For his 21st birthday party Derrek and some friends escape for the weekend to an isolated cabin in the middle of the woods. Derrek's brother, Ethan gatecrashes the party and after a malevolent prank goes wrong resulting in the death of Derrek's girlfriend. Reactions vary from calling the police to disposing of the body, sides are taken and they question what they would do to survive.
2012
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
19 minutes
Director:
Joshua Overbay
A family. A piece of land. A depression sweeping the country.
When a prodigal returns, when both brothers are desperate, how can a severed tie be bound again? Are sins ever forgotten? This film explores the relational dynamics between two brothers with very different lives.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
18 minutes
Director:
Angela Aguayo
In November 1970, university, state and local police shot 778 Bullets into an off campus rental house in Carbondale, IL. The residence was rented to a handful of university students, some were assumed to be associated with the local Black Panther Party. Unlike other police raids of known Black Panther residences across the country, the Carbondale Panthers shot back. Using archive material, newspaper accounts, witness testimony and experts in the field, 778 Bullets recovers a little known history of resistance and resilience of the human struggle for self-determination. The dominant memory of the Black Panther Party would have us believe that the Panthers existed only in major urban cities; this story documents a more rural presence of radical politics and the struggle for civil rights.
Narrative Feature
Germany
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
25 minutes
Director:
Michael O'Connor
Jim is haunted by visions of his own violent death and is convinced he doesn't have long to live. He sets out on a journey to find his son Tom and reconcile with him. At first Tom rejects his father but then they grow closer and it seems that everything might turn out well. But past events re-emerge in the form of an old friend with an ax to grind, and Jim's visions become more and more menacing. When Tom disappears Jim is certain everything is playing out exactly as he foresaw. He sets out to rescue Tom. This time his search leads him to a showdown with his past - finally he understands what his visions mean.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
33 minutes
Director:
Ryan Darst
Oliver Hayes, an aspiring animator whose confidence is at a low point, meets the captivating and impulsive Lily Blush, who encourages him to drop everything and go with her to Northern California in the hopes of fulfilling his fantasy of working for Pixar Animation Studios. As they travel up the coast, Oliver falls deeply in love but upon making certain startling discoveries he must decide if he wants to face reality or stay in dreamworld.
Narrative Short
Italy
Runtime:
15 minutes
Director:
Roberto Urbani
Old west. A man desperately wanders in the desert. His legs dont hold him anymore, hes completely dehydrated, and hes dying of thirst. Once arrived to a stream, he puts his hands in the cool water. He carries them to his mouth; hes so close to finally drink_ when a rough voice coming from the other side of the stream stops him. Its the voice of a gunman. The gunmans name is Daniel_
Narrative Feature
Russia
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
34 minutes
Director:
Khrushch Roman
Based on the Russian classic novel. While maintaining all the main plot lines of the novel, it follows the events not as they happen but as they are reflected in the mind of the dying hero. Thus make a chain of recollections about the life he had lived through, now seen as a series of irrevocable mistakes and interpreted anew: it is either reconsideration or repentance. Recollections make main hero torment himself over his own past pretenses that seem ridicules now agonize and despair over his perfect indifference to everything except himself, see the horrible aspect of killing his friend, a greenhorn and a show-off. The final action of an intelligent and outstanding man is judging oneself without mercy.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
29 minutes
Director:
Adam Maurer, William Silva Reddington
Right outside Atlanta, Georgia is a small charter school that brings together refugee children from war-torn countries all over the world and teaches them alongside local American children. 'A Place In The World' follows three families with ties to the school, a first year teacher, and the principal of the school over the course of two school years, as they adapt to, and learn from, this diverse and complex social environment. The film asks the question of whether we can all live together in this rapidly changing world.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Paul Pater
Andy, a 30-something video game buff, eagerly anticipates the release of the new shoot 'em up INDESTRUCTIBLE. When he makes plans to play the game with his best friend Mick, a massive power outage sends the two friends on a DIY sci-fi mission to build an electrical generator that will give them enough juice to experience the latest and greatest digital war fantasy.
Animation
United States
Runtime:
3 minutes
Director:
Nate Winckler
A childlike speaker dances joyfully to energetic music. It finds out, however, that its wire prevents it from dancing as much as it would like. It finally disconnects itself only to find out that the wire was its source of music and joy.