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SHORTS 1 (TRT: 87 min.) |
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Waiting Room (USA, 10min.)
Writers/Directors: Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
After a significant event takes place, a man experiences an unexpected suspension of time.
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Bayou Black (USA, 12min.)
Writer/Director: Jonas Carpignano
Willy Jones is a single father who must resort to trapping Nutria, local swamp rats, for $5 a tail to try and make ends meet. Things get worse when a local land-owner suspects Willy of poaching on his property. Desperation, need and an unwanted confrontation drive him to take drastic measures.
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Archer (USA, 15min.)
Writer/Director: Erik Mauck
After a long day reading to his deceased wife at the local cemetery, Mr. Archer is asked to leave by a young groundskeeper who is closing up. The two try to find common ground in a world of loneliness.
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Commerce (USA, 18min.)
Writer/Director: Lisa Robertson
A spiraling compulsion threatens to alienate businessman, Ken, completely from his family and leads to a chance meeting on an L.A. City bus that could save or destroy him as he journey's to 'Commerce.'
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Candy (USA, 7min.)
Writer/Director: Tara Iarusso
On Halloween night, an mother struggling with her weight must overcome issues beyond a simple sweet tooth.
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Salar (USA, 20min.)
Writer/Director: Nicholas Greene
Two lives cross in an isolated Bolivian village: a disgruntled American doctor looking to leave, and a Bolivian salt miner who's just been stabbed in the hand.
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SHORTS 2 (TRT: 92 min.)
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Teechers (USA, 14min.)
Writer/Director: Jon Stahl
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. And those who really, really can't, teach at Greenville Elementary..
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Gin & Dry (UK, 15min.)
Writer/Director: Oscar Plewes
Trouble is brewing at the Twin Willows retirement home. All Albie wants is to enjoy a quiet drink with his wife Dee, but the caretakers have decided to ration the alcohol.
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Little Horses (USA, 18min.)
Writers: Levi Abrino, Luke Matheny
Director: Levi Abrino
Dave, a divorced small town postal worker, tries to win his family back by getting his son a pony for his 8th birthday.
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Last Words of the Holy Ghost (USA, 20min.)
Writer/Director: Ben Sharony
Besotted with the precocious and sexy Rose, 14 year old Harold agrees to be re-baptized in her church and speak in tongues in order to win a date with her. He gets the date, but things don't go as well as hoped.
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Paris Shanghai (France, 25min.)
Writer: Thomas Cailley, Claude Le Pape
Director: Thomas Cailley
While starting a 20,000 km bike trip, Manu comes across Victor, a teenager at the wheel of a stolen car. Manu likes traveling, wide-open spaces and meeting people. Victor doesn’t. Together they might just discover an unlikely friendship.
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SHORTS 3 (TRT: 91 min.)
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Captain Fork (USA, 18min.)
Writers: G.J. Echternkamp (story), Matt Yamashita
Directors: G.J. Echternkamp
Captain Fork is the heartwarming tale of a father’s desire to murder his toddler, and the special birthday present that will change their lives forever.
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The Extraordinary Life of Rocky (Belgium, 14min.)
Writer/Driector: 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.
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Den Første Anders (The First Anders) (Denmark, 9min.)
Writer: Kristian Ussing Anderson, Tyler Levine
Director: Kristian Ussing Anderson
A well-meaning but ultimately accidental father tries to teach his artistic and troubled young son a valuable lesson.
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La Migala (Spain, 14min.)
Writer: Jaime Dezcallar
A man with arachnophobia buys a poisonous Bird Spider and sets it free in his apartment.
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Das Tub (New Zealand, 4min.)
Writer: Nick Ward
Director: James Cunningham
Lost in the frozen depths of the Atlantic a German U-Boat crew find themselves on a collision course with objects stranger than they can fathom. The truth leaves them bathed in confusion in this submarine drama of domestic proportions.
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The Kook (USA, 18min.)
Writer/Directors: Gregory Mitnick, Nat Livingston Johnson
Fa belongs to an eccentric religious sect in the Catskill Mountains. On the eve of their scheduled 'departure from Earth', she discovers that transmissions from their alien leader are getting mixed up with those of a local man named Malcolm. Fa sets out to find Malcolm and get to the bottom of this untimely miscommunication.
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Pillow (USA, 18min.)
Writers/Directors: Joshua H. Miller and Miles B. Miller
A Southern Gothic tale of two brothers who go to desperate measures to please their overbearing mother.
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SHORTS 4 (TRT: 89 min.)
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Protect the Nation (Germany, 16min.)
Writer/Director: C.R. Reisser
When faced with the unexpected kindness of a stranger, a young boy begins to question himself.
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Shoot the Moon (USA, 27min.)
Writer/Director: 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.
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What to Bring to America (USA, 14min.)
Writer: Tadious Odissu
Director: Christophe Nassif
Helen, an Ethiopian immigrant living in Los Angeles, is pressured by her family and tradition to make a decision as the moment approaches for her daughter's genital cutting.
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The Lab (USA, 9min.)
Writer/Director: Ryan Scheer
Two lower class teenage boys spend an afternoon of boredom lighting fireworks and running through the woods when they stumble upon an abandoned trailer home.
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Mwansa the Great (UK, 22min.)
Writer: Rungano Nyoni, et al.
Director: Rungano Nyoni
An eight-year-old boy aspires to be a hero and embarks on a journey to prove his greatness with unexpected consequences. Fantasy jostles with reality in this film that reveals how a child’s imagination can transform and empower everyday life.
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SHORTS 5 (TRT: 88 min.)
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First Match (USA, 15min.)
Writer/Director: Olivia Newman
No amount of practice on the mat can prepare Mo for the challenge she faces at her first high school wrestling match.
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My First Claire (USA, 18min.)
Writer/Director: Lou Howe
11-year-old Teddy is confused as his parents are getting divorced and his friends are discovering girls. But when his new babysitter arrives, the beautiful and carefree Claire, he sets out to learn a thing or two about the opposite sex.
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Benny (USA, 15min.)
Writers: Huay Bing-Law, Evan Ho
Director: Huay Bing-Law
An overweight teen contemplates doing something about his weight. At the local gym, he runs into his former babysitter, now a personal fitness trainer.
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Special Things To Do (USA, 18min.)
Writer/Director: T.J. Misny
A burnt out tennis prodigy must confront her demons when she meets a terminally ill teenage boy who wants to score more than just her autograph.
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Flagpole (Canada, 22min.)
Writer/Director: Matt Kazman
Just a typical day for 13-year old Zack - ripped on by his friends, ridiculed by the girls he's afraid to hook up with, and constantly thinking about his crush, Maddy Cohen. Quiet on the outside, he keeps his thoughts to himself, until today...
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SHORTS 6 (TRT: 85 min.)
(DARK MATTERS)
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Blind Spot (Canada, 6min.)
Writer/Director: Matthew Nayman
Steven can't see how his day could get any worse, but that's because he's looking the wrong way.
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Mummy’s Little Helper (Germany, 11min.)
Writer/Director: Michael Lavelle
There are some secrets mummy doesn't want to share, like how she’s losing all that weight.
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How (Not) To Become a Vampire (Canada, 6min.)
Writer: Lori Fischburg
Director: Keram Malicki-Sanchez
In this delightful homage to the old “How To...” cartoons, Roy begins following a step-by-step guide on how to become a vampire in order to impress a girl.
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Last Christmas (Canada, 12min.)
Writer/Director: Geoff Redknap
Last Christmas is a suspenseful short film about a ten year old boy, who struggles to care for his dementia-ridden grandmother when he is left alone with her on Christmas Eve. By captivating her with family stories from happier times, he protects her from a terrible secret about their world.
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Moving Day (Australia, 9min.)
Writer: Matthew Graham
Director: Jason Wingrove
A young girl discovers the secrets of her new home, and some of them are not very nice.
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In the Middle (USA, 8min.)
Writer/Director: Thomas Ward
At a small town diner in the middle of nowhere a waitress has to serve a table of annoying college girls on their way to the beach. She endures their condescension until she can't take anymore, realizing that her life is the game and her pain is the joke.
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The First Zombie (Canada, 6min.)
Writer/Director: Jeff Norton
A lonely zombie, fresh from the grave, struggles to get back the family life he once took for granted. Sometimes even the living dead deserve a second chance.
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The Interview (USA, 12min.)
Writer: Jason Philip Thompson
Director: Michelle Steffes
The last man on Earth tries to get a job from the second-to-last man on Earth.
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The Dinner Meeting (Australia, 15min.)
Writer: Ethan Marrell
Director: Antony Webb
Dennis believes Natalie is The One. Natalie believes Dennis is useless. These feelings are brutally unmasked at the quaint and exclusive restaurant Eternity.
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SHORTS 7 (TRT: 75 min.)
(FAMILY SHORTS)
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Smile (USA, 6min.)
Writer/Director: Lauren Elmer
Sally's teeth were fixed but her heart was broken.
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Learning to Play (Finland, 9min.)
Writer/Director: J.P. Saari
A boy, frustrated by his lack of a musical talent with an ocarina, hears a mysterious call from the wilderness beyond the his backyard and decides to explore.
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Dreamgiver (USA, 6min.)
Writer/Director: Tyler Carter
A regular night of dream delivering turns into a literal nightmare when an orphan's book of Ancient Aztec Mythology comes to life. The Dreamgiver must save the orphan from his own nightmare!
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Defective Detective (USA, 4min.)
Writers/Directors: Avner Geller, Stevie Lewis
A washed-up detective's imagination runs wild as he tries to solve the most critical case of his career.
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Olive & Mocha: Fast Times at Sugar High (USA, 2min.)
Writer: Molly Hale
Director: Suzi Yoonessi
An unlikely friendship between a goody-goody and a bad seed results in havoc at a birthday party.
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Me The Terrible (USA, 11min.)
Writer/Director: Josephine Decker
She sails into the frame with verve, doom, determination! --And her teddy bear. Will the child pirate conquer New York? Or will New York conquer her?
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Little Boat (USA, 4min.)
Writer/Director: Nelson Boles
One little boat, one big journey.
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There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake (Australia, 15 min.)
Writer/Director: Jaime Snyder
Nine-year-old Zoe lives with a cake-eating hippopotamus on her roof. But with Zoe getting older, outlooks diverge about her best friend’s residence on their roof.
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Recess (USA, 3min.)
Writer: Archie Fields
Director: Bradley Montesi
A new student finds he may already have all the friends he needs.
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (USA, 15min.)
Director: William Joyce, Branden Oldenburg
Inspired, in equal measure, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, this animated short is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
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SHORTS 8 (TRT: 86 min.)
(RELATIONSHIPS - some explicit content)
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0507 (UK, 2min.)
Writers: Chris Blaine, Ben Blaine, Cariad Lloyd, Fraser Millward
Director: Chris Blaine, Ben Blaine
Sometimes an iPhone makes your life just a little bit harder...
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Pass the Salt, Please (USA, 13min.)
Writer: Jeffrey James Ircink
Director: Tatjana Najdanovic
A couple's dinner conversation quickly morphs into a scene ripped straight from the script of an adult film. Who wins this battle of the sexes is anyone's guess.
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Cataplexy (USA, 7min.)
Writer: Matt Ferrone, Stacia Black
Director: John Salcido
A man with an unusual medical problem is embarrassed to discover the call girl he’s hired is an old friend.
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Spit (USA, 11min.)
Writer/Director: Benjamin Hayes
Paul will never have his first kiss until he overcomes his fear of saliva.
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TwiLife (USA, 23min.)
Writer/Director Victoria Lee Rudd
20 senior citizens give their perspective on the basics of life. Revealing intimate truths about sex, love, and death, the insights these individuals reveal are quite surprising. Their varied responses help illuminate life for us all.
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Sack Lunch (USA, 5min.)
Writer/Director: Jacqueline Gault
Revenge is a dish best served in a brown paper bag.
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The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (USA, 28min.)
Writer/Director: Ari Aster
A dark domestic melodrama/satire about the ties that bind and the ties that really bind. Brace yourself for The Strange things about the Johnsons.
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SHORTS 9 (TRT: 75 min.)
(ANIMATED SHORTS)
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Enrique Wrecks the World (USA, 4min.)
Writer/Director: David Chai
Enrique learns the hard way, that actions speak louder than birds.
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Dr. Breakfast (USA, 7min.)
Writer/Director: Stephen Neary
A surreal mediation on the quirky but rejuvenating nature of friendship.
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Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (USA, 7min.)
Writer/Director: Brad Schaffer
Officer Huckiss, a short tempered Texas Sheriff, uses his cowboy logic to recklessly defeat a race of condescending, cocoon dwelling critters.
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Something Left, Something Taken (USA, 10min.)
Writer/Directors: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
Everyone who enters a crime scene, leaves something behind and takes something away. In Something Left, Something Taken, a vacationing couple encounters a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer.
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The Quiet Life (USA, 11min.)
Writer/Director: Timothy Hittle
Jay Clay has ceased his wanderings and built a home for himself and Blue, his faithful animal companion. Jay is content to live a quiet life. Yet trouble is never far away, and soon chaos is at his door.
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Birdboy (Spain, 13min.)
Writers/Directors: Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez
Little DINKY starts a new day on her way to school with her beloved father, but a terrible industrial accident is going to change her life forever.
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Who Lasts Longer (Spain, 12min.)
Writer/Director: Gregorio Muro Arriet
When a group of children play chicken on the train tracks, Ander waits a bit too long. His injuries disrupt his future and his family's; the consequences mirror the game that changed their lives for good.
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Playing Ghost (UK, 10min.)
Writer: Catriona MacLean
Director: Bianca Ansems
Whilst her Mum is lost in grief for Amy's Dad, five year old Amy seeks a more magical escape.
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SHORTS 10 (TRT: 98 min.)
(DOC SHORTS)
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Last Music Man (Canada, 9min.)
Writer/Director: David Kalinauskas
Meet Dan Burke--concert promoter, journalist and junkie. Refusing to play by anyone's rules but his own, Dan has made enemies and loyal friends within the Toronto music scene.
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Lemonade: Detroit (USA, 17min.)
Director: Erik Proulx
Lemonade: Detroit explores the disarming resilience of a city that can no longer rely on a single industry for its livelihood, and the entrepreneurial strengths of those who are reinventing themselves and their communities.
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Elliott Erwitt: “I Bark at Dogs” (USA, 12min.)
Director: Douglas Sloan
Elliott Erwitt: "I Bark At Dogs" examines the very diverse work of one of the world’s leading photographers, who also happens to have an alter ego. Distinguished as both a documentary and commercial photographer, Erwitt has made some of the most memorable photographs of the twentieth century including astonishing scenes of everyday life, filled with poetry and special wit...not to mention dogs.
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My Toxic Reality (USA, 4min.)
Director: Tom Dusenbery
Hoping to reverse the severe economic and environmental decline of his hometown, Port Arthur, Texas, and reduce the alarming incidence of respiratory and cancer-related illness, Kelly learned all he could about policies governing industrial pollution. He galvanized his community to take action—to clean up historical damage and degradation and protect against future threats.
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Abuelas (UK, 9min.)
Writers: Afarin Eghbal, Francesca Gardiner
Director: Afarin Eghbal
In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, an old woman eagerly awaits the birth of her grandchild and all the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, horrific circumstances mean that she will be forced to wait for over 30 years. Using real-life testimonies this animated documentary raises issues of memory, repression and loss.
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A Day at the Pool (USA, 24min.)
Writer: Josh Gold
Directors: Ian Douglass, Eric Fulford
A Day at the Pool attempts to uncover the true origins of modern skateboarding. Interviews with Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams and the rest of the Dogtown Crew reveal that an anonymous local kid may have been largely responsible for the skateboarding revolution that lead to their success in the late 70s.
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SHORTS 11 (TRT: 94 min.)
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Sold (USA, 12min.)
Writer/Director: John Irwin
Sold is told through the eyes of a young journalist named Maya, who has inadvertently gotten captured into a human trafficking ring while doing an investigative article on the treatment of illegal immigrants in America.
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Hector is Gonna Kill Nate (USA, 13min.)
Writer: Ari Issler, Ben Snyder
Director: Ari Issler
It's almost game time when Hector rolls into the gymnasium looking for revenge. But basketball coach Mr. Settara will go to extraordinary lengths just to play the game.
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Half-Hearted (UK, 15min.)
Writer/Director: Max McGill
The half heart tattoo on Mike’s arm and the Ukrainian hooker in his bed wouldn't be so bad were it not for the imminent return of his girlfriend. The only question is: who has the other half of Mike's heart?
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Broken Cycle (USA, 12min.)
Writers: Clifton Archuleta, James Clark
Director: Clifton Archuleta
A bullied teen searches for safety and acceptance in a group of neighborhood thugs.
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Be Still (USA, 18min.)
Writer: Karrie Crouse
Directors: Karrie Crouse, Will Joines
A loner and petty criminal returns home to reach out to his estranged young son. On a trip to the local carnival, he hopes to find redemption, even if it’s through the smallest of gestures.
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Raju (Germany/India, 24min.)
Writers: Max Zähle, Florian Kuhn
Director: Max Zähle
A German couple adopts an Indian orphan in Kolkata. When the child suddenly disappears, they realize they’ve become part of a larger problem.
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SHORTS 12 (TRT: 74)
(YOUNG FILMMAKERS)
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The King (USA, 6 min.)
Writer/Director: Henry Zaballos
In a world left in ruins, one young boy remains king.
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Ellie (USA, 9 min.)
Writer: Douglas Rabold
Director: Maggie Richardson
Ellie copes with the tragic death of her brother, Will.
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identity (USA, 8 min.)
Directors: Adam Burns, Illisa Greenberg, Orah Fields, Emma Devine-Warman
Are you the same person online and offline? Students explore their crises of identity online.
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Backwoods (USA, 1 min.)
Writers/Directors: Campbell Cravens, Peter Kokernot, Mike Mayfield
Matthew Moldawer, Matthew Orr
A group of teens experience terror in the ‘backwoods’.
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Chair Love: Some Strings Attached (USA, 3 min.)
Writer/Director: Kara McCormack
Chairs aren’t just for sitting. They come alive in this story about a love triangle between two chairs and a stool.
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Burning Barriers (USA, 8 min.)
Directors: Jasmine Fox, Matteo Mobilio, Laura Weisbord, Brithney Williams
Despite decades of progress, female firefighters are still a minority.
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Onion Skin (Canada, 11 min.)
Writer/Director: Joseph Procopio
In the world of today, where old-fashioned love letters are a thing of the past, one young man is determined to win the heart of a young girl, despite the ridicule his letters receive from her friends and his.
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Mime Mafia (USA, 7 min.)
Writers/Directors: Chase George, Alex Rigney
When 2 feuding mime gangs cross paths in the street, one can only imagine the bloodshed that will soon follow.
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The 36 (country, 7 min.)
Writer/Director: Nick Weinfield
Yiddish legend holds that fate of the world, at any given time, rests in the hands of 36 righteous people. However, no one knows who these people are, nor do they themselves.
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Behind the Sun (Greece, 14 min.)
Writer/Director: Konstantinos Chaliasas
When a band of orphans set out to find their missing friend, they discover a secret that will change their lives forever.
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SHORTS 13 (TRT: 73 min.)
(“Where I’m From”)
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254 (USA, 5 min.)
Writer/Director: Will O’Loughlen
“254” is the ultimate 15 year Texas road trip covering the better part of 260,000+ square miles and stops in 254 counties.
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H-Town Up & Down (USA, 10 min.)
Writer/Director: Drew Lewis
Patrick is on his way to have the “interview of a lifetime” crossing paths with a wide range of characters through of one the nation’s most diverse cities.
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Austin from the Eyes of a Videographer (USA, 2 min.)
Writer/Director: Ryan Light
A glimpse at Austin through the eyes of a local videographer.
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Now Leaving Amarillo (USA, 5 min.)
Writer/Director: Stuart McSpadden
A story about a family growing out of the confines of Amarillo and years later going back to trace their roots to where it all began.
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I Heart S.A. (USA, 7min.)
Writer/Director: Robert Gonzales
An animated story of San Antonio told through its people.
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Where I’m From (USA, 10 min.)
Writer/Director: Russell Graves
A film about growing up with no city address.
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Galveston: The Queen City on the Gulf (USA, 7min.)
Writers/Directors: Aaron and Robert Weiss
This film tracks the deaths and rebirths of Galveston through the eyes of a native mortician.
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Going to Grandma’s (USA, 5 min.)
Writer/Director: Mariella Perez
A woman drives her kids through Corpus Christi and shares the memories from the times her grandmother would babysit her and her cousin.
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Lyndon’s Hills (USA, 9 min.)
Writer/Director: John Raven
Lyndon’s Hills is a visit to Johnson City, Albert, Stonewall and Luckenbach, TX in 8 min. 57 seconds.
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El Valle (USA, 10 min.)
Writer/Director: Rick Gonzales
A unique look at the Rio Grande Valley from someone whose heart and soul belong there.
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Where Am I Texas (USA, 3 min.)
Writer/Director: Chad Matthews
A displaced Texan in California looks back at the dream-like sights, smells and sounds that forever link his heart back home to Fredricksburg, TX.
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