2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
“11-95 in progress….Proceed with caution”
Director(s): Paul Lindsay
Writer(s): Paul Lindsay
Producer(s): Akilah Chopfield
Cast: Allen Maldonado, Joel Rush
11-95
Miniature Chess
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
Prisoners in a mysterious dungeon pass the time playing with a microscopic travel chess set.
Director(s): Phil Cheney
Writer(s): Phil Cheney
Producer(s): A.K. Espada, Zach Pughe-Sanford, Daniele Sarti
Cast: Nimo Gandhi, Tami Swartz, Kristen Suarez
Clean Cut
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
Two roommates hiding from a monster in their mirror must decide if it is safe to leave.
Director(s): Dylan James Amick
Writer(s): Dylan James Amick
Producer(s): Dylan James Amick, Daniel Fissmer
Cast: Nate Betancourt as Nick & Matthew Schott as Virgil
Change Your Mind
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Documentary
To change the environment, you must first change your mind.
Director(s): Motokatsu Suzuki
Writer(s): Motokatsu Suzuki
Producer(s): Motokatsu Suzuki
Cast: Moto
Fall Back Down
2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Narrative
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Depressed ex-activist takes a job in a sweatshop where he and his coworker make a grim discovery.
Director(s): Sara Beth Edwards
Writer(s): Sara Beth Edwards
Producer(s): Sara Beth Edwards
Cast: Andrew Dunbar, Aadila Dosani, Jacky Lai
In A Strange Room
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
In the summer of 2008, Enzo travels to Berlin to work on a creative documentary and find a former lover.
Director(s): Emilio J. López
Writer(s): Emilio J. López
Producer(s): Emilio J. López
Cast: Antonio Ayuso, Frank Vélez, Don Castor
In the Pines
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
A burnout and a former wrestler confront their past, but their reunion dissolves into a nightmare.
Director(s): Finn McCager Higgins and Tom Groom
Writer(s): Finn McCager Higgins and Tom Groom
Producer(s): Nicole Elizabeth Cook
Director of Photography: Jesse De Rocquigny
Cast: Finn McCager Higgins, Tom Groom, Rod Hill, Nolan Moroz, and Tim Parr
Cinema
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
Shot on 16mm B/W film, “Cinema” gives an alternate history of the medium in which motion pictures arise, not as art or entertainment, but as a secret investigation of time.
Director(s): Ted Knighton
Writer(s): Ted Knighton
Producer(s): Nicole Elizabeth Cook
Cast: Molly Morse, Davis Rivera, Chris Morse
When Snow Falls
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
Snow falls, lights glisten, music plays, and dance abounds. A man and woman dance in the holidays!
Director(s): Anthony Morigerato
Writer(s): Anthony Morigerato
Producer(s): Jess Weiss
Cast: Ted Louis Levy and Barbara Duffy
Easter Eggs: A Non Parody
2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
Four friends share stories about relationships, meatloaf and The Wizard of Oz over an innocent game of Go Fish but as the night unfolds so does their secrets. There are several Easter eggs hidden in the film including 31 famous movie lines. How many can you find?
Director(s): Brian Shakti
Writer(s): Brian Shakti
Producer(s): Brian Shakti, Aaron Arnold, Austin Arnold, Johnny Rey Diaz
Cast: Brian Shakti, Aaron Arnold, Austin Arnold, Johnny Rey Diaz and Marilyn Ghigliotti
