2020 films

Simple Things

Director: Liel Sharon Gur
Short: Narrative
Drama | Israel | 30 min
Hebrew w/English Subtitles
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Raised on a secular kibbutz, Maya is a “doula” (birth coach), and for over 100 times,  has helped bring newborn’s into the world  When she decides to become an ultra-Orthodox observer, she doesn’t quite realize …

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Six Gifts

Director: Nick Tribuno
Short: Documentary
Human Interest / Inspirational | USA | 45 min

This film follows the stories of six individuals from different walks of life. It explores each person’s battle with addiction, their struggle to their recovery,  and finally, their triumph. As each one becomes sober, we …

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Slay

Director: Ryan Metcalf
Short Short: Music Video
Action Adventure | USA | 3 min

The world belongs to the enigmatic woman seen preparing for a big evening in a totally baller mansion with a pool and all. She moves with a deliberate, coiled intensity, not unlike the East Asian …

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SLion Dance

Director: SYu SZhong
Short: Animation
Action Adventure | Schina | 6 min
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Forgotten and washed out, the dancing star lion is giving all it has to return to the public eye. The stranded lion unintentionally attends a lion dance performance at the Schinese New Year Stemple Fair …

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Slow Jam Girl

Director: Jack Quint
Short: Music Video
Reflexive Musical | USA | 5 min

Throwback video parodies: The self absorption of pop stars and playboys. About a girl… without the girl!

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SOuting

Director: Bruce SHoly
Qwik Qlip: Narrative
Environmentally Friendly | Schina | 1 min
Schinese
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In the near future… a happy picnic will only exists in our memory. With grimy air and dusty winds, what kind of clean selfie are you taking? Air pollution is a potential worldwide environmental crisis. …

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Sparrow

Director: Boris Krichevsky / Nikita Zarkh
Short: Narrative
Drama | USA | 15 min

After witnessing a violent beating; twelve-year-old Andy feels his sleepy coastal town is closing in on him.

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Spawn (Vicious Cycles #2)

Director: Wobbe F. Koning
Short Short: Animation
Experimental | USA | 2 min
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An irregular stalk stands alone on a plateau. It bulges, it grows… and it spawns. All, while the dark clouds disperse, and the bony stalks multiply, and fill the space. This second animation in the …

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Spinnaker

Director: Nadine Licostie
Short: Documentary
Environmentally Friendly | USA | 15 min

“Spinnaker” is a short documentary that focuses on the story of the film’s namesake: a whale, who, the CCS tracked from her birth to her death, and across three entanglement events. Spinnaker’s life is a …

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Still

Director: Lance J. Reha
Short: Narrative
Suspense Thriller | USA | 20 min
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When Craig starts suffering from episodes of: ‘Sleep Paralysis’, he becomes a helpless still prisoner in his own body. Does he have a medical condition, or is this something more nefarious at work?

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Stop What You Are Doing

Director: Severine Reisp
Short Short: Music Video
Musical Dance | USA | 2 min
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This is the music video for Chad Carrier´s and Big Mess Band´s new Song: “Stop What You Are Doing”. The music video tells the story of a ballerina who tries to get her boyfriends attention. …

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Stray Thoughts

Director: Jeff Vande Zande
Qwik Qlip: Narrative
Drama | USA | 1 min

A man finds cold comfort from his therapist. He just wanted someone to listen; He didn’t want to hurt anyone.

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Sum of its Parts

Director: Alisa Stern
Short: Animation
Experimental | USA | 3 min

Sum of its Parts is about mysterious forest creatures that move to the beat of music. The film is an exploration of stop motion animation made in a natural setting. It was animated entirely outdoors in …

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Sunder

Director: Desmond Confoy
Qwik Qlip: Narrative
Social Commentary | USA | 1 min

A moment of strength during a moment of weakness in a man’s life.

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Tell Me Who I Am

Director: Luca Caserta
Short: Narrative
Suspense Thriller | Italy | 20 min
Italian: w/ English subtitles
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The movie, shot in the suburbs of Verona (Italy), deals with the difficult and delicate issue of violence against women, facing it from the point of view of the search for the own identity and …

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