August 15

 

 

Abingdon, 3:00 PM

 

FROM HER TO ETERNITY

Directed by Kondo REIKO

15 min – Japan – Drama, Romance, Art  - WORLD PREMIERE

A French guy and a Japanese Girl meet in the dream. They could be an eternal lovers even if they have a gap between them beyond the culture, the language and the difference in time.

 

 

 

THE LEPIDOCTOR

Directed by Jonathan BARENBOIM

20 min – USA – Drama, Sci-Fi

WORLD PREMIERE

The Lepidoctor, centers around an eccentric boy, Baxter, who is obsessed with collecting and fixing strange gadgets. The recent death of his mother however has taught him that some things cannot be repaired. In coping with this loss, Baxter becomes withdrawn. That is until one day while visiting a museum, Baxter comes across an exhibit made of thousands of dead butterflies. The crude manner in which the butterflies were pinned to the wall shakes Baxter to his core. Armed with his childish wit, naive courage, and a Victorian set of surgical instruments, Baxter embarks on a monumental journey that will help him accept the loss of his mother, reconnect with his father, and avenge the death of the butterflies.

 

 I SEE A DARKNESS

Directed by Dina FIASCONARO

9 min – USA – Drama

WORLD PREMIERE

 

“I See a Darkness” is a short, lyrical film featuring identical sisters who, like twin stars caught in each others gravitational field, are doomed to spin around each other forever. Based on a combination of true stories, the film charts the twins last few days together.

 

 

 

 

THURSDAYS’ MEETINGS

Directed by Solange ALVAREZ ZANINO

17 min – Argentina – Drama, Thriller

WORLD PREMIERE

 

Four friends get together for twenty years every Thursday, to talk about their lives: John, his job failure, which hides behind the TV screen; the Russian, vassal of his father, cannot take any decision without first consulting him; Marito, who lives with his mother in an environment governed by Catholic standards, and Esteban, who seems to have a normal family, but only in the eyes of others. One Thursday more, but Esteban decides to change his fate and that of others.

 

 

 

TWIST & BLOOD

Directed by Kuba CZEKAJ

30 min – Poland – Drama, Family

NEW YORK PREMIERE

 

A young boy is ridiculed by his peers for being overweight. His parents want to slim him down at any cost, but he has found a way to relieve the pressures of his family and friends.

 

 

 

 

 

MINE

Directed by Maria KRUSE & Erika RUNDBER

6 min – Sweden – Dramedy

WORLD PREMIERE

 

What do you do when you discover that the things you took for granted are no longer yours?

 

 

 

 

 

Abingdon, 5:00 PM

 

THE HEART’S EYE VIEW

Directed by Gerald EMERICK

14 min – USA – Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

WORLD PREMIERE

 

A man and a woman stuck in their own isolated, lonely, black & white worlds begin to fantasize about their ideal counterparts in colorful 3D. Their stereotypical fantasy people begin to have a problem being seen in that way. The conflict grows until the two real people stop to help each other and see how beautiful they are in reality. They then become 3D and turn color becoming their own fantasies. The fantasy people discover each other in the process and fall in love too.

 

 

 

 

 CITROUILLE

Directed by Eva HALL

6 min – USA – Drama, Surreal, Art - OUT OF COMPETITION

Rooted to the spot, the pumpkin man is a lonely inhabitant within a muted landscape. He has three little pumpkins as his only company as well as his sole possessions. Life for the pumpkin man is quiet and simple…until he is forced to come to terms with an external conflict: the gradual loss of his three pumpkins.

 

 

ORISSA

Directed by Davide SADA

8 min – Italy – Drama, Romance

WORLD PREMIERE

 

A bored woman ‘falls’ in love with a man in white.
What does the word ‘fall’ mean?
We can fall asleep, fall to pieces and even fall…in love.
This short movie is all about a fall indeed. A fall prior to re-birth.
A mysterious man in white tempts a bored woman with a magic call: like an Indian shamanic ritual, he casts a spell which makes her boyfriend fall in a deep sleep and invisible forces awaken her from her spleen.
He thus guides her towards a supernatural love, crowned by a divine breath.

 

 

 

WHAT GOES AROUND

Directed by  Sean DAHLBERG

13 min – USA – Drama

WORLD PREMIERE

A random act of kindness leads to unexpected consequences.

Bethany is not having a good day. Her car broke down on the side of the road. It’s the middle of winter. Her cell phone will not receive a signal and to top it all off, there’s no help in sight. Just when things are starting to appear dire, her savior appears in the form of Albert, who manages to get her Mercedes up and running again. A grateful Bethany offers a reward for Albert’s random act of kindness, but he refuses. His only request is that, given the opportunity, she pays it forward. So when she compiles at a roadside diner, it leads to unexpected consequences – proving once and for all, what goes around truly does come around.

 

  

NOTICE FROM GODOT

Directed by Nicolò MAZZA DE’ PICCIOLI

 26 min – Italy – Drama, Comedy

WORLD PREMIERE

 

Some people belonging to different environments come together on the terrace of the main character who is celebrating the admission of his work at the Cannes Film Festival. During this minuet of empty words their stories and their ghosts intertwine.

 

 

 

 

 

CATCH THE CLOCK

Directed by Jaena Marisse STA. ANA

 20 min – USA – Drama, Romance

NEW YORK PREMIERE

 

Catch the Clock is the story of Azra, an introverted mortician who’s lived side by side with death. She has found comfort in her position as a mortician, surrounding herself with the deceased. Visiting an antique shop after her watch breaks she meets, Trevor, a bright Chinese American. Their unexpected friendship ultimately helps her come to life through death.

 

 

 

 

BHAVRI

Directed by Sonia GAUD TIWARI

5 min – USA – Drama, Fantasy, Animation

WORLD PREMIERE

 

A little Indian princess, Bhavri, misses her grandfather and decides to send him a note in heaven. When the majestic grandfather revisits earth in toy-size, Bhavri thoroughly enjoys his company. But will she ever learn to let go?

 

 

 

 

Abingdon, 7:00 PM

 

THE PARAGRAPH MAN

Directed by Foad ARAM

 23 min – Sweden – Drama, Comedy

NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE

 

The Paragraph Man is the faltering, stumbling, comic, sad and tragic story of two immigrant youngsters journey towards socio-political awareness, a very first attempt to understand their true situation as immigrants in post-colonial Sweden.

 

 

 

 

 

20th  CENTURY MAN

Directed by Dustin LEE

 14 min – USA – Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

WORLD PREMIERE

 

A brilliant young scientist invents a time machine in the year 1938. When he decides to test it on himself, he is accidentally transported 76 years into the future.

 

 

 

 

 

PISCES OF AN UNCONSCIOUS MIND

Directed by Gleb OSATINSKI

18 min – USA – Drama, Mystery

NEW YORK PREMIERE

 

A man walks from his office, off a cliff, finding himself at the sea where he catches a thought, then takes it back with him to the reality of his city.

 

 

 

 

  

 

CHEAP EXTERMINATION

Directed by Minka FARTHING-KOHL

9 min – USA – Comedy, Romance

WORLD PREMIERE

 

Ernst is public enemy number one, who avoids extermination by hiding in plane sight.

 

 

YI’S STORY

Directed by Jackie C. LIN

20 min – USA – Drama, Independent

WORLD PREMIERE

 

Life is never perfect. Everyone finds some way to compensate for their short comings. Everyone seems find a way to balance their life except Yi Chen. Yi has 3 different roles in her life in this big apple, student, waitress and street hooker. She hasn’t been treated nicely in any kind of these roles. Although her life is so shitty, she appears to passively allow it to continue. She locks up her emotions so no one can know how she really feels. In this way she can hide the secret that gives her dignity.

 

 

 

KITCHEN SINK DRAMA

Directed by Nicholas CLIFFORD

5 min – Australia – Comedy, Romance

NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE

 

 

Aaron is going to propose to Stacey but in doing so discovers that by playing a joke beforehand he may have ruined the entire relationship.

 

 

 

 

Abingdon, 9:00 PM

 

DEAD BEATS

Directed by Patrick NEFF

18min – Australia – Comedy, Horror

WORLD PREMIERE

 

Dead Beats follows a young DJ who unknowingly creates a song that kills anyone who listens to it. Somehow immune to its deathly power, he continues to practice for an upcoming gig. Meanwhile, two police officers try to solve the seemingly random deaths that have been happening in the area.

 

 

 

 

LET HER SING

Directed by Greg BLAKEY

5min – Australia – Drama

WORLD PREMIERE

 

A portrait of a young woman searching for love in modern Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAYING NURSE

Directed by Miranda HOWARD-WILLIAMS

9min – United Kingdom – Drama

WORLD PREMIERE

 

When a young girl wants to help her sick father she thinks she has found the perfect person to call, but this nurse gives a different kind of medicine.

 

 

 

 

ROW

Directed by Adriana VIOR

 8 min – Argentina – Action, Family

WORLD PREMIERE

 

A boy’s hero worshiping, becomes a grown a man’s passion. ‘Row!’ is a sweet, charming tale of a stubborn young man, who learns that making your best effort, always counts.

 

 

 

 

 

SISTER

Directed by Clara KRAFT ISONO

17 min – United Kingdom & India – Drama, Family

WORLD PREMIERE

In Ladakh a remote area of the Himalayas in northern India, two sisters struggle with the onset of separation. As the story unfolds we slowly discover a lost world where development and change threaten to tear the two sisters apart forever. Achele, which means Sister in Ladhaki, is a coming of age story set in some of the most breathtaking and desolate part of the world.

 

 

 

MASTER PLAN

Directed by Tolga YÜCEIL

33min – Turkey – Comedy, Neo-noir

WORLD PREMIERE

 

The man tries to kill himself. Every time he tries, an angel keeps him from doing it by showing him the simple pleasures in life. Little that the man knows, he has a purpose in life.