deeper into his soul, until finally, within his heart of hearts, he finally sees reality as it truly is. His pain will be no more and he will be free, able to love again.
A THOUSAND WORDS
DIRECTED BY MARA BUSH
JERSEY SHORT | 14 MIN | USA
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Christine, forced to live in a new and unwelcome reality, hopes a special set of polaroids will provide her with a tangible keepsake. As she looks back on the little moments captured in the photos, she doesn’t quite find what she’s looking for but instead finds just what she needs.
AGAINST THE GRAIN
DIRECTED BY SAMANTHA ARTESE
JERSEY SHORT | 6 MIN | DRAMA, INSPIRATION | USA
Lily finds herself at a crossroads in life while in pursuit of her dream.
AIN’T TOO MUCH TO ASK
DIRECTED BY JAS BOOTHE
MUSIC VIDEO | 4 MIN | USA
1 homeless veteran is 1 too many; prevention is the key. After returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, we then have to fight the war at home. For some veterans, American soil is the most hostile territory they have experienced. Homelessness was a mission they were never trained for.
ALL ABOARD THE GRAVY TRAIN
DIRECTED BY ANDREW BENEDICT
SHORT | 10 MIN | COMEDY, HORROR, MYSTERY | USA
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.
ALL ABOUT RITA
DIRECTED BY GUY CHACHKAS
JERSEY SHORT SHORT | 4 MIN | DETECTIVE, DRAMA | USA
A worried husband goes to a private investigator to discover if his wife is cheating on him. The answers he gets lead to a decision that will affect the lives of all involved. Be careful what you wish for!
ART OF OBSESSION
DIRECTED BY RYAN M. ANDREWS
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE | 124 MIN | DRAMA, HORROR, THRILLER | CANADA
After losing his family in a car accident and seeing his latest work bomb, famous novelist, Kennedy Sait, becomes a recluse and turns to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain he feels. Struggling to make it through day to day, Kennedy’s life is turned around after meeting his neighbor’s new wife, Patricia. Infatuated with her, she becomes his “muse” and she not only inspires him to create again, but she also inspires him to live again. But his infatuation with her, becomes a dangerous obsession. And so he doesn’t lose Patricia, he kidnaps her and keeps her prisoner in his attic. Police comb the neighborhood, hoping to find a trace of the missing woman, never knowing that she is right under their noses the whole time. Patricia tries keeping a level head and is always looking for a way to escape, though she fears she may never break free of her capture as Kennedy’s grasp on reality continues on a frightening downward spiral.
ARTIFICIAL WORLD
DIRECTED BY BAS JANSEN
INTERNATIONAL SHORT SHORT | 4 MIN | 3D ANIMATION, SCI-FI, VIRTUAL REALITY | UK
In a world in which humans destroyed the planet and thereby killing almost all living organisms, the humans that are still left, decide to create an Artificial Intelligence computer to restore the balance on earth. The purpose of the computer is to create a new world. The computer gets more power and is acting like a creator. Do we want this? Is there still a place for humans? And do we trust the judgment of a machine? With my film, I want to make my audience aware of which way the world is going. Thereby comparing Science and religion, and Inquire if there is still a place for humans on this new world.
ASBURIED IN TIME: A GREETING THROUGH ASBURY PARK’S UNIQUE HISTORY
DIRECTED BY BRIDGET MACHETE
FEATURE | 90 MIN | DOCUMENTARY | USA
The film has been in production for a few years creating local interest in it. Our story features the history and how Asbury Park is now “a tale of two cities” in one- the east side is the cash cow completely revitalized while parts of the west side need help that aren’t given focus. It features a local family of 2nd and 4th generation Italian Americans who immigrated to Asbury Park struggling with rising prices, rent prices on their family business, school district issues and overall safeness of raising a family in the affordable areas while still trying to keep strong roots in Asbury Park, the place where their family has called home since the 1800s. As we follow this family, we learn more how although the city is in the best shape it’s been, many have been pushed out due to eminent domain, prices and the city fixating on only one part of the city and how this affects a local family and business owners.
This film is screening during our Gala Opening Night
BAE
DIRECTED BY RYAN CERVASIO
SHORT SHORT | 2 MIN | COMEDY | USA
Enjoying a quiet night with bae
BIG BOOOM
DIRECTED BY MARAT NARIMANOV
INTERNATIONAL SHORT SHORT | 4 MIN | ACTION, ANIMATION, HISTORICAL | RUSSIA
The history of humanity and of our planet in four minutes. An eco-friendly statement developed in a single shot that has it all: humor, action and tragedy.
BLACKED OUT
DIRECTED BY HIGHLAND PARK AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY PROJECT
JERSEY SHORT | 27 MIN | DOCUMENTARY, HISTORY | USA
In the diverse and progressive small town of Highland Park, NJ, a disturbing piece of art is found in a primary school, and a group of student filmmakers try to solve the mystery of who created it and why it was allowed to be publicly displayed for almost forty years.
BRAD
DIRECTED BY STEPHEN HUNT
DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 8 MIN | USA
In this documentary short, Detroit based IBEW Electrician, Labor organizer and Artist, Brad Ballard gives a tour of his warehouse and studio where the art collective, Apetechnology produces electromechanical works of art. Ballard offers his perspective on the significance of the labor movement and examines the challenges facing the city of Detroit. in “Brad” the filmmaker attempts to capture the passion and spirit of this extraordinary man.
BRADLEY BEACH: THE GOOD OLE DAYS
DIRECTED BY STEVIE DOUECK
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | 70 MIN | USA
This wildly entertaining documentary by filmmaker Stevie Doueck, takes us for a ride down memory lane with a group of summer vacationers along the Jersey Shore in the quaint town of Bradley Beach New Jersey during the 40’s, 50’s & 60’s.
Having settled during the summer months from the thirties through the seventies, this group managed to stay life-long friends for over a sixty-year period. Their friendship has stood the test of time, as they share in this documentary all those happy-go-lucky moments together, triggered by the simple acts they shared as a group. The ultimate question asked is: could those wonderful fun years be re-captured, and could their children, and grandchildren continue the tradition they experienced?
BROKEN LULLABY
DIRECTED BY BILL MCGARVEY
JERSEY SHORT SHORT | 3 MIN | ANIMATION | USA
A musical note’s journey to find harmony.
BRUBER
DIRECTED BY VINCENT & EVE BRUE
JERSEY SHORT | 28 MIN | COMEDY, DRAMA | USA
After receiving a bittersweet memento in the mail, Uber Driver / Musician Vincent Brue attempts to keep his rock and roll dreams alive by booking a gig at a local bar and trying to convert his passengers into fans. Is rock stardom right around the corner, or is that just another dead end?
BURN THIS HOUSE DOWN
DIRECTED BY JEREMY PARSONS AND THREE HAT MEDIA
MUSIC VIDEO | 4 MIN | COUNTRY, INDIE, ROCK | USA
Music video from Nashville based singer-songwriter.
CHAOS (A FISH TALE)
DIRECTED BY ALITA SERRA
INTERNATIONAL SHORT SHORT | 3 MIN | ANIMATION | UK
When something shakes you up badly, all of your ideas, feelings, perceptions… all of the certainties you once stood for suddenly become mixed in a tide of randomness.
CHIP MCDOUGAL: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
DIRECTED BY VINCE ARRIGO
JERSEY SHORT | 12 MIN | ACTION, COMEDY, FAMILY | USA
Chip McDougal is the leader and sole member of the Neighborhood Watch. He’s here to keep the neighborhood safe, happy and secure.. Even if no one wants him to.
CLICK
DIRECTED BY R.G. RADER
JERSEY SHORT | 7 MIN | DRAMA | USA
A war widow realizes that sometimes the smallest sound has the biggest impact
COCKADOODLE DO OR COCKADOODLE DON’T
DIRECTED BY ARIEL LEFKOWITZ
SHORT ANIMATION | 3 MIN | COMEDY, FANTASY, ROMANCE | CANADA
A romantic comedy about a woman that knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to get it. She loves her men, but she loves food more.
COUNT YOUR CURSES
DIRECTED BY LORÈNE YAVO
ANIMATION SHORT | 9 MIN | FANTASY, HORROR, HUMOR | BELGIUM
In a town where supernatural beings are part of everyday life, two roommates face a recurring problem: their house spirit was devoured by an unknown creature overnight. They go on their way to find a replacement spirit and a solution to their pest problem.
DEATH OF AN UMBRELLA SALESMAN
DIRECTED BY STEVE HEROLD
JERSEY SHORT |15 MIN | COMEDY, DRAMA | USA
Stanley Grimp, a door-to-door umbrella salesman, struggles trying to make his first sale, avoid his ex-wife and reconcile with how his life turned out this way.
DÉJÀ VU
DIRECTED BY BABYLON GATE FILMS
MUSIC VIDEO | 6 MIN | DUBAI
A story between two lovers and how they met for the first time
DISTANCE
DIRECTED BY CRAIG NISPEROS
SHORT | 12 MIN | DRAMA | USA
A modern-day immigration story that focuses on a man’s struggle with being away from his family and his home.
DIVIDED
DIRECTED BY LANCE J. REHA
SHORT | 11 MIN | DRAMA | USA
A son attempts to reunite with his estranged father.
DOVERE FOR CAMDEN
DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CLAYTON
JERSEY SHORT | 26 MIN| DOCUMENTARY | USA
Dovere is an Italian word for responsibility, respect. Joe Papryzcki and Pepe Piperno felt a responsibility to deliver the respect that their beloved, broken city – Camden, New Jersey – deserved. Once a thriving city, Camden fell on hard times in the 1960s and 1970s. Drugs, crime, and corrupt politicians brought the city to its knees. Joe, Pepe, and a small group of folks came together to breathe life into Camden by investing their creativity, hearts, souls, and treasure to turn what used to be Joe’s grandfather’s abandoned bar into a professional theatre.
DRAW
DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN CORDES
JERSEY SHORT SHORT |2 MIN | ANIMATION, COMEDY, WESTERN | USA
Draw is an animated comedy about two infamous gunslingers who meet in the middle of the desert for a showdown that takes a rather annoying yet comical twist.
ENDER & VALENTINE “WIRES”
DIRECTED BY DAVID LOWRY
MUSIC VIDEO | 4 MIN | USA
Music video for the Ender & Valentine song ‘Wires’
EPIC JUMP (FEAT. COOLEST MOM)
DIRECTED BY JOY LEVY
QWIK QLIP | 1 MIN | USA
Falling out of the sky with my mother and my GoPro.
EVOL
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL PERRONE
FEATURE | 87 MIN | DRAMA, ROMANCE | USA
Evol is a reflection of a feeling, we have all felt; The moment love strikes you by surprise, and cripples you for the rest of eternity with its overwhelming and controlling emotional impedances.
That nostalgic feeling men and women of all ages know, but told through the eyes of a somewhat, angsty, prophetic 17 year old boy from Montauk New York. Through his struggles in his journey we see the brutalities of life and the realities of love, and become understanding of the constant struggle that connects all humans; The gift and the curse – love.
EXULANSIS
DIRECTED BY MELANIE WELDON AND ADRIENNE JOHNSON
ANIMATION SHORT | 2 MIN | EXPERIMENTAL, STUDENT | USA
Exulansis is a visual representation providing insight into the experience and symptoms of anxiety and borderline personality disorders. For those with these experiences, it can be difficult to translate the abstract and nuanced feelings into something relatable to others.
F.A.M.
DIRECTED BY KYLE ROMANEK
PRIME TIME PILOT | 30 MIN | COMEDY, DRAMA | USA
Inspired by a true story, F.A.M. is a half-hour drama about a black blended family trying to live a normal life in the all-white suburb of Roswell, GA. The story covers the life of Trey, who is trying to balance his relationship with three women: Traci – his ex and the mother of his child, Dara – his new wife, and Olivia – his 15-year-old daughter.
FEAR
DIRECTED BY LU PULICI & JOSEP PIRIS
MUSIC VIDEO | 5 MIN | ANIMATION | ITALY
Music Video of the song FEAR by Jorge da Rocha.
Choreography by Zero en Conducta Teatre del Moviment
Directed by Lu Pulici & Josep Piris
Produced by 22S Productions
FOREIGN
DIRECTED BY TIMOTHY ROSS
JERSEY SHORT SHORT | 4 MIN | ACTION, CRIME | SWITZERLAND
In a society that mistrusts foreigners, a Swiss lawyer with Arabic roots becomes a victim of prejudice due to his Middle-Eastern origins.
FREE ME
DIRECTED BY PETER NCANYWA, MATTHEW SALAMONE
MUSIC VIDEO | 5 MIN | POP | USA
“Free Me” is the official music video for the song by Peter Ngqibs. The video depicts how he has transformed and continues to as he moves through various stages in life seeking personal freedom.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE
DIRECTED BY PHILIP CURCURU, JIM CERIBELLO, LOU DINATALE
MUSIC VIDEO | 7 MIN | USA
Photo books, like so many other things today, seem to be disappearing, replaced by digital images viewed on tiny screens. But there’s a unique magic to turning heavy pages filled with memories from the past. Imagine, if you would, a vehicle to physically travel back in time to those captured moments. In Friends For Life, the music video, we do just that.
GIRL AT RISK
DIRECTED BY RAAYA VARDI
NARRATIVE SHORT | 22 MIN | ISRAEL
19 year old Shira is doing her National Service at a high school. Annoyed that she has been given no serious responsibilities, she attempts to help a 14 year old student in crisis, and is forced to pay a price for her naivety.
GREEN SHOES
DIRECTED BY JUSTIN GIEGERICH
JERSEY SHORT | 20 MIN | DRAMA | USA
In 1960’s suburbia, a 14-year-old girl befriends a 47-year-old man to cope with the knowledge of her father’s affairs. The man, a WW2 veteran, has developed an obsession with innocence after experiencing the horrors of the war. After being coerced into making the relationship sexual, the girl mistakes her feelings for love, and becomes obsessed with the man– who is no longer interested.
GUN
DIRECTED BY EDWARD WILLIAM WASSER
SHORTS | 30 MIN | ACTION, THRILLER | USA
Unless people learn to accept one another for who they are, we’ll always be caught up in a never-ending cycle of hate.
HEARTLESS ANGLER
DIRECTED BY TAKAYUKI OGAWA
INTERNATIONAL SHORT | 12 MIN | COMEDY, DRAMA | JAPAN
A man pretends to go to the office but instead, goes to the river to go fishing. Little does he know that this small lie will end in a fatal disaster.
HERO INSIDE
DIRECTED BY ART VARGA
MUSIC VIDEO | 4 MIN |USA
This film is dedicated to all the children like Brian who fight debilitating illness everyday, and do so with an indomitable spirit that embodies what it means to be a “hero”.
HOME MADE
DIRECTED BY SHIRA MEISHAR
NARRATIVE SHORT | 13 MIN | ISRAEL
Just as Helena is about to end another dreary day in the restaurant where she works, and return home to celebrate her fiftieth birthday with her husband, a stranger enters and orders a meal… Something about him rekindles Helena’s desire for human warmth and connection.
HONEY DEAR
DIRECTED BY CHANTELLE WARDA-CATALAN
MUSIC VIDEO | 4 MIN | AUSTRALIA
Honey Dear, when I broke your heart – you know that I broke mine too.
HORIZON
DIRECTED BY THEODORE K. NIVISON JR.
SHORTS | 10 MIN | DRAMA, SCI-FI | USA
A CEO of a massive technology company has to investigate and resolve malfunctions with his android creations. If he fails, he could jeopardize his company’s deal with the US government and his dreams of success.
HULA GIRL
DIRECTED BY RIESS HILL
SHORT | 10 MIN | DOCUMENTARY | USA
Hoops have been used for play since 500 BCE. Originally made out of rattan, grapevines and stiff grasses, they were clearly present as a form of entertainment but in the late 1950’s when a newly minted American mother of four saw a bamboo hoop being used by friends in her native country of Australia, a fad was born.
Unfortunately, naiveté thwarted credit and monetary compensation and so what we know about the Hula Hoop, the true origin of its name and discovery was forever altered. Hula Girl is the true story of the “Aussie” “Australian friend” that brought the hoop and name to Wham-O in 1958. “”Friend” is hardly accurate and a 94-year old named Joan Anderson is finally able to set the record straight.
I CAN’T… I HAVE REHEARSAL
DIRECTED BY MADDIE ORTON
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | 60 MIN | USA
For a select few, the high school musical is sacred. Every year those students come together for the Tonys of New Jersey high school musical theatre: The Rising Star Awards. But first, they have to get their shows off the ground. This is the story of six very different high schools from across New Jersey as they rehearse, perform and compete with the very same supercalifragilistic show.
I HEART YOGA
DIRECTED BY MATHIEU ABRIC
JERSEY SHORT | 7 MIN | COMEDY | USA
A documentary team follows a yoga instructor to inform the public of the class routine. Unfortunately, the team arrives at the end of the class and the teacher is trying her best to keep calm.
Imagine
Directed by Peter Meng
Short | 5 min | Fantasy | USA
Inspired by John Lennon’s Imagine, this film evokes a vision and hope for a world without strife, war and conflict. All things Central Park are used in this visual narrative, including help from an Angel.
In The Field
Directed by Tesia Walker
Short | 14 min | Drama | USA
In The Field follows an ambitious local reporter, John Landon, who witnesses a police-related shooting of a black girl outside a toy store on Christmas Eve. John is tasked with interviewing the girl’s family to get the scoop that will bring him national fame. However, he finds that getting the exclusive involves more than just being there first.
In the Trees
Directed by Will Nordstrom
Short | 8 min | Horror, Thriller | USA
Teenagers on a school field trip become lost in the woods and strange things start to happen.
On a school field trip to study trees, Mike and Scott wander off from the group and become lost in the woods. As they hike into the deep forest, they take photographs of different species of trees, and the images begin to make a dark impression. A stranger is watching them. IN THE TREES blurs the lines between paranoia and reality.
Jerusalem Voices
Directed by Marc Kornblatt
International Documentary Short | 28 min |Israel
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the June 1967 Six Day War, this documentary features Jewish and Arab Israelis, Palestinian Muslims, Armenian and Palestinian Christians, religious and secular, offering their impressions of living and working the City of Peace, and conflict.
Just Words
Directed by Ilia Antonenko
International Short | 24 min | Drama, Thriller | Russia
A quiet domesticated policeman and his happy-go-lucky colleague are investigating a routine suicide. An unidentified girl jumped off a roof. Having found a cellphone among her possessions the main character realizes that the victim is his younger sister. Policemen find out that the cause of the suicide is a row with her boyfriend. They break the law and their own moral principles in order to avenge her death. Suddenly, sister’s cellphone rings and the policeman hears a familiar voice…
KACHREWALA: Five Cents Each
Directed by Daniel Guillaro
Short | 7 min | Drama | USA
A successful Indian business man falls on hard times, and learns the skill of picking up recyclable cans and bottles in contemporary Manhattan. Amongst the backdrop of this NYC’s subculture he ponders his place in the city, and the world.
Kitchen Sink Classic
Directed by Lauren Shein
Short Short | 3 min | Comedy | USA
Trying to get a man’s attention can sometimes prove difficult however a smart woman knows the most effective way. He wants one thing… She wants another… Who has the sharpest tool?
Lil Detectives
Directed by Chad Repko
Short | 7 min | Comedy | USA
2 child detectives must solve a murder…
Lost and Found
Directed by Robert Acocella
Short | 10 min | Drama | USA
A man at the end of his rope finds hope in an unlikely savior.
Made a Movie, Lived to Tell
Directed by Keith Reamer and William Murray
Jersey Documentary | 45 min | Sci-Fi | USA
MADE A MOVIE, LIVED TO TELL is a documentary about the making of a quirky, obscure, definitively DIY shot-in-south-New Jersey science fiction/detective film called HELLFIRE, aka PRIMAL SCREAM. Filming began in 1983. The crew was young, magnificently inexperienced, hopeful. And the film’s script – a futuristic film noir about a tough, dissolute private detective’s mission to wrestle a dangerous, mined-in-space energy source out of the wrong hands was highly ambitious. And there was no money, of course. The stop and start production took over two years and was punished with an endless series of troubles; some wrenchingly serious, some seriously comic. It took a toll on all who were involved, there were fights, recriminations – but it also resulted in lifelong bonds among those involved. MADE A MOVIE, LIVED TO TELL is as much about the emotional residue of PRIMAL SCREAM’s making as it is about its actual production; a heartfelt story of people wrestling with the lingering, bittersweet afterlife of a long completed, yet highly imperfect, creative journey. The story is told through intimate interviews with the director, producer, DP, cast and other crew members, along with archival stills, video, and scenes excerpted from PRIMAL SCREAM.
Mannequin
Directed by Jiyan Erincik
Short Short | 2 min | Comedy, Mystery | Turkey
A good looking young man runs around in his neighborhood. He comes across a beautiful woman, but he shows no interest other than a fake smile. After running a while, he stops to drink some water. Then, he sees a man making love with a mannequin. The man with a mannequin notices him, and the young man leaves the place. He goes to his apartment to take a shower while a mannequin lies in his bed.
Martini Bombini O’Feeney Moonay
Directed by Gerry Mooney
Short Animation | 6 min | Comedy, Family | USA
A hand drawn animation about an eight-year-old boy who builds his own hydrogen powered racecar to enter in the Big Race. When they find out he’s only eight, they don’t want to let him enter. He doesn’t like that and decides to enter anyway!
Matched
Directed by Brian Enciso
Jersey Short | 19 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | USA
Jacob Hill, a man who was recently dumped by his girlfriend, receives a strange envelope telling him that Allie Benson, a woman he has never met, is his mathematical soul mate. This was the work of the mysterious hacker group E-ROS, who steals peoples’ sensitive (yet public) information online and plays matchmaker to determine who their perfect matches are.
Mate
Directed by Tom Connolly
Short | 8 min | Comedy | UK
Two nihilistic colleagues hatch a plan in a cafe, paying no attention to the stranger at their table. Their good natured victim is left with a simple choice to make, upon which his future rests.
Mission to Mars
Directed by George Andrew Pasles
Music Video | 4 min | Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi | USA
In 1969, NASA shelved the long-planned manned exploration of Mars in favor of the less expensive Space Shuttle program. But what if preparations had been made for a Mars expedition, just before the sinking economy of the 1970s doomed its extravagant goals? What if one astronaut’s childhood dream is crushed, but not quite killed? ‘Mission to Mars’ shows the ill-fated 1977 journey that might have happened.
Moments
Directed by Maria Filippone
Short | 14 min | Drama | USA
An ill, sheltered young woman grasps at her last chance at happiness and connection. When she finds it, she’s forced to grapple with which is more painful. Her illness or her love.
Morning Monsters
Directed by William Wilusz
Short Short | 2 min | Comedy | USA
A husband and wife hide from the monsters that stalk them in the morning.
Mumpsimus & Halcyon Discord
Directed by Rolf Klein
International Short Short | 3 min | Drama | UK
If you are a young person experiencing mental ill health and homelessness, life is far from a walk in the park.
This film explores the connections between mental health and homelessness, challenging common misrepresentations in the media. Using the medium of the spoken word, the film questions whether we can ever view issues such as these in an objective way.
Rolf Klein has experienced mental health issues and homelessness. He wants to use film to challenge our understanding of both. This is Rolf’s first solo film project.
My Best Pic Is
Directed by Teddy Stern
Jersey Short | 5 min | Comedy | USA
After signing up for a dating app, a woman tests her sanity trying to take the perfect selfie.
My Dad and Bob Todd
Directed by Mark Clauburg
Jersey Short | 13 min | Comedy | USA
Rebecca is supposed to meet her father for a quiet dinner to catch up, but things take a turn when he brings a guest.
My Fear
Directed by Manfred Lopez Grem
International Documentary Short Short | 4 min | Drama | Mexico
Born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, a rare condition that severely limits his movement, 15-year-old actor Diego Dávalos Amezcua plays himself in this heart-touching, mind-lifting short work, and shows us his world in his native city of Uruapan, Mexico.
Neither peace nor quietness
Directed by Michał Dawidowicz and Zbigniew Bodzek
Music Video | 5 min | Expressionism, Sci-Fi | Poland
The rich man suffers a road accident. Instantly, like a present Job, he loses his fortune, family and health. During the state of clinical death, his soul fights for the deliverance from suffering, for understanding. The film is an attempt to show the conflict between the soul and the human body, the clashing forces: the will of the human in opposite to the divine will. To surrender to fate is it the highest skill or fatalistic passivity? The film’s inspiration is the motif of Job’s experience of God, Alawite beliefs and Fazil Say’s music “Alevi Dedeler rakı masasında” performed by LutosAir Quintet from National Forum of Music in Wroclaw.
NightBirds
Directed by Jonas Kalmbach
International Short | 6 min | Germany
Victoria Woodhull arrives in New York in 1868. She visits a brothel to collect useful information from the spying prostitutes in exchange for her self-made snake oil medicine. At the same time three of the most influential men in town are customers incognito. The rigid politician Anthony Comstock, the straying priest Henry Ward Beecher and the multi-billionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt want their visit to stay a secret.
NOT AMUSED
Directed by William Murray
Music Video | 4 min | USA
Singer/songwriter David Arn’s lament about the unfair imbalance and irony of life in today’s America. The cruelty and indifference is pervasive, however, we soldier on…
Notification
Directed by Joe DeVito III
Short | 7 min | Comedy | USA
Social media comes to life in this campy short comedy as an unwelcoming woman tries to go about her day.
Ocean City Surfing
Directed by Shawn Brennan
Jersey Short | 3 min | USA
This short showcases surfers enjoying their hometown break during sunrise. It was filmed entirely in Ocean City, New Jersey and represents a true adventure along the Jersey Shore.
Oh, fasho.
Directed by Caitlin Pitt
Music Video | 4 min | USA
Woman fantasizes about a guy she met outside of a laundromat while doing her laundry.
One Small Step
Directed by Bobby Pontillas
Short | 8 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | USA
Luna, a young Chinese American girl, dreams of becoming an astronaut. Supported by her humble father, Luna endeavors to make her dreams come true.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Directed by Chris McDaniel
Feature | 83 min | Documentary | USA
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack celebrates the undeniable connection between music and film, and features some of the biggest names in movies and music, Kevin Bacon, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Cryer, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Corey Feldman and more.
Our Way to Fall
Directed by Zoey Peck
Short Short | 5 min | USA
A young girl on the playground is unsatisfied with her life until she encounters a girl who changes her perspective.
Outnumbered in Africa
Directed by Clare Fieseler and Gabby Salazar
Short | 11 min | Enviromental | Africa
Most people know the story of Zimbabwe’s most famous lion and how he was illegally shot by an American dentist in 2015. The world reacted by donating over $1 million, which money funded cutting-edge research to better protect Cecil’s pack and his extended lion family. Few people know that some of that research was done by Moreangels Mbizah, a young Zimbabwean woman, Oxford University Ph.D. candidate, and mother. Outnumbered in Africa follows Moreangels’ journey after Cecil’s death, revealing a deeper story of beauty and tragedy that receives far less attention in the world of African wildlife conservation.
Pat and Joe
Directed by Ethan Cappello
Jersey Short | 6 min | Family, Romance | USA
A man misses his wife.
Peer Review
Directed by Courtney Ulrich
Short | 10 min | Comedy, Fiction | USA
At work, Lindsey is definitely sucking the lollipop of mediocrity. As the saying goes, lick it once and you just might suck forever. Her failures at the office party last night are certainly not improving the situation. Sooo…what will her boss and former friend have to say in Lindsey’s first adult report card, aka “peer review”?
Perfection
Directed by Ricardo Di Gerlando
International Short Short | 3 min |Italy
A young girl tries to draw a very difficult work …
Perspective
Directed by Allyssa Agro
Short Documentary | 6 min | USA
83 year old John Arnao, uses his love and skills from a lifetime of woodworking to craft beautiful works of art while leaving his legacy behind.
PHOTOKILL
Directed by Lance J. Reha
Short | 20 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | USA
A thief steals a camera that he later discovers contains photos of a hideous crime. Now he and his girlfriend fear they are the next target as the photographer seeks revenge.
Place Cards
Directed by Andrzej Święch
International Short Short | 5 min | Drama | Poland
Two little sisters are preparing a party. As time goes by their doubt whether the guest will come grows.
Poisoning Paradise
Directed by Keely Shaye Brosnan
Feature Documentary |77 min | USA
Journey to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, whose communities are surrounded by experimental test sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides sprayed upwind of their homes, schools, hospitals, and shorelines. Discover what’s at stake for Hawaii from local activists, scientific experts and healthcare professionals as they expose the effects of environmental injustice on a local population. Join the international debate about pesticides that is raging around the world, as well as the people’s movement to hold corporations and governments accountable for poisoning planet Earth.
Popp Over America
Directed by Joe Popp
Short | 39 min | USA
Inspired by the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, NYC musician and motorcyclist Joe Popp ventures out on a non-stop tour of the 48 contiguous United States as a singer-songwriter on a motorcycle. Armed with action cameras and a digital recorder, Joe captures the essence of America. He conducts interviews, tours businesses, and visits places of interest, providing viewers with a unique view of the people that make up the USA . Popp also performs traditional and non-traditional concerts, and writes and records site-specific music as he travels. It’s a long fun ride!
Poured in Pennsylvania
Directed by Nate Kresge
Feature Documentary |90 min | USA
Poured in Pennsylvania follows the Commonwealth’s storied beer past, delves into recent growth, and aims to capture the full tale of the beer industry in the Keystone State. This documentary features interviews with many industry pioneers like Dick Yuengling, Carol Stoudt, and Harris Family Brewers as they set out to be the first black-owned brewery in Pennsylvania. We also get to see how this industry has created opportunities for hop farmers, maltsters, and keg manufacturers to flourish in the state.
Ready for a Baby
Directed by Anastasia Dyakova
International Short Short | 5 min | Animation | Australia
A young woman in her thirties feels very happy and excited – she has a partner, everything in her life is under control, so now is perfect time to have a baby. It should happen very easy, natural, with love and fun and definitely soon, isn’t it?
Reality Disorder
Directed by Gerard Bianco Jr.
Short | 30 min | Comedy | USA
Nikki and Gerard, two struggling independent television producers in New York City, are desperate for a hit series. After a promising meeting with a network, they set off to make a reality show with Gerard’s rich playboy cousin Mike.
Red Omen
Directed by Ed Roman
Music Video | 4 min | Alternative, Animation, Rock | Canada
Award winning Canadian singer songwriter Ed Roman along with animator extraordinaire Nelson Diaz from There Be Dragons Creative Media in NYC have created an exquisite animation to the title track of Ed Roman’s latest album Red Omen. The message is for awareness of Dyslexia.
Reinventing Rosalee
Directed by Lillian Glass
Documentary Feature | 90 min | USA
Rosalee Glass is a 101-year-old Holocaust survivor, taken prisoner to a Russian gulag in Siberia during WW2. After being taken to Kazakhstan and later to a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany, she made her way to America. She shares her story of survival and transforms her destiny by living her life to the fullest after a life-changing tragedy during her senior years, where she lost her will to live. But miraculously, she found the strength that would transform her life and enable her to live her dreams. In her late 80’s, she started an acting career. At 94 won ‘Miss Congeniality’ in a Senior beauty pageant. She was seen by millions in a Super Bowl commercial at 97 and wrote a book sharing her secrets to a long life at 99. And at age 100 she dares to ride with Alaskan Sled Dogs showing us it is never too late to live your dream.
* Rosalee will be joining us with her daughter, Lillian Glass who is the director of the film, for a Q & A on Friday August 10th.
Rewalk
Directed by Philip Shane & Michael Lesser
Documentary Short | 30 min | USA
Three US Veterans, paralyzed and wheelchair-bound for many years, learn to stand again, walk, and even race with assistance of a revolutionary technology. This film is a triumph of spirit and determination, and a glimpse of a brighter future for paralyzed people, and their families.
Rockaway
Directed by John J. Budion
Feature | 85 min | Drama | USA
ROCKAWAY is a coming of age drama, following two brothers, John and Anthony in the summer of ’94. They have high hopes of a Knick’s Championship and a new easier life away from their abusive father. They’ve always had just each other and their secrets until they meet a group of boys who show them the love and companionship only achieved through the laughs, sweat, and tears of sport and boyhood mischief.
Rough Day
Directed by Joseph LaGuidice
Short | 23 min | Comedy, Drama | USA
A women, Lizette, asks for a divorce from her husband, Rob, the same day their son moves back home from college. Both Lizette and Rob, now going through a hard time, forget about their son moving back and all end up having a really Rough Day.
ROUND TRIP
Directed by Loren Trabelsi
Narrative Short | 6 min | Israel
A young woman befriends an elderly man on a bus, with unexpected consequences.
Ruby and Her Uncle
Directed by Erica Ripperger
Jersey Short | 15 min | Drama | USA
Two teenage girls venture to one’s uncle’s secluded countryside home for a long weekend where they soon become infatuated with the mysterious relative.
Say No Drift Walking
Directed by Michael Pizzano
Short Short | 1 min | Experimental | USA
A PSA about a young man encountering a drift walker on the way to work.
Scandal
Directed by Pablo Mengin
Music Video | 4 min | Animation, Experimental | France
“Scandal” is a reflection on The City versus Man, Pop Culture, Love, and Death. It shows the psychedelic story of a man who becomes a powerless witness of his own fall, just as a bee trapped in a spider web.
Secrets: A Coming of Age Selfie Film
Directed by Barbara Becker Holstein
Jersey Short | 10 min | Family, Romance | USA
Secrets, A Coming of Age, Selfie Film is the story of a young teen who faces a number of challenges: moving, adapting to a new sibling, having body image issues, feeling lonely, worrying about family secrets, falling in love and then having to endure a truly embarrassing situation. Finally, she figures out a way to stay true to herself.
Seven Years Underground: A 60’s Tale
Directed by Jason M. Solomon
Documentary Feature | 90 min | USA
In 1964, after spending a one year protracted legal battle, co-club owners, Howard and Elly Solomon were finally granted a ‘unique’ cabaret license and the Cafe Au Go Go opened its doors on February 7. Six weeks later, with mounting legal bills and depleting funds, the couple were quickly going out of business. With few options, Howard and Elly made a desperate, last minute attempt to keep the club open and reached out to popular comedian, Lenny Bruce. Two days into Lenny’s performance he was arrested and booked for obscenity charges, along with Howard and Elly. That historic arrest, and the international press it garnered would put the Cafe Au Go Go on the entertainment world map.
Shellfish
Directed by JD Wilson
Short | 42 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller | USA
SHELLFISH is a timely satire about millennials and their obsessive-compulsive attachment to their phones and other tech devices. After a global phenomenon known as “Cloudcrash” wipes out all access to the web, teenagers are forced to cope with the loss of their tech devices. Mirrors replace screens as the self-obsessed are sent to a remote rehabilitation facility where they are forced to learn how to get over themselves. We follow THE GIRL and THE BOY as they explore self actualization while being haunted and hunted by a 72-foot flying monster named TRUTH in this sci-fi thriller.
Shrimp Cocktail
Directed by Aviv Shleyfman
International Short Short | 1 min | Experimental | Israel
The film describes a daily life of a young girl born into a family of cannibals from the upper wing of society.
Shut Up and Dance
Directed by Heather Whitney
Music Video | 3 min | USA
Music video from Texas singer-songwriter Heather Whitney
Silk City Artists and Musicians
Directed by Vincent N. Parrillo
Jersey Feature | 55 min
This documentary portrays the thriving arts community in the city of Paterson. Bucky Pizzarelli, legendary guitarist, and Federico Castelluccio, a visual artist and actor best known for his role as Furio on The Sopranos, are among the artists and musicians who discuss the influence of Paterson on their work.
Paterson’s Essex and Phoenix Mills, buildings that are designated for 70 percent artist and musician housing, and the Art Factory, a 22-building factory complex serving as the city’s creative arts center, are featured in the film. Former Paterson Mayors Lawrence “Pat” Kramer and Congressman William Pascrell, Jr., who were instrumental in securing these artistically dedicated facilities, comment on the role of artists and arts for Paterson.
So It Goes
Directed by Andy Bosnak
Short | 13 min | Drama | USA
Something isn’t right at the Dallin farm where sickly teenage Oren has been in foster care for 4 years. Book smart, but a social pariah, Oren is mourning his boyfriend, Tomaj, who died from kidney failure 6 months ago. Oren keeps to himself when Benji arrives to fill Tomaj’s empty bunk. When Oren sees what foster mother Ma Dallin has been up to, he must decide what to do next.
Someone Good Will Find You
Directed by Leelila Strogov
Short | 9 min | USA
A well-intentioned Chinese immigrant father tries to teach his son, David, how to “make it” in America. When David becomes enamored by a Superman costume in a store window, his father sees an opportunity to impart to him the importance of hard work, thrift, and delayed gratification. But when the time comes for David to reap the rewards of his efforts, it turns out that the lessons he’s learned transcend those his father intended. Revealing the human capacity for connection, compassion, and sacrifice, Someone Good Will Find You is a story about the lessons parents try to teach their children, and the unintended ones children learn on their own.
Someone You Know
Directed by Bryan Erwin
Short | 14 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller | USA
An overly-competitive couple’s innocent game takes an unexpected turn when one of them bends the rules.
St. Joseph
Directed by Kathrina Miccio
Short | 24 min | Comedy | USA
St. Joseph is a zany short comedy set in the suburbs of New Jersey involving two very different Italian families that live across the street from each other. Donna’s house is immaculately kept inside and out. Elaine and Doug are more interested in going camping then caring about the appearance of their house. Donna obsesses on the hopes they would move out. Then her mother-in-law Virginia gives her an idea that turns into a happy chaos in the neighborhood.
Stay
Directed by John Mason
Short | 9 min | Drama | USA
After spending three years apart, a couple’s reunion is cut short by circumstances beyond their control.
Stowaway
Directed by Kenneth Anderson
Short Short | 5 min | Comedy | USA
A woman secretly embarks on a voyage at sea.
Stuck
Directed by Vin Nucatola
Short Short | 3 min | Thriller | USA
Mary really wishes she took her contacts out last night.
Swear by Apollo
Directed by Daniel Bethencourt
Short | 15 min | Action, Drama | USA
Swear by Apollo, is a short film that delves into present day ethnic tensions and shines a light on the dark corners of our individual and collective psyche. As seen through the eyes of a Latina doctor, who has suffered a devastating personal loss and a seemingly normal youth from Clearhill High School besieged by racial hatred, we journey into their inner worlds and lay witness to the consequences of their most intimate thoughts.
Sweetheart
Directed by Jérémie Seguin
International Short | 17 min | Drama | France
Caught up by his childhood memories, a teenager finds the emotional gap between him and his mother. He always feared her and held her responsible for the stormy climate within his family. Because of this, he was always closer with his father. He will gradually realize that his parents are not quite those he imagined.
Tailing Pond
Directed by Saurav Vishnu
Documentary Short | 24 min | Thriller | USA
Tailing Pond investigates India’s uranium program’s human cost to Jadugora, India’s tribal people, and the government’s complicity in violating their health and human rights over decades.
Tapferkeit
Directed by Joseph Quinn
Movie Trailer | 2 min | Action | USA
During the WWII North African campaign, a German sniper of the Afrika Korps and a U.S. Combat engineer find themselves the sole survivors of a battle. They must reluctantly join forces to escape a marauding band of desert nomads and the unforgiving desolation of the Sahara desert. During their odyssey, the German relates the destruction of his country due to following their corrupt politicians. He regrets not stopping them before it was too late. It’s a specter from the past that sadly parallels many aspects of our society today. The German soon realizes his own government is the real enemy of his people and struggles to find the courage (Tapferkeit) to stop them.
Team Huh?!
Directed by Jonah Safer
Animated Short | 3 min | Comedy | USA
Boy genius Zak Huh?! and his team of animal scientists help solve crimes for a secret government agency while Zak also tries to solve the pitfalls of adolescence.
Tender Vow
Directed by Ashton Kristopher Bracciodieta
Short | 18 min | Drama, Romance | USA
When the everyday work life starts to take over their marriage. Robert must figure out a way to repair the rift between him and his wife Janice. But fate will deal them a tragic blow and Robert will left wishing for one last chance to complete a promise. A promise that only heaven can fulfill with a little help from an angel.
Tenure
Directed by Timothy Busfield
Prime Time Pilot | 25 min | Comedy, Drama | USA
Why does a woman need to choose between a career and love?! Dr. Tilly Masters is a theatre professor at Midwest Central University. Now she is stepping outside her comfort zone to start a new chapter as Provost of the university. Her husband and friends are affected because her new role changes the dynamics for everybody. Can you be a friend and lover and still be the boss?
The Boss’s Pants
Directed by Zack Kron
Qwik Qlip | 1 min | Drama | USA
Rocco’s on an errand for The Boss, picking up a pair of pants from a clumsy tailor and the clock is ticking.
The Crown Heights Riots: From Rage to Reconciliation
Directed by Alexander Fezza
Documentary Short | 10 min | USA
This documentary details the days of intense rioting following the death of the young Guyanese-American child Gavin Cato. It shows how the African-Americans and West Indians felt under served and mistreated by the police and the Jewish community before the riots, and how black and Jewish groups were able to reconcile after the riots. Watch this 10 minute film, featuring interviews with major activists like Reverend Al Sharpton and Rabbi Shea Hecht, to learn about the riots that would “gain national attention, end lives, end political careers and rock New York City to its core.”
The Cure
Directed by Hadrien Gass
Short | 19 min | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA
In 2020, the law condemns LGBT in the USA. The President decided to create places to heal this “disease”, simply called the Cure. In New York City, James Bloom, one of the chief doctors tries with his new serum and some therapy to save as many patients as he can. But one of them, Samantha, keeps fighting back.
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S DAUGHTER
Directed by Shira Gabay
Narrative Short | 17 min | Israel
Over the objections of her family and community, Esther, an only daughter from an Orthodox Jewish home, fights for the right to take on her late father’s occupation. A prickly, feminist film with more than a sprinkling of graveyard humor.
THE KIDS MENU
Directed by Paul Borghese
Short | 10 min | Comedy, Drama | USA
THE KIDS MENU Starring VINCENT PASTORE (The Sopranos), and NYLE LYNN (Comedy Central), with Mario Macaluso (Boardwalk Empire), takes a comedic look at the serious issue of hyper-gentrification that is closing so many beloved ‘mom & pop’ shops all over New York City.
The Lemonade Stand
Directed by Ijaaz Noohu
Short Short | 5 min | Drama | Ireland
A spitfire kid that wants to keep her family afloat, Grace is a resourceful young girl who thinks on her feet and usually figures out a way to get what she wants. Although she’s tough and confident, the news that her parents are losing her house – the only home she’s really known – shakes her to a core and she’s determined to find a way to save her family.
The Little Dictator
Directed by Nurith Cohn
International Short | 28 min | Israel
Yossi Kleinmann is a non-charismatic history professor lecturing on political leaders in totalitarian regimes. Neither his students nor his domineering wife Sarah show him any respect. In order to celebrate the 90th birthday of Sarah’s grandmother Oma Gerda, a Berlin-born Holocaust survivor, the family is spending the Sabbath at a hotel. Due to an unfortunate shaving-mishap, Yossi gets stuck with a Hitler-mustache after the Holy Sabbath came in. As a religious Jew, Yossi can’t take it off on the Sabbath.
The Middle of Nowhere
Directed by Henry Ronan-Daniells
Short Animation | 20 min | Comedy | USA
The Middle of Nowhere is an animated short film about Roger, a downtrodden nerd, and Danny, his huge goofball friend. From his prison of nerdiness, Roger pines away for Rebecca, a snide older woman. In a bid for the riches he needs to win Rebecca’s love, Roger and Danny become entangled with a local murderer, and havoc and hilarity ensue. Will Rebecca escape from the murderer’s evil clutches? Can Roger win Rebecca’s love at last? Only those who reach the middle of nowhere will know for sure.
The Misbegotten
Directed by Skye Dennis
Short | 17 min | Drama | USA
“The Misbegotten” is a short film that explores the social complexities and relationship of a single black mother and her teenage son living in the inner city.
The Old Woman and the Sea
Directed by Wolfgang Purkhauser, Paul Vollet, Franziska Trast
International Short Short | 4 min | Animation, Comedy | Germany
Every single day an old fisherwoman takes her little fishing boat out to the ocean. One day she forgets to take along enough bait. So she tries to use a small fish she already caught to catch a bigger one. It’s working. The fisherwoman catches fish after fish, one bigger than the last until her greed gets out of control.
The Pickle Jar
Directed by Imeh Esen
Short | 7 min | Drama | USA
A loving single mother, Alma, has had to make lots of sacrifices and give up her dreams. Now she has to face a teenage daughter who has lost the motivation to finish school, and who believes she is destined to very little because of her environment. Alma must make her daughter Gabriela believe in herself again.
The Pilot
Directed by Igor Shmelev
Music video | 6 min | USA
The pilot’s plane crashes so he lands in a desert. An unknown boy finds him though the pilot can not figure out if the boy and everything he sees around is real or just his hallucination…
THE PRIME
Directed by Jessica Green
Short | 18 min | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA
The Prime imagines a world where a ten year plague has diminished mankind to a fraction of itself in population. In order to save mankind from full extinction, the powers that be created a singular doctrine that eliminates all politics, religion, and concepts of spirit. The doctrine cites that the here and now is all there is, and it is the duty of all citizens to serve THE PRIME.
The Rainy Season
Directed by Carlos Hernandez
International Short | 15 min | USA
People sometimes face different realities depending on others’ understanding and purpose.
Maternal instinct, which is the greatest and the most beautiful love in the world.
By experiencing the reality of distorted maternal love by others’ greed and through the ironic story of saving her own son, we wanted to raise a question that ‘We are probably looking at a distorted reality like a rainy landscape while seeing and listening to the stories of greed created by others every day’.
The Samaritans
Directed by Doug Bollinger
Feature Film | 78 min | Thriller | USA
Four co-workers get together to finish a project at their manager’s home. They haven’t actually met face to face and they discover they have more in common than the new App they are perfecting. As they piece together their histories, they realize that each of them has a deadly secret that could reveal a way out or seal their fates. Their pasts have provoked a vengeful force to show them the errors in their ways. The home they have been summoned to becomes their court and their prison. Can they prove that history doesn’t repeat itself? Can they redeem themselves before time runs out? Will they figure out their fateful bond before revenge has its way with them?
The Sleeper by the River
Directed by Manuel Sanchez
International Feature | 110 min | Comedy |France
A dark comedy based on the award-winning book “Les Bottes Rouges” (“The Red Boots”) by Franz Bartelt. A story of love, sex, madness, homemade beer and the Zen of making French fries. A touchingly heartbreaking “dramedy” featuring Dominique Pinon, Marina Tomé, Delphine Depardieu and Pascal Turmo set in the bucolic French Ardennes. Directed by Manuel Sanchez (Les Arcandiers).
The Small
Directed by Stephanie Little
Prime Time Pilot | 20 min | Comedy | USA
Based on the popular expression of loss, “If Only I Had Five More Minutes With…”, Sarabeth Hanley discovers she can access those five minutes for people in her apartment closet. This new found gift helps Sarabeth quell her introverted ways by connecting with people in life through the bonds of death.
The Switch
Directed by Michael Corbiserie
Music Video | 6 min | USA
Imagine being faced with heart wrenching, suffocating circumstances; do you flip a switch and accept thee reality with hope? Or do you lose sight of the light at the end and cave in to your unbearable thought? This tear jerking yet hopeful video exposes the struggle that 68% of the U.S. population endures, through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Casey. Casey loses the only thing he could ever possibly care about, his seventeen-year-old high school girlfriend, Carissa.
The Tiny Visit
Directed by Tyson Animation
Short Short | 3 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi | USA
A scared little boy discovers friendship and love with some magical creatures in the night and overcomes his fears. A production by Cicely Tyson High School senior animation class done in 3D animation in the Blender interface.
The Veteran WoodTurner
Directed by Debbie Higgins
Documentary Short | 6 min | USA
A short documentary about a Vietnam vet suffering from PTSD and finding woodturning as his way to cope.
The Waiting Room
Directed by Debra Markowitz
Short | 12 min | Drama | USA
Janet (Jennifer Jiles) waits for her husband, Tim (Ciarán Sheehan), to arrive in heaven. When he shows up, he has with his second wife, Ann (Heather Brittain O’Scanlon), with him. Mediated by angel Kieran (Justin L. Wilson) and sidekick Angelique (Noelle Yatauro), the three try to find peace with what true love really means.
The Warsaw Robin
Directed by Mackenzie Bates
Short Animation | 7 min | Fantasy, History | USA
It’s late winter of 1945 in Warsaw, Poland. After the uprising, the city is in ruins. A young girl who hides in the rubble of the destroyed city meets a mysterious old woman and learns about the importance of storytelling and hope in the darkest of times.
Tom and Grant
Directed by Tom Cavanagh
International Short | 24 min | Comedy | Canada
From the deep comedy well of ‘dumb guys who think they’re smart’ we bring you Tom and Grant. Small time crooks, poster children for the disenfranchised, they’ve been swept to the periphery of the American Dream and left to pick up it’s crumbs. They push back against the system, refusing to be lumped in with the masses in the heartland, adopting the mantra ‘Quit your day job’. They seek a better way. Problem is, they’re idiots. All they’ve got is a car, a dream, and a very dumb idea: let someone else rob the bank, and then rob the robbers.
Total Solar Eclipse
Directed by Mathias Foster
Documentary Short Short | 3 min | USA
The total solar eclipse in Madras, Oregon is captured by drone, camera, and phone. The beauty of nature leaves everyone awestruck.
Traffic Opera
Directed by Andrew Pochan
Short | 19 min | Comedy, Musical | USA
Drivers in a traffic jam must band together to overcome a gunman with a bad case of road rage, all while staying on key.
Tuesday Crowd
Directed by William Kioultzopoulos
Short | 19 min | Comedy | USA
Cole is a fry-cook at a greasy burger joint. When his graveyard shift replacement doesn’t show up, he finds himself stuck at work late into the night, missing his anniversary dinner with his girlfriend. Across town, Jim (an upstanding owner of his own party-starting business) and his employee Billy finish wrapping up an under-the-table gig when their van is hijacked by a masked robber. As they careen through the city at gunpoint, they come to a crashing halt in the parking lot of the lonely burger joint that Cole is presently staffing. While Jim is distracted and dealing with Cole, the masked robber takes Jim’s earnings for the evening and hides in the restaurant. When Jim sees the cash is missing, he storms into the restaurant, on a mission to find the thief and recover his money.
Una Locura
Directed by Raul Simao
Music Video | 5 min | USA
All I remember is that we were madness.
Up to Snuff
Directed by Mark Maxey
Documentary Feature | 80 min | Comedy, Drama | USA
Millions of people have been touched by his music, yet few know the journey, hardships and triumphs of American musician and composer W.G. Snuffy Walden. Friends and collaborators share personal stories, laughs and insights about this generous soul who overcame the excesses of rock and roll and addiction to become one of the most beloved composers in television history. Featuring Snuffy’s music throughout, UP TO SNUFF includes scenes from The West Wing, Wonder Years, Sports Night and thirtysomething, and insights from Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen, Tom Arnold, Timothy Busfield, Fred Savage, Lawrence O’Donnell, Marshall Herskovitz, Steve Lukather, Eric Burdon and Snuffy Walden.
Vials
Directed by Alex & Ayala Chris Karr
Pime Time Pilot | 26 min | Comedy | USA
Gateway Drug and Surgical, a local pharmacy run by the ornery pharmacist Rich must contend with unruly customers, a possible corporate takeover, his rebellious daughter Lisa, the arrogant technician Joe, and Doug, the timid intern.
Waves Over Sand
Directed by Mark Nugent
International Short | 15 min | Drama | UK
A heartbroken photographer named Rachel is alone and feeling the loss of her relationship. Fighting back loneliness, Rachel tries to reconnect with her estranged sister, as well as her father, who suffers from advanced dementia and sees Rachel as a stranger.
We Are Friends
Directed by Charles Mandracchia
Animated Short | 9 min | USA
The Dooples are lovable writing tools that experience life-learning lessons in the land of Doo. Mr. Dooba Dee Doo, the wisest Doople of all, inspires the Dooples to connect to the power of friendship. In We Are Friends, it all begins and ends with communication.
When
Directed by Deanna Crisbacher
International Short | 8 min | Sci-Fi | UK
When explores the filmmaker’s experience of anorexia nervosa, anxiety, and depression. A challenging and confrontational animation dealing with mature themes and the complexities of mental illness.
When The Witches Came To Town
Directed by David Fresina
Documentary Feature | 52 min | USA
It’s a tale of two Eastwick’s. During the summer of 1986, a contentious and divisive mood in the town of Little Compton, RI, drove Warner Bros. to film their tale of the devil and three witches in Cohasset, MA. They transformed this tiny, seaside town into “Eastwick”, the fictional town in their hit film The Witches Of Eastwick which stars Cher and Jack Nicholson.
Signs were changed, extra’s cast, local businesses rented out their stores, trucks and trailers pulled up, movie stars arrived, and for nearly two months, Cohasset became a giant set piece and a backdrop for one of the last, great on-location film shoots in movie history.
Whiskey
Directed by Igor Shmelev
Music Video | 6 min | Russia
The protagonists are two smugglers who travel into remote Russian villages and sell moonshine to the people. One day they arrive to a very strange and creepy village and somehow decide to stay there for a night. At midnight all the villagers turn into vampires and there is no chance for the smugglers to survive in this nightmare.
Who Sank Your Ships?
Directed by Ella Kohn
International Short | 25 min | Drama, Romance | Israel
Yuli, a petite military photographer, is in love with Michael. Michael has a girlfriend. One night, Yuli witnesses a fight between them and decides to follow Michael. Through Yuli’s dreamy eyes, a dreary military night becomes magical.
Why Is The Bluebird Blue
Directed by Pj Schenkel
Music Video | 3 min | USA
The Music Video for “Why Is The Bluebird Blue” is the story of a person seeking a connection with anything. Luckily for that person there is always nature. They spot a Bluebird outside and start trying to empathize with it and wonder if it could possibly be feeling the same way. Sometimes we just need something or someone to understand what we’re going through.
You Are Here
Directed by Deb Ethier
Qwik Qlip | 1 min | Animation | USA
Inspired by a postcard and by the many summers spent at a remote Northern Ontario lake in my youth, this short one-minute animation is a dusk-to-dawn meditation on the crossroads between the seen and the unseen.
Young Grasshopper
Directed by Sam Haft
Short | 29 min | Action, Comedy, Drama | USA
Our story follows Tommy Kang, a third-generation martial artist and son of a Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster who works at his father’s dojo. When his father passes away from cancer, slacker Tommy is forced to carry on the legacy of his father’s school and teachings. Accompanied by his childhood best friends, Biff and Millz, Tommy struggles with the burden of his family legacy while trying to balance his own ambitions and heritage.
Your Letter
Directed by Jake Armstrong
Music Video | 3 min | Comedy, Drama | USA
A fully hand animated music video for Paul Cherry’s song ‘Your Letter’ (animated on film, paper, clay, wood, and digital animations)
Yuna’s Lunch
Directed by Myeongjin Park
Short | 16 min | Drama | USA
Yuna delivers prepared lunch box meals and then eats these with her customers. Her most customers are lonely and share a feeling that there is something lacking in their life. One day, she meets Anthony, a customer stranger than most, and is forced to face her own troubling memories of the past.
Zoe + Ari
Directed by Rachael Meyers
Short | 10 min | Comedy, Drama | USA
Zoe and Ari, a couple of two years, pack their suitcases to fly to Zoe’s sister’s wedding in Portland. As they decide what to bring, Ari learns a devastating truth about what Zoe’s family knows.