SAT., 6:40 P.M.
THE LOFT
9 MIN | NEW ZEALAND | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Campbell Hooper.
When statistician John Wilkins is sucked out of a plane at 43,000 feet, he calculates that he has exactly 3 minutes and 48 seconds before he hits the ground.
SAT., 6:40 P.M.
THE LOFT
SUN., 4:30 P.M.
THE LOFT
12 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | COMEDY
Directed by Todd Sklar. Produced by Brock Williams, Maury Steinman. Written by Todd Sklar & Alex Rennie. Starring Alex Rennie, James Pumphrey.
Jim and Dave are brothers. They haven’t spoken in years and don’t like each other very much, but are forced to come together for a week when their dad dies in Kansas City.
Awards/Honors: Official Selection Sundance Film Festival, LA Film Festival
FRI., 10:50 A.M.
THE LOFT
FRI., 1:35 P.M.
THE LOFT
6 MIN | USA, THAILAND | THAI | SUBTITLES
Directed by Tati Barrantes and Andinh Ha.
When the 2004 tsunami in Thailand took the lives of his family, Adirake, a boy on the verge of adulthood, must learn to adapt to his new life in an orphanage.
Awards/Honors: Special Jury Mention at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
*Film representation in attendance
SUN., 4:30 P.M.
THE LOFT
21 MIN | UNITED KINGDOM | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Henry Mason.
A young idealistic Irishman traveling across Africa to reach his girlfriend; hitches a ride with a warring European couple. The crossfire could be deadly.
FRI., 12:05 P.M.
THE LOFT
14 MIN | AUSTRALIA | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Peter Schneider.
Finn attempts to reconstruct his fragmented relationship with his father, Walter, through a fishing trip.
SUN., 11:40 A.M.
MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE
20 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | DRAMA
Directed by Damian Horan. Produced by Li Lu, Matt MacDonald, Nick Nides. Written by Damian Horan. Starring Katheryn Winnick and Travis Van Winkle.
Juxtaposed to the original fairytale of the Little Mermaid, Children of the Air is an unflinching portrait of heartbreak.
Awards/Honors: Finalist USA Film Festival, Winner Best in Festival Lewiston-Auburn Film Festival, Winner Special Jury Award 45th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival.
SAT., 8:20 P.M.
THE LOFT
14 MIN | BELGIUM | DUTCH | SUBTITLES
Directed by Kevin Meul.
Rocky grows up surrounded by death: everyone around him dies in a freak accident and each
time he’s at the center of it all. A modern tale about a lot of bad luck and a tiny bit of bliss.
SAT., 6:40 P.M.
THE LOFT
11 MIN | USA, UNITED KINGDOM | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMEDY
Directed by Jason Yamas.
Ben and Amber are as in love as any twelve year adolescents could be. Life is near perfect. Weekend traditions. Family ties. Marriage in sight. Until Amber proposes a drastic element change to their relationship. To be ‘open’. Ben must pursue every option before needing to make the ultimate decision.
*Film Representation in Attendance
SAT., 8:20 P.M.
THE LOFT
22 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | DRAMA
Directed by G.B. Shannon and Ryan Parker. Produced by G.B. Shannon and Ryan Parker, Mark Jones, Brian Pera, and Jamie Harmon. Written by G.B. Shannon. Starring Haley Parker, Caleb Johnson, Lindsey Roberts, Billie Worley.
Fresh Skweezed is a film about Maggie, an 11 year old girl who runs a lemonade stand in the trailer park where she lives. Maggie is a sweet kid–but she also knows her way around a hustle.
Awards/Honors: “Jury Award – Best Narrative Short, Oxford Film Festival,” “Best Actor Award – Haley Parker, Newport Beach Film Festival,” “Excellence in Directing – G.B. Shannon & Ryan Parker, Tupelo Film Festival”
SAT., 8:20 P.M.
THE LOFT
8 MIN | SWEDEN | SWEDISH | SUBTITLES | DRAMATIC COMEDY
Directed by Charlotta Miller. Produced by Emma Sahlgren. Written by Charlotta Miller. Starring Line Östblom, Johan Carlgren, Maja Olsson.
Dazed by an old woman’s emotional response to her husband’s death, Katrin decides to face her old boyfriend, who is back to collect some of his stuff.
SAT., 8:20 P.M.
THE LOFT
17 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | HORROR
Directed by James B. Cox. Produced by Andi Hamamoto Kowal. Written by C. D. Tomlinson and James B. Cox. Starring Tyler Chase, Rob Patterson, Allan Trautman.
Grey Matter is an official adaptation of Stephen King’s short story. Issac is a young man whose care for his disabled, alcoholic father has driven him to act out in school, mainly by telling lies.
*Film Representation in Attendance
FRI., 12:05 P.M.
THE LOFT
19 MIN | AUSTRIA, USA | GERMAN, SERBIAN | SUBTITLES
Directed by Christoph Kuschnig.
HATCH follows two couples and the wrenching decisions they each must make on a wintry Vienna night. Milo and Biljana, illegal immigrants seeking opportunity, must acknowledge that they cannot raise their newborn and hope to achieve their own youthful dreams at the same time. Across town an older and more stable, couple desperately want to welcome a child into their lives.
Decisions borne of desperation by both couples cause their lives to briefly cross, and engender parallel feelings of angst and frustration as each accepts the harsh reality of what is simply, and unreasonably, not possible.
2012 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD FINALIST
2012 Student Academy Award Finalist
BEST STUDENT LIVE ACTION SHORT (over 15 min) Palm Springs Int’l ShortFest
BEST STUDENT FILM (from a US Film School) Palm Springs Int’l ShortFest
*Film representation in attendance
FRI., 1:35 P.M.
THE LOFT
11 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | COMEDY
Directed by Craig Macneill. Produced by Almitra Corey. Written by Clay McLeod Chapman and Craig Macneill. Starring Hale Lytle, James Vidos, Susie Misner, Jimmy Matthew Ryan.
When the motel cash register starts to run dry, roadkill-collecting 9-year-old Ted turns his attention to bigger game.
Awards/Honors: Grand Jury prize for Best Short Film at the Gen Art Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the Carmel Film and Arts Festival
FRI., 12:05 P.M.
THE LOFT
35 MIN | ROMANIA | ROMANIAN | SUBTITLES
Directed by Cristina Jacob.
A beautiful tragicomedy inspired from real events that describes in a very funny way the Moldovan and Romanian bureaucracy.
FRI., 1:35 P.M.
THE LOFT
24 MIN | SWEDEN | MANDARIN, CHINESE | SUBTITLES
Directed by Jens Assur.
Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys is an exceptional story set in the People’s Republic of China, told from a unique perspective and rendered with a daring cinematic language where national politics and strategy have unforeseen consequences on a young teacher’s life.
FRI., 1:35 P.M.
THE LOFT
20 MIN | KOSOVO | ALBANIAN | SUBTITLES
Directed by Blerta Zeqiri.
A young man, arrested at random during the war in Kosovo and thought dead, returns home from a Serb prison looking for a way back into his life of four years earlier. But the war has touched more than he may know and explanations come hard.
SUN., 11:40 A.M.
MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE
6 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | SHORT COMEDY
Directed by Benjamin Cox.
Think keeping your job these days is tough? Try keeping it after you’ve already been fired. Armed with the power of denial, Terry will do whatever it takes to ignore the fact that his job was terminated. Nine months ago.
THURS., 6:15 P.M.
THE MUSIC HALL
SUN., 4:30 P.M.
THE LOFT
11 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | SHORT COMEDY
Directed by Tyler Spindel.
If your girlfriend had the flu, would you still kiss her? What about if she might have viral Meningitis? For David, the answer is simple: absolutely not. unfortunately, David’s girlfriend doesn’t see it this way.
FRI., 1:35 P.M.
THE LOFT
7 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Brandon Luck McDuffey.
When a lonely boy forgoes a long-held dream, he never suspects a new friend is just a
few locker doors away.
THURS., 6:15 P.M.THE MUSIC HALL
SUN., 4:30 P.M.
THE LOFT
13 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Greg Croteau.
Remember Your Death is a film about death and about gore. It is a film about an America in economic ruin and the men and women left to clean up the mess.
THURS., 6:15 P.M.
THE MUSIC HALL
SUN., 4:30 P.M.
THE LOFT
15 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Alfred Thomas Catalfo.
An unlikely bond is forged between a lonely boy and an elderly man claiming to be a former astronaut. Together, they transform a vintage vacuum cleaner into a rocketship for a surprising journey.
SUN., 11:40 A.M.
MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE
27 MIN | USA | ENGLISH
Directed by Alexander Gaeta.
Marcy Meyers is down on her luck. Faced with piling bills, the remnants of a failed marriage, and now an imminent home foreclosure, she places all of her hope onto a national game show that promises a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win it all.
FRI., 12:05 P.M.
THE LOFT
15 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Sudeep Kanwal. Produced by Michael Croce and Sudeep Kanwal. Written by Daniel Miska and Sudeep Kanwal. Starring Christian Thom, Jenna D’Angelo, Precious Cruz-Dyson, John Larkin.
Several months after the tragic death of their son, Adam continues his downward spiral, losing his job and his coherence. As his wife Rachel attempts to move forward, Adam can only look to the past.
Awards/Honors: Winner – Best Editing: Northwest Ohio Independent Film Festival, Winner – Best Cinematography: We Like ‘Em Short Film Festival
SAT., 8:20 P.M.
THE LOFT
22 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | DRAMA/THRILLER
Film title (as you want it to appear): Sin Dolor
Directed by Joe Greco. Produced by Zoé Salicrup Junco & Morgan Collins. Written by: Derek Simon. Starring Randall McNeal, Sean Martin, Aris Mejias, Luis Gonzaga
A curious and amoral doctor seeks the source of a young patient’s inability to feel pain.
Awards/Honors: Alfred P. Sloan Production Award; 1st Place LA Movie Awards; Future Filmmaker Award at HollyShorts
SUN., 11:40 A.M.
MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE
30 MIN | AUSTRALIA | ENGLISH | SHORT DRAMA
Directed by Jarrah Gurrie
While on the lookout for her missing son, Susie has an intimate encounter with his friend.
SAT., 6:40 P.M.
THE LOFT
17 MIN | USA | ENGLISH | THRILLER
Directed by Paul Grellong. Produced by Paul Grellong, Matthew Goldberg, Heath Cullens, Lucas Fleischer. Written by Paul Grellong. Starring Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jimmi Simpson, Heath Cullens, Rita Taggart.
A little mistake turns into a living nightmare when Abby apologizes for a drunken kiss by giving the right gift to the wrong man.
Awards/Honors: Best Screenwriting (Short Film), Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles; Best Actress (Jury Award) for Mary Elizabeth Ellis, NYC PictureStart Film Festival
SAT., 6:40 P.M.
THE LOFT
20 MIN | CANADA | ENGLISH | SHORT THRILLER
Directed by Mark Raso.
Under is a love story about city girl Sydney, a relapsed drug addict, who is convinced to journey to a country cabin by her fiance Tom, in order to clean up.
