Cinequest 2017: Short Films Lineup
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- DirectorBryce EdmondsStarsLev CameronGracie MillerShae SmolikLife is hard for an 8½-year-old director.
- DirectorDavid SteinerStarsAlice BarnoleMorwenna SpagnolThree minutes in the life of a couple.
- DirectorRobert Cambrinus
- DirectorKari Lee CartwrightStarsSarah ChangCrystal LeeJerry MarrA quirky dancer lives in her vivid imagination and longs to make her dreams a reality, but her traditional Korean parents have other plans in mind.
- DirectorVeronica Duport DelizKellee MarlowStarsYann Arthus-BertrandMagalie BonneauJohn QuigleyTwo internationally renowned artists prepare their canvas for an aerial art exhibition during the International Climate Summit in the City of Light, but fate has another plan. With an unexpected, large-scale terrorist attack that suddenly paralyzes Paris, they are now challenged in how they will accomplish the vision that they set out for, in unifying and inspiring solidarity during the climate summit.
- DirectorDmitry TorgovitskyStarsJun MatsuoAkiko HiroshimaOn a busy night in Shinjuku, Tokyo, a hooker in high school uniform picks up a drunken john. Their tryst is about to commence, but little do they know that in the very room in a shabby love hotel where they settled at, a woman, hidden under the bed, is on assignment conducting a research on sexual behavior. While the john is taking a shower, the hooker tries to steal his wallet. However her theft attempt fails exposing the researcher with the horrific consequences.
- DirectorGolnaz JamsheedStarsVartan AghababianMarita AndriasiyanArmen BaghomianAva wants to find a way to keep in touch with his grandfather on the other side..
- DirectorThorsten HertogStarsElla Parkes-TalbotEmily SmithWe dive into a chaotic digital landscape where any fantasy can be realised.
- DirectorMatt WolfStarsWalter NaegleBayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend Walter Naegle to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story, Walter remembers Bayard and a time when gay marriage was inconceivable. He reflects on the little known phenomena of intergenerational gay adoption and its connection to the civil rights movement.
- DirectorMalcolm WashingtonStarsIantha RichardsonTammi MacJay ReevesWhen Naomi, a young autopsy assistant at the LA County Coroner's office, realizes her brother has gone missing on the night of a police shooting, she is forced to confront her worst fear, that his body may be in the morgue.
- DirectorSteven Vander MeerIt's no coincidence when it happens this way.
- DirectorStoney WestmorelandStarsWhitney AndersonMark EliasSean O'BryanOn the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, dreams still can come true.
- DirectorMichael Taylor JacksonStarsWesli SpencerRosa CurryOlivia BaptistaA twenty-three year old schizophrenic man endeavors to heal his sick mother but first must cope with his own illness.
- DirectorJilli RoseStarsNick HolmesA poetic portrait of scientist Nick Holmes and his work preventing extinctions on islands.
- DirectorDevon PerezHart PerezStarsTalon MarsdenBryan MoriartyCoffee Virgin is a psychedelic short film about a boy who tries coffee for the first time.
- DirectorPablo VaraStarsDavid ParejaDaniel Pérez PradaIgnacio GrifolDavid Pareja is an actor, writer and director. A low-key filmmaker... He has no new ideas. Tino is going to make him an offer he won't be able to refuse.
- DirectorCarlos HurtadoThe story of a person trying to survive cancer and realizing the most important thing is...
- DirectorLin WangStarsEvan LiuWei RenAllen Theosky RoweDeath in a Day tells the story of Evan, a young Chinese boy who, after visiting his comatose father in the hospital, witnesses his mother's struggle and must come to grips with the impending death falling upon their family.
- DirectorKangmin KimStarsKangmin KimFull stop motion short film / 3D printed film. A boy and his family visit deer farm. And the boy has some peculiar experiences.
- DirectorPatrick MattesStarsJulian LaPlacaCarlos Alfredo Jr.Danny SpiteriA punk rock coming of age story about a teenage boy, Elvis, who idolizes his older brother, Tyler, in the absence of his parents. Tyler seems like the perfect role model until he falls off the deep end into drug addiction.
- DirectorCameron ThumanStarsEli AlfordDerek BooneNesta HeapsA Tongan/American teenager, Nesta, finds himself in a series of odd relationships while grasping onto his love of basketball however breaking away from the urban trap is more challenging than the game itself.
- DirectorChris BogleStarsJohnny AustinCarter FergusonLance C. FullerDo Not Disturb is a thriller with a streak of black comedy. A sleep-deprived man in a fleabag motel tries to end a couple's feud next door, but instead triggers a violent chain of events.
- DirectorChase NormanStarsAngel GuadalupeBryan Michael NunezCaedyn CurtoA shy, overweight young woman leaves the safety of her home for an unwelcoming high school classroom.
- DirectorChristopher PrekstaStarsJames FitzGeraldAmy StaggsTony BinghamA late middle aged inventor creates a device to see into the otherworld, and fulfills his lifelong dream.
- DirectorCésar CepedaIn an old mexican neighborhood, Elena is alone in her world. Felix leads a miracle when he comes into her life and shows she how to access other universes; share with him those secret spaces, will make to Elena recognizes that her world can be longer and deeper than previously thought and that a blind child, like Felix, is much more than his visual impairment.
- DirectorAshley EakinStarsSam AbrahamRichard NeilA father and son reunite over dinner to discover things aren't always what they seem.
- DirectorUttera SinghStarsBrian GeorgeMeera SimhanUttera SinghA young Indian-American woman who wants to follow her dreams, and a fanny pack clad Indian father who chases his daughter through an airport hoping that she will follow his.
- DirectorLaina BarakatStarsEmma BarakatPedro AijonPeter EisenstadterInheriting a large farm in rural New England after her Grandfather's sudden death, Emma travels North to say goodbye to the man she barely knew, and sell the land. Farmhand Pedro hopes to change her mind.
- DirectorMichael ScherrerAfter an unsuccessful escape a mother and her son are deported to a prison camp. The mother sees her child hunger and secretly gives him some left-over seeds, the last food she has. Shortly after, they are separated. The boy has to work until exhaustion, day in day out. When hunger and loneliness strike, he tries to fight it by eating a seed. But his hunger can not be stilled. The memory of his mother, though, warms him, gives him strength and hope. One evening, he holds the last seed in his hand. While sleeping, it slips out of his hand and falls into a crack in the floor. After waking up he realizes his final seed is missing. He spots it lying in the floor-crack, though cannot reach it. A few days later he notices a small plant has grown from the crack in the floor. Giving him hope, he manages to extract the plant with some earth, to hide it from the guards. During an inspection, the small guard ultimately discovers the plant. Enraged, he begins to beat the boy repeatedly. Suddenly, however, the large guard intervenes, blocks the torturers' arm from a final blow and thus ends the beating. He takes the plant with him, on the way out. As the sun rises the big guard sneaks into the barracks and drags out the boy. With the guard standing behind him, the boy thinks this is the end. After a few moments the boy dares to look up and can hardly believe what he is seeing: Behind the fence on a small hill, he sees his plant that can now grow into a tree.
- DirectorAndrew TregliaStarsJoe SpiroStephanie GriffithRedd HorrocksHypatia is a magnificent, surreal journey through the world's 1st city being built for virtual reality. Hypatia will be a global community with limitless possibilities where creativity is the currency; a place where people can transform themselves into new lives. This new metropolis will be the first digital civilization of its kind. Along the way audiences have an intriguing encounter with the city's first inhabitants, Adam and Ava.
- DirectorMartin SofiedalStarsPatrick FinziAsbjørn Røen HalstenCecilie SvendsenTwo friends find a working iPhone during the zombie apocalypse, but their longing to post pictures on Instagram soon turns them against each other.
- DirectorFabio PalmieriStarsCyrille KaboreEach year 40.000 people from Africa, Asia and Middle East, try to enter Europe. They flee from war, persecution and poverty. Since the ways by land have been interrupted, they board overloaded vessels and face a dangerous and often deadly voyage across the Mediterranean.
- DirectorJoão GomesManuel PurezaStarsDélcio RodriguesAdelino CaracolMarisa JúlioFather and son are in a long journey to the city. The road they are on is not on any map. It doesn't end.
- DirectorElizabeth Jaeleigh DavisStarsAlex MacNicollMadeleine WatersWhen a virginal girl follows her lover into a mysterious forest, a twist of fate wrenches them apart forever. The girl struggles to be ever closer to him in this fairytale about sex, death, and pie.
- DirectorMoshe YohananovStarsIrina AbramovTommy BaremboemGilad BulatovHow far will a man go to provide for his family? Sahsha and Rita are new immigrants from Dagestan, trying to deal with a foreclosure order and Sasha's job loss.
- DirectorGhasideh GolmakaniStarsLevon HaftvanA former Iraqi sniper started to get tattooed his body, with the name of the all soldiers he had killed during wars in Iraq. A young tattoo artist does the last tattoo, but the sniper ask him something more to do...
- DirectorUri LotanYoav ShtibelmanOfficial music video for Jane Bordeaux's 'Ma'agalim'. In a forgotten old penny arcade, a wooden doll is stuck in place and time.
- DirectorJanek AmbrosStarsNathalie AmélieShots of Paris on May 15, 2016 with a Parisian narrator telling us the story of May 15, 1848, when protesters finally pushed the establishment to let them have a popular vote to elect their ruler.
- DirectorRobert SickelsStarsSharon AlkerNatasha BlakeTiffany CainLove or heartbreak--what's the difference?
- DirectorNic FairbrotherStarsJack ChristoffersonMarie V. CruzMichael De WildeConvicted of murdering her husband, a death row inmate must fight the monster she is accused of being.
- DirectorHeidi Miami MarshallStarsFiona GrahamMarc MenchacaReiko AylesworthLogLine: A woman married to a terminally ill man must make the agonizing decision to live for him or live for herself.
- DirectorGabriel KahaneStarsEvan DominguezAnnabel HoffmanPetra JevremovAn introverted teenage girl must grapple with the toils of adolescent vulnerability as she allows herself to become intimate with a charming new boy, all the while wrestling with her own emotional fluidity.
- DirectorSusie Singer CarterStarsEmily KaspJosh McClenneyRick SingerAfter dinner with family and friends takes a dark turn, a woman with Alzheimer's is led to a proverbial crossroads where three very disparate - desperate women are unpredictably pulled back into the light.
- DirectorElizabeth LoA working-class mobile home park in Silicon Valley faces imminent closure. Notes From Buena Vista glimpses into the lives of low-income families in one of the wealthiest places in the world.
- DirectorElizabeth LoA working-class mobile home park in Silicon Valley faces imminent closure. Notes From Buena Vista glimpses into the lives of low-income families in one of the wealthiest places in the world.
- DirectorAaron GoveWhen a man wakes up in a mind bending puzzle of a room, he must confront the knocking on the door, find the key, and escape the ever spinning paradox before it is too late.
- DirectorJacquelyn 'Jac' PietteNasheet ZamanAn awkward fast food worker gains a new perspective on life while competing for customers against an excessively happy-go-lucky rival.
- DirectorGavin Michael BoothStarsSarah BoothPaulette MihaleKristina DentonAn exhausted working mom takes one night off from her daily routine to reclaim her youth.
- DirectorEileen O'MearaYou know the nagging thoughts that start with 'did I leave the coffee on?' and turn in to 'what if I give birth to Satan's baby?' This hand-drawn animation explores anxiety, obsession, and one woman's slippery hold on reality.
- DirectorPatrick OsborneStarsNicki BluhmKelley StoltzEmma Grace EisenmannSet inside their home, a beloved hatchback, Pearl follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It's a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love. And finding grace in the unlikeliest of places.
- DirectorJoris DebeijA high-functioning autistic man balancing reality with his imaginary world, proves that one can make deliberate choices to find stability and to be more present in life.
- DirectorDavid O'DonnellStarsJames IvorElena SatineDavid O'HaraIn an alternate reality where memories are literally worn about one's head, a jilted lover wrestles with the image of his ex.
- DirectorThomas Leisten SchneiderStarsLucas Near-VerbruggheCaleb ScottDonald SutherlandWhen an attempted burglary turns into an unlikely car-jacking, two aspiring criminals learn an important lesson : only practice makes perfect.
- DirectorImran J. KhanStarsD'LoDesiree DiFoggioAlix Lane'Prom' is a moment-by-moment drama about an Indian American teenager whose attempt at taking a girl to prom is thwarted by discrimination when he least expects it.
- DirectorCameo WoodStarsTamlyn TomitaTiffany HinesConnie Jo SechristIn the near future, a young animator is offered what should be her dream job, but, when she discovers the truth of the modern 'creative' process, she must make a hard choice about her passion for film.
- DirectorJose HolderStarsAmber GoldfarbShijia JiangNelson HollandRuby Grimm awakes to the dark reality that nightmares walk among us. Armed with her brother's research and weaponry, she sets out to systematically destroy them before her mind spirals into madness.
- DirectorMadison CampioneStarsTom KaneWill LurieSelena MorenoIn this heart-pounding dramatic thriller, a resourceful young woman uses a breakthrough memory recall technology to solve the mystery of her twin sister's disappearance.
- DirectorAndy KoegerApple XenosStarsMaddie Dixon-PoirierHeather BenderRegina CurtinAn unsupervised little girl goes looking for her lost dog, only to find something else unexpectedly lost.
- DirectorBen AstonStarsBec HillStewart LockwoodOli FentonLondon seems a little less lonely when Lucy meets a cosmonaut on chat roulette...
- DirectorJason OutenreathStarsRegina CasillasAzgad De Los Santos CrisostomoRocio GarzaAn undocumented Mexican family living in the United States deals with a grave, unexpected illness.
- DirectorZuki Juno TobgyeA migrant worker from South India, who's customs says he is not allowed to marry at an even age, tries to find a wife before his 32nd birthday whilst working as a lorry driver in Singapore.
- DirectorVincent GallagherStarsMorgan C. JonesFrederick Butterfield has always been runner up to his twin brother Herman. When Herman, the older by a mere minute, becomes the world's oldest man, Frederick finally sees an opportunity to be first place.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsJamie Ann BurkeBrely EvansTyrese Gibson"Shame" is a song by American singer Tyrese. It features background vocals from fellow American singer Jennifer Hudson. The music video was produced by Denzel Washington and directed by Paul Hunter.
- DirectorJoe LonieStarsAidee WalkerAndrew BeattieMilo CawthorneTrapped in a speeding van, a Kiwi rock band succumb to travel sickness while deconstructing the heist that robbed them of an entire weekend's door take.
- DirectorJoe JohnsonStarsRic LawPippa WinslowAn increasingly heated conversation over breakfast begins to dismantle a married couple's long-lasting, seemingly healthy relationship full of history, love and melancholia.
- DirectorPenélope CruzStarsPenélope CruzChildhood leukemia, which accounts for 30% of childhood cancer, affects the lives of three in every 100,000 children. Of those affected, 20% do not survive, and these statistics have remained unchanged for over 20 years. But there's a way we can improve this outcome: through research.
- DirectorMathijs GeijskesStarsPeter BlokTjitske ReidingaHarm and Helena, a middle-aged married couple, are upside down in their car alongside a remote road. To make matters worse Harm's leg is stuck and help doesn't seem to be near. Can their relationship survive when they need it the most?
- DirectorJason KartalianStarsJillian ChristiSophia JadeRaymond MorrisSubculture is a comic and illuminating journey into a modern day dungeon.
- DirectorDavid Chai
- DirectorTara O'SullivanStarsDandy BarrettMarc DunstonChloe KayAfter her first one night stand, Emma navigates the awkward and unfamiliar world of casual sex and learns to embrace her sexuality.
- DirectorChristopher McGilvrayPaul Draper is one of the world's most respected winemakers. This engaging documentary tracks the winemaking philosophy that is at the center of some of the world's most unique and cherished wine.
- DirectorRicardo GómezStarsÓscar AibarJavier AlbaláSusana MonjeVictor arrives at his house where his wife is waiting expectantly to see how he went in the audition he had that same afternoon. Victor starts to tell her what had happened but little by little his tone dropped and finally brings everything out that he has been keeping in side for a long time. His real opinion about the World of the actor.
- DirectorAvi AbramsStarsMax GilderElias OxmanEmma WaldmanA teenage boy tries to buy an essential item for a special night with his girlfriend. Initially not up to the challenge of making the purchase, he has to relive the moment until he can perfect it.
- DirectorNick SpoonerStarsBrooke SmithHarry SinclairRoberta ValderramaA trendy Los Angeles couple fixes up an Ancient Evil Deity From Beneath The Sea on a blind date.
- DirectorRex CarterStarsHarper LeaA brash, young boy tests his luck at an unusual poker game with very high stakes.
- DirectorElisabeth Seldes AnnaconeStarsOlivia ChoateDoreene L. HamiltonCaty GordonAt the last minute, Joelle Asher panic shops for a new outfit to wear on her blind date, but nothing works. To make matters worse, the line is long, the attendant is harsh, other shoppers are unfriendly, and she's running out of time. The whole experience brings her to a dark place, but then Joelle has an epiphany - and it saves her.
- DirectorElisabeth Seldes AnnaconeStarsOlivia ChoateDoreene L. HamiltonCaty GordonAt the last minute, Joelle Asher panic shops for a new outfit to wear on her blind date, but nothing works. To make matters worse, the line is long, the attendant is harsh, other shoppers are unfriendly, and she's running out of time. The whole experience brings her to a dark place, but then Joelle has an epiphany - and it saves her.
- DirectorRick KellardStarsKarola RaimondLars SlindSamantha is a single woman with commitment issues and very specific rules on dating. Those get challenged by super-hunk David, who doesn't want to leave Samantha's bed after mind-blowing, first-date sex. So Samantha must resort to bringing out "The Secret Weapon". This romantic comedy challenges sexual mores and is a cautionary tale to all men who just want a little post-coital cuddle.
- DirectorDerin SealeStarsJosh LawsonDamon HerrimanJessica WrenThe delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control.
- DirectorDana NachmanStarsJerry DouglasMurphy DunneNancy DussaultA woman who has lived a long life full of love and loss has to decide, based on all that she has learned, who to take along to eternity.
- DirectorAnnika MarksRich NeweyStarsThomas SadoskiAnnika MarksMissy YagerAn innocent game among friends forever alters the course of a relationship.
- DirectorJose Luis GonzalezDano Johnson'Ensueño' centers around Ester Bolaños. Curious and intelligent, restless and slightly reckless, she is a teenager stuck in an isolated West Texas border town. Part of a larger narrative of Ester's life and her family, 'Ensueño' captures the ways in which even the most mundane of activities can be overrun by Ester's vivid imagination.
- DirectorPablo CalvilloIn a dystopian future where fossil fuels were exhausted, ruling corporations had turned to desperate measures to generate energy. Books were banned and confiscated as fuel for the fire, and with them free thinking had been lost. Human beings had morphed into illiterate cockroaches. In New York City an underground group of exiled scientists, writers and artists were the last bastion of those who remembered the books. The group risked their lives to seek the books, and save them from being destroyed. They are known as The Inksect. This is the story of how one of their own, Pikes, on a book quest is led to an even more important discovery: paper, pen and literacy.
- DirectorJulie SokolowStarsEdgar Um BucholtzDonna PenoyerJohn RiegertBrett wanted to save his friend John's life, so he asked every artist in their town to make a portrait of John.
- DirectorBlair FukumuraStarsTravis ShannonTravis works the night shift as a housekeeper in a gay bathhouse. Love, is a messy business.
- DirectorNicole SimStarsSpencer GreeneNika NikolayErika SvenssonThe Plunge follows the journey of a reclusive young woman named Dylan who is a talented and dedicated competitive swimmer. Like every young woman, Dylan seeks love. But just as she begins to feel hopeful with her very first love interest Taylor, her life takes an unexpected turn when an innocent crush turns violent.
- DirectorNicole SimStarsSpencer GreeneNika NikolayErika SvenssonThe Plunge follows the journey of a reclusive young woman named Dylan who is a talented and dedicated competitive swimmer. Like every young woman, Dylan seeks love. But just as she begins to feel hopeful with her very first love interest Taylor, her life takes an unexpected turn when an innocent crush turns violent.
- DirectorJulia Kim SmithStarsJames NastyTT the ArtistFeaturing the genre-busting talent of James Nasty and TT the Artist, The Real Wi-Fi Of Baltimore offers a punny and nuanced view of Baltimore neighborhoods in a short film edited from iPhone screenshots of Wi-Fi network names.
- DirectorDheeraj JindalAnshul AgrawalStarsRasika DugalSartaaj RkSartaaj KakkarThe bond between a mother and her son is indeed a special one. It was the same between Farooq and his Ammi, but depends with he always longed for his father. They reside in the small town of Peshawar, Pakistan. Farooq, a child with a simple demand, wants to meet his father , whom he had not seen for long as his birthday gift. But his mother, did not really know how on earth she could fulfill her child's plea , coz his father had abandoned them for another woman. Unknown to Farooq, there is something waiting for him on his birthday.
- DirectorRomina SchwedlerStarsSean MaherJune SquibbSadie KatzDuring an encounter with his aging mother, a man must face the unimagined consequences of his past actions.
- DirectorDanny YourdOberon Zell-Ravenheart, known simply as 'OZ", is a self-described wizard. Being a product of the 1960's renaissance era where new art, ideas, and beliefs emerged, OZ created a life for himself that is truly stranger than fiction. Raising mythical beasties, seeking out legends, and experiencing the magic of love brings OZ to an important question...will he be remembered?
- DirectorCarys WatfordStarsRosanna HollandKevin WattErin O'TooleAn aspiring actress invites us to share a glimpse of her life working as an usher in a West End theatre, exposing the wasted talent and questioning what it takes to be an artist.
- DirectorNick ScownStarsEthan EmbryRomy RosemontA young man tracks down his birth mother to get answers to his life long questions.
- DirectorPierre FerrièreGilles is a madly jealous. When his girlfriend, Lucie, cancels their date, he is convinced that she's having an affair. He rings at her door at midnight to know the truth. But is he ready for this ?
- DirectorPawel ZiemilskiThe urban cowboys are children in the rougher and poorer neighbourhoods in Irish towns who keep their horses and ponies in the empty plots near their homes or who befriend ponies living in these lots and train them to be ridden. They turn to the animals to avoid domestic disputes and violence in the home. They love their horses and, in return, their horses love them back.
- DirectorAlec Cohen-SchislerJohn DaiStarsJohn DaiRyan MitraAlec Cohen-SchislerThe story of two classmates who take very different paths, and how your decisions can impact others.
- DirectorDan IliutaStarsPaul TalasmanMaria BuligaGeorge RemesAn old man tries to spend two last days with his granddaughter, before they would be separated.
- DirectorAndrew WoodStarsGlenn HowertonJayden BartelsGavin LewisAt his brother's funeral, Al, a washed up, perpetually tipsy man, comforts his mourning niece with the story of how he once found an magic tree that could bring his drawings to life. Through telling her his story, Al rediscovers the wondrous spark that gave him hope in a time when he thought all was lost.
- DirectorAndrew WoodStarsGlenn HowertonJayden BartelsGavin LewisAt his brother's funeral, Al, a washed up, perpetually tipsy man, comforts his mourning niece with the story of how he once found an magic tree that could bring his drawings to life. Through telling her his story, Al rediscovers the wondrous spark that gave him hope in a time when he thought all was lost.
- DirectorKat CoiroStarsEmily MortimerAdina PorterRachael TaylorChaya goes to Tippy's Wig Shop with the intentions of finding the woman who has been having an affair with her husband and meets Tippy, the owner of the shop, who tries to get Chaya to try a new wig, as well as others who roam in and out of the store.