Alexander, a lone cosmonaut, is adrift in orbit around Earth. He has lost communications and life-support systems are dwindling fast. At the same time in Italy, a radio engineer is working the night shift. He discovers a voice amidst the empty static. Under desperate circumstances, and across vast distances, an intense connection is made.
2014
Animation
United States
Runtime:
10 minutes
45 seconds
Director:
Trent Coffin
A boy named Phil has a very unique condition: at random, he turns into a Phoenix and explodes! And as a pile of ashes forms, he pops out of it back in his human form again. Day after day this occurs, and the whole town hates him for it. But as they find out, this disorder could be the one thing that saves the day....
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
13 minutes
42 seconds
Director:
Tatiana Bears
Reese lives in a place secluded from the outside world and its all she knows, but her curious nature leaves her wanting more. After Geo, an older boy from the city, moves into her community and befriends Reese, she feels like she may have found what she was yearning for. When Geo makes plans to run away, Reese must decide if her small community is enough for her, or if the world has more to offer.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
2 minutes
Director:
Caleb Johnson
Kevin (Jordan Clifford) is a stand-up comedian struggling to refine his act as his wife Joy (Tallie Medel, 'The Unspeakable Act') faces her own challenges in crafting a new dance performance. As the couple share the ups and downs of co-habitation and the professional and creative problems that plague them, they try to find peace and comfort in their marriage.
Caleb Johnsons JOY KEVIN is a charming and funny romance, the story of two creative people looking to find their way in the world without losing their sense of themselves and their longstanding dreams of doing what they love.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
52 minutes
Director:
Amy Elliott
Open the box. Dump out all the pieces. And scramble for your lives. Because this is competitive jigsaw puzzling. And it turns even the mildest of mannered Midwesterners into stone-cold competitors. Every January, the top teams in the game gather at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in frigid Minnesota to determine the fastest puzzlers in the country.
Wicker Kittens invites you to choose your favorite contestantsthe returning champs, the upstart challengers, the sunny family or the dark horse team with nothing to loseand watch them try to put the pieces back together.
Documentary Short
Brazil
Runtime:
13 minutes
34 seconds
Director:
Stefania Fernandes
Jean Marie Dubrul is a French ballet dancer, he danced in the biggest companies of the world and came to Brazil in 1979 to work as a choreographer. Since then he lives in Rio de Janeiro. Currently he gives stretching classes and teaches classical ballet He is well-known for teaching people of all types and ages. Stefania Fernandes attends his classes for 8 years now. In the movie she talks about the transformation process she experienced and presents some of the concepts passed by him in class.
Narrative Short
Australia
Runtime:
15 minutes
Director:
Chris Smellin, Robert Smellin
A young mother must come to terms with letting go the thing she loves the most, her only son. She must do the deed herself, he is subject zero the undead...
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
3 minutes
30 seconds
Director:
Samati Boonchitsitsak
We all have seen an iconic Golden Gate Bridge in a normal day from the distant. In this poetic experimental film, the filmmaker present the audience with the close-up view of the bridge in the foggy and windy day. This film is a director's love letter to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Best of the Fest, Special Jury Award for Acting
Narrative Feature
Bulgaria
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
29 minutes
Director:
Thom Southerland
Krasimira Stanimirova wins second place in a Bulgarian play writing contest. Her award is a trip to the United States, Kentucky to be exact, to see the world premiere of her communist-era, autobiographical play, 'Black Coat'. Expecting to meet with a warm welcome and southern hospitality, Krasi instead finds herself isolated and lonely in a hotel off an interstate.
Exploring America on foot, Krasi must confront the reality that her play might not be such a big deal in the States. Along the way she slowly finds comfort amongst strangers in this alien world, including a young mother and her son and a fellow tourist.