Shorts

 

OPENING NIGHT FILMS – to play before “The Magic of Belle Isle”
Avalon Theatre, May 4, 7:30 PM
 
  TROTTEUR-RED CARPET OPENING NIGHT HONORS & SCREENING

Director: Arnaud Brisebois, Francis Leclerc   Writer: Anroud Brisebois
Cast:  Kyle Gatehouse, Sophie Naubert
Runtime: 9 mins
 

A metaphorical tale of adversity.  A settling of accounts between a young man and a locomotive turns into a diabolical race against a merciless opponent.

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  FIRST KISS (World Premiere)-RED CARPET OPENING NIGHT HONORS & SCREENING
Director: Charles Hood   Writer:  Charles Hood, Michael Consiglio
Cast: Jopseph Mazello, Brenda Song, Michael Consiglio
Runtime: 4mins
 
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A guy and a girl encounter all kinds of obstacles while trying for their first kiss.

 

 

 

 

I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU NOT
Lancer Auditorium, Saturday May 5, 2012 4:00pm – 6:00pm                                                                   
 
  DOUBLE OR NOTHING 
Director: Nathaniel Krause   Writer: Neil LaBute   
Stars: Adam Brody, Keith David and Louisa Krause
RUuntime:  10 mins

 

Clark and Becca leave a bar after a night out with friends. They pass a homeless man on the street, and Clark gets an idea. Adam Brody, Louisa Krause and Keith David star in this dark comedy by master playwright Neil LaBute.

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  EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ROCKY

Director: Kevin Meul  Writer: Kevin Meul  
Stars: Ruth Becquart, Jef Demedts and Kenneth Vanbaeden
Runtime:  14 mins

 

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.

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  GOD & VODKA
Director: Daniel Stine  Writer: Daniel Stine   
Cast: Daniel Stine, Emma Reaves and Kelly Owens
Runtine: 28 mins

 

God and Vodka’ is the story of a writer’s final attempt to capture the words and memories, both touching and comedic, of a relationship that ended all too soon. Evelyn and Ben grew up in a small Maryland town and have shared a quirky on-again, off-again relationship ever since their childhood years.  Through the power of Evelyn’s written words, she pieces together the millions of moments they shared, while creating an entirely new scene – perhaps their last – that will bring them together for one more day.

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  LITERALLY, RIGHT BEFORE AARON
Director: Ryan Eggold  Writer: Ryan Eggold  
Stars: Leah Pipes, Whitney Able and A.J. Trauth
Runtime: 23 mins

 

A comedy about the tragedy of ‘what could have been.’ When Adam’s ex-girlfriend tells him she’s getting married (to someone else) and invites him to the wedding; we laugh, cringe and empathize all at the same time as he navigates through the painfully funny awkwardity he now finds himself in.

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  MISSED CALL 
Director: Justin Wells   Writer: Justin Wells    
Cast: Annet Mahendru, Matt Lowe and Christian Zuber
Runtime: 10 mins

 

A man wakes up one morning to discover that he has inadvertently slept through his own wedding. Attempting to reconcile with his fiancée, he leaves a series of increasingly embarrassing and transparent voice-mail messages for her, ultimately revealing his latent doubts about marriage and the inherent uncertainty of the future.

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  STRANGE DATE
Director: Peter Castagnetti   Writers: Jeff Grimm, Jeff Lorch  
Stars: Jay Montepare and Jeff Lorch
Runtime: 6 mins

 

Jarod is excited about his second date with Scarlett. Things are about to get a little strange.

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WILD THINGS
Lancer Auditorium, Sunday May 6, 2012 2:00pm – 4:30pm
 
  FOXES
Director: Lorcan Finnegan      Runtime: 16 mins

 

A young couple trapped in a remote estate of empty houses and shrieking foxes are beckoned from their isolation into a twilight world. A world of the paranormal or perhaps insanity.

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  PRODIGAL
Director: Benjamin Grayson   Runtime: 17mins

 

A father seeks redemption by rescuing his daughter, a PRODIGAL, from two organizations hell-bent on acquiring her “special” abilities.

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  SPOILER
Director: Daniel Thron  Runtime: 17 mins

 

The job of coroner has changed since the worldwide infection. Tommy Rossman isn’t just a collector of the dead anymore. Now he comes to make sure you’re actually dead. Or to help you get there.

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  THE CHRONICLER
Director: Krisztian Koves  Runtime: 24 mins 

 

Almos is a member of the secret Chronicler Order dating back to Egyptian times. They are the chosen ones who record the true history of mankind in a rather unconventional way. For thousands of years they have been born without eyes, yet they are capable of seeing people’s memories via touch. . Through this ability, they can access information that the writers of history and the consumers of directed news cannot: the TRUTH. Despite his young age and polite manner, he is cynical and despondent. Then one day, an injured female felon stumbles into his shop. Soon thereafter, an Envoy of the Order, Kaleb, also turns up. This is the first time in years that the Order has made any form of contact with Álmos. He is given an assignment.

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  TUMULT
Director: Johnny Barrington   Runtime: 14mins

 

A tribe of Norse warriors traipse across a barren land after battle. Bloodied and wounded, their chief is near death. He is about to hand over power to his son when an army of a completely different kind descends upon them.

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  ZOMBIE CHIC
Director: Todd Cobery     Runtime: 7 mins 

 

A stuffy, upscale dinner party is interrupted by the zombie apocalypse in this gory black comedy.

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REEL LIFE: THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Lancer Auditorium, Saturday May 5, 2012 10:00am – 12:00pm

  GOOD MEN
Director: Brian Connors   Writer:  Brian Connors
Cast: Ed Asner, Mark Rydell
Runtime: 13 mins
 

A drama about two elderly Jewish friends who get into an argument over the controversial circumstances surrounding 9/11.

 
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  HAPPY VOODOO
 
Director: Jenny Goddard   Writer: Jenny Goddard
Cast: Richard C. Jones, Mark Reeb and Jolyn Janis
Runtime: 8 mins

 

Happy Voodoo follows Damien as he attempts to use voodoo dolls to alter the lives of his three best friends.

 
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HOURGLASS
Director: Pedro Collantes   Writer: Pedro Collantes
Cast: Joanne Kokkin, Henriette Kristine Hallar, Andreas V. Lango and Hakon Ovesen Waaden
Runtime: 16 mins

 

In a small town by the fjord, Anna and Anton are entering adolescence. They deal with boredom in different ways-Anton is eager to explore the world, Anna spends her time with her dog, Bamse. One day Bamse finds a mysterious box on the beach.

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THE PROCESSION
Director: Robert Festinger
Writer: Robert Festinger
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Jesse Tyler Feruson, Lucy Punch, John Fisher and Ryan Lester.
Runtime: 12 mins

 

When Jason and his mother attend a funeral service of someone they have never met, they accidentally wind up leading the procession.

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THE SEA IS ALL I KNOW
Director: Jordan Bayne   Writer: Jordan Bayne
Stars: Melissa Leo, Peter Gerety and Kelly Hutchinson
Runtime: 29 mins 

 

When an estranged couple, Sara and Sonny, come to the aid of their dying daughter, the experience sends them spiraling into spiritual crisis, and emotions they do not understand. In the end, this experience renews their lives, transcends their loss of faith,and even death itself.

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VOICEOVER 
Director: Martín Rosete   Writer: Luiso Berdejo
Cast: Féodor Atkine, Javier Cidoncha and Jonathan D. Mellor
Runtime: 10 mins

 

A French narrator jumps from one dramatic scene to another one, confused about the story that he is trying to tell and fighting with himself until he finally finds it.

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REEL LIFE: REALITY BITES

Lancer Auditorium, Sunday May 6, 2012 12:00pm – 2:00pm

BROTHERLY LOVE 

Director: Choice Skinner   Writers: Choice Skinner (story), Choice Skinner
Cast: Farley Jackson, Choice Skinner and Sheldon A. Smith
Runtime: 17 mins

 

Three brothers are confronted with a horrible act committed by the youngest due to the pressure of bullying from a local gang. 

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COMMERCE
Director: Lisa Robertson   Writer: Lisa Robertson
Cast: Joel Gretsch, Annabeth Gish and Noel Fisher             
Runtime 18 mins
 

A spiraling compulsion threatens to alienate businessman, Ken, completely from his family and leads to a chance meeting on an LA City bus with a young gambler, Pete, who could save or destroy him as he journey’s to the City of Commerce.

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  THE IMMIGRANT
Director: Josh Levy
Writers: Scott Thompson, Dave Pullano, Sergio Medrano Puga
Cast: Scott Thompson, Dave Foley, Michael Cera, Margaret Cho Deborah Theaker
Runtime: 20 mins

 

After being deported back to his native Canada, once-famous comedian Bob London attempts a Hollywood comeback by enlisting human smugglers to sneak him across the Mexico-US border. Deposited in East LA after a taxing journey, Bob is rejected by his former manager and famous friends and finds himself penniless and alone. He is then adopted by a pair of migrant workers named Gerardo and Luiz who resolve to show Bob how to make it in America.

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 INFINITY
Director: Randy Crowder  Writer: Randy Crowder
Cast: Renée O’Connor, Jed Sura and Pat Crawford Brown
Runtime: 14 mins
Elizabeth enjoys the perfect life. A perfect home. A perfect 4 year old daughter, Chelsea. A perfect loving husband, David. Even a kind but quirky next door neighbor, Edith, who keeps apprised of all matters, great or small, in her community. But, something is amiss. David seems troubled since returning from a tour of duty with his guard unit in Iraq. Struggling alone, his resolve breaks as he turns to a higher power for help, leading to a stint in a mental facility.
 
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SAILCLOTH

Director: Elfar Adalsteins   Writer: Elfar Adalsteins
Cast: John Hurt  
Runtime: 18 mins

 

An elderly widower sets in motion series of events to veil his disappearance from a nursing home. After gathering a few things from the local fire station he heads to the village pier where a beloved companion awaits him – ready for their last great journey.

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