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RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2015 -‐ SHORTS
0300 Hours (USA)
Director: Hamlet Sarkissian, Donatella Gomelsky-‐Guichard
Cast: Justin Loyal, Carter Scott
Synopsis: Not giving up on passion and confronting their fears, the two lovers give a chance to
re-‐birth.
A Hole in my Heart (Netherlands)
Director: Mees Peijnenburg
Cast: Henri Leblanc, Leyla de Muynck, Rodrigo Vissers
Synopsis: Sometimes things happen that turn everything to silence. To the point that nothing
makes sense anymore. As if everything got stuck.
A Reasonable Request (USA)
Director: Andrew Laurich
Cast: John Ennis, Stephen Ellis
Synopsis: A desperate son reconnects with his estranged father to ask an unspeakable favor
that will change their lives forever.
A Riot Of Our Own (UK)
Director: Tali Clarke
Cast: Barnet Mark, Vince McCann, Charlie Chog
Synopsis: It was never going to end quietly, was it? An intimate look at one community that’s
being ripped out of London, alongside it’s cultural heritage.
A Solitary Mann (USA)
Director: Loic Zimmermann
Cast: Jeremy Mann, Halszka Kuza, Kara Nova
Synopsis: Peeled back and exposed, “A Solitary Mann” is a trip into the heart and soul of a
modern master.
A Warm Spell (Japan/USA)
Director: Toshimichi Saito
Cast: Shinnosuke Fukushima, Makiya Yamaguchi, Wakana Matsumoto
Synopsis: On a windy winter day in the Japanese countryside, people gather to attend a funeral,
where they recover the sense of connection.
A Well Designed Plan (USA)
Director: Will Lowell
Cast: Jeff Corbett, Zac Titus, Mason Alban
Synopsis: After a chance encounter at a bar, a businessman swimming in debt convinces a local
fisherman to stage a robbery of his home.
Absence (UK)
Director: Rob Savage
Cast: Paul McGann, Carolina Giammetta
Synopsis: A short film about the grieving process, starring Paul McGann.
Adam Imitating Art (USA)
Director: Chris Hogan-‐Roy
Cast: Eric Maira, Veronica McClive, Edward Prunella
Synopsis: A delivery boy searches for the projectionist at a crowded film festival, where one
decision leads to an epic case of mistaken identity and the opportunity of a lifetime.
After School (France)
Director: Guillaume Renusson
Cast: Solal Forte, Ernst Umhauer, Alice Isaaz
Synopsis: A boarding school student, Gerald, is a shy and asthmatic teenager. One night, he
decides to follow his roommate Theo and his gang to try the game they secretly play at night…
All Fight (Canada)
Director: Matthew Philip Downs
Cast: Matthew Philip Downs, Jordan Morris, Jack Butler
Synopsis: Craig has stolen a lot of money from the wrong person. He follows demands and
enters into a battle of wits with a hit-‐man.
An Urban Myth: Incision (UK)
Director: Oliver Waters
Cast: Rikki Lawton, Carla Harrison-‐Hodge
Synopsis: Franks drink-‐fuelled night landed him in a dark place. So what happened the night
before?
And It Was Good (USA)
Director: Graham Chychele Waterston
Cast: Louis Cancelmi, Jessica Joffe, Sam Waterston
Synopsis: The story of two lovers who, after spontaneously getting married, face what comes
after; life and its inevitable end.
Asha (USA/Kenya)
Director: Meena Nanji
Cast: Mumbi Kaigwa
Synopsis: In an era when violence is met increasingly by violence by State and non-‐State actors
alike, Asha is a woman who offers an invitation to conciliation
Austerity (Cyprus/Greece)
Director: Renos Gavris
Cast: Antonis Katsaris, Christina Christodoulou, Dimitris Xiros
Synopsis: The story of a man's personal uprising against the severe austerity measures
imposed on the people of Greece. Inspired by true events.
Automotive Landscape No. 1 (USA)
Director: Arthur Hurley
Cast: Murielle Zuker, Richard Neil, Jordan Simkovic
Synopsis: Audrey Steele, a conventional 1960’s housewife, undergoes experimental therapy in
an attempt to recover her memories of the car accident that claimed her daughter’s life.
Bad at Dancing (USA)
Director: Joanna Arnow
Cast: Eleanore Pienta, Keith Poulson, Joanna Arnow
Synopsis: A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly inserts herself
into the relationship of her more charismatic roommate Isabel. The two women test each
other’s sexual and emotional boundaries in this surreal dark comedy.
Behemoth, or The Game of God (Lesotho)
Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Cast: Tseko Monaheng
Synopsis: An itinerant preacher declares to his followers: their God is in the coffin he is
dragging along.
Best Man Wins (USA)
Director: Stéphane Dumonceau
Cast: Tim DeKay, François Vincentelli, Nadia Farès
Synopsis: When a celebrated New York chef discovers an affair between his super-‐model wife
and his best man, the owner of France's finest vineyard, he devises a plan to deal with each of
them.
Bestial (Mexico)
Director: Diego de Haro
Cast: Mercedes Nasta, Andrea Galante, Salvador Ortega
Synopsis: Long after the fact, two sisters seek moral redemption through avenging their
father's murder, each one completely ignorant of the other's true motivation.
Birthday Boy (USA)
Director: Andrew Saunderson
Cast: Brendan Meyer, Shanica Knowles, Logan Kishi
Synopsis: A young man steals a car but is unprepared for what he finds in the back seat.
Blue Thunder (Canada)
Director: Jean-‐Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné
Cast: Dany Placard, Sandrine Bisson, Isabelle Blais
Synopsis: Bruno, in his thirties and in desperate need of a purpose, ends up homeless after a
breakup. Without despairing and under the watchful eye of his motherly big sister, this sawmill
worker will find the drive to put his beloved blue suit back on and to rekindle an old flame.
Bronco's House (UK)
Director: Mark Jenkin
Cast: Henry Darke, Mae Voogd, Mary Woodvine
Synopsis: One man's quest for a roof. A contemporary moral tale of love, lust, birth, death,
infidelity, murder, revenge, redemption...and the housing crisis.
Brother (Norway)
Director: Tommy Naess
Cast: Tobias Santelman, Kyrre Hellum
Synopsis: When the two brothers Paal and Erik meet at a coffee shop, Paal finds that his agenda
is threatened. He finds a solution that makes sense to him even though he hurts the one that
needs him the most.
Chelem (Canada)
Director: Charles Grenier
Cast: Rosalie Fortier, Martin Dubreuil, Justin Lemay
Synopsis: Marianne, torn between her deep desire to be 'one of the boys' and her feelings for
her best friend Louis, is confronted by a violence that she didn't know she had in her.
Chute Fighter (USA)
Director: Laurel Parmet
Cast: Kelsey Anderson, Tyler Goodman, Morgana Shaw
Synopsis: A teenage cowgirl takes action to get back the last connection she has with her dead
father.
Circadian Rhythms (UK)
Director: Bailey Tom Bailey
Cast: Rob Leach, Lin Clifton, Dick Bailey
Synopsis: A mysterious condition compels a young man to run at night in a transcendent
trance, creating a rift between him and his family.
Citizen Day (France)
Director: Basile Doganis
Cast: Christopher Bécherot Chris, Mohamed Ghanem Momo, Malamine Sissoko Mala
Synopsis: A crew of teenagers from a Parisian suburb have to attend their Citizen Day at the
military base in Versailles but one of them, Chris, is turned away for arriving too late. Chris
wants to go straight back home, but Momo, the hood’s "loser", convinces him to spend the day
with him at the Château de Versailles.
Clones (Switzerland)
Director: Rafael Bolliger
Cast: Rutger Hauer, DeObia Oparei
Synopsis: On board a spacestation, a highly intelligent professor of quantum physics undergoes
a special kind of brain surgery.
Cowboys & Engines (US)
Director: Bryn Pryor
Cast: Richard Hatch, Libby Letlow, Mark Whitten
Synopsis: Set in an alternate 1876, Cowboys & Engines follows Cade Ballard, the former Texan
ambassador, as he encounters Guinivere Wheeler, a sexy gunslinger and con artist.
Damage Control (Australia)
Director: Samuel Bartlett
Cast: Matt Doran, Steve Bastoni, Anni Finsterer
Synopsis: A suspicious man tries to obtain medical supplies from a late-‐night pharmacy and
finds his life in jeopardy when things escalate out of control.
dark_net (UK)
Director: Tom Marshall
Cast: Johnny Vegas, Perry Fitzpatrick
Synopsis: Alan searches for answers in all the wrong places and this time he thinks he's found
them...on the internet in the form of a highly trained deadly assassin. But he's about to learn the
true price of entering the 'dark_net'.
Dating Eliza (UK)
Director: Peter Lydon
Cast: Jane Asher, Selina Macdonald, Toby Maley
Synopsis: Meet Eliza, a first date like no other. Well, she says she’s Eliza. But we suspect she’s
actually Debbie. But she definitely isn’t Sandra.
Death In Bloom (Australia/USA)
Director: Dael Oates
Cast: Robyn Nevin, Ewen Leslie
Synopsis: A dark satire about door-‐to-‐door 'death' salesman's struggle to close a routine
expiration deal with the wealthy, refined and fabulously picky customer.
Deep Gold (Germany)
Director: Julian Rosefeldt
Cast: Franz Hartwig, Janaina Pessoa, Peaches
Synopsis: An homage to Luis Buñuel's surrealist masterpiece L'Âge d'Or, relocated to the
roaring Berlin 20's.
Dennis (UK)
Director: Connor Coolbear
Cast: Lucian Charles Collier, Luke Shenton Sharp, Aidan Stephenson
Synopsis: Following the death of his brother, Jonny -‐ a disillusioned young chain-‐smoker must
re-‐evaluate reality in order to make reparations with his father.
Devil (Turkey)
Director: Bahadır Arıcı
Cast: Selahattin Yıldırım, Bahar Deniz Eriş
Synopsis: Murat finds himself under attack of devilish thoughts whilst praying at the mosque.
In the world these thoughts took him, he chases a woman in burka who is a very familiar person
in his life.
Devil Makes Work (UK)
Director: Guy Soulsby
Cast: Shaun Dooley
Synopsis: A visually dark and sinister short film illustrating the devil's twisted view of
humanity; our hopes and dreams, life, love and struggle together with the sacrifices we make for
success.
Dirty Laundry (USA)
Director: Renji Philip
Cast: Bruce Davison, Tyler Steelman, Rome Brooks
Synopsis: One night five lives become linked through a strange series of unfolding events that
have irreversible results.
Dog Bowl (USA)
Director: Gordy Hoffman
Cast: Marci Miller
Synopsis: A heartbroken girl spiraling through her life stumbles upon the true nature of her
existence after stealing the vest off of a service dog.
Emma, Change The Locks (UK)
Director: Julia Hart
Cast: Olivia Williams, Madeline Tynan
Synopsis: Emma is stepping up to an extreme decision. She is changing the locks. Will she be
able to stand by her decision when the knocking begins?
Emory Douglas: The Art of the Black Panthers (USA)
Director: Andre Andreev, Dan Covert
Cast: Emory Douglas
Synopsis: Emory Douglas was the Revolutionary Artist and Minister of Culture for the Black
Panther Party. Through archival footage and conversations with Emory we share his story,
alongside the rise and fall of the Panthers.
Exit Road (USA)
Director: Yuri Alves
Cast: Dane Sansavero, Julia De Pinto, Demetrios Frangias
Synopsis: Dane thought he left his demons and his drug addiction behind him, but his first day
out of prison challenges both his promise to go clean and his survival.
Ferdinand Knapp (France)
Director: Andrea Baldini
Cast: Dominique Pinon, Philippe Du Janerand, Dominique Uber
Synopsis: Ferdinand Knapp is the pre-‐eminent actor of French theatre, revered by all. In
preparing for a new play, the lines between his character’s malevolent personality and his own
begin to blur.
Francisville (USA)
Director: Jonathan Pappas
Cast: Max Margulies, Norm Roessler, Jenny Seastone
Synopsis: A battle of wills unfolds as an eccentric Philadelphia tour guide tries to recruit a
young apprentice.
Gang (USA)
Director: Clayton Vomero
Cast: Mela Murder, Infinite Coles, Denasia Moore
Synopsis: A short film about belonging. Three young people in Staten Island, New York, search
for meaning and identity.
George and the Vacuum (USA)
Director: Chadd Harbold
Cast: Fred Armisen, Sophia Takal
Synopsis: George and Lacy walk through the streets of Brooklyn and revisit their memories.
George Misses The Train (UK)
Director: Timothy Hancock
Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Lucy Sheen
Synopsis: George (This Is England's Thomas Turgoose) is late for the train, and a chance
encounter with a strange old woman sets to derail his trip…
German Shepherd (Sweden)
Director: Nils Bergendal
Cast: David Paul
Synopsis: Are we born to do good or are we here just to save ourselves? This animated film
provides disconcerting answers.
Getting There (Ireland)
Director: Tim Hanan
Cast: Cal Kenealy, Mark Schrier, Carla McGlynn
Synopsis: A short film about a stalker, his sister, and his psychiatrist
Ghosts and Gadgets (USA)
Director: Ronni Thomas
Cast: Brandon Hodge
Synopsis: Collector Brandon Hodge discusses the Victorian practice of using tools called
Planchettes to communicate with the dead.
Good Hands (Argentina)
Director: Francisco Bendomir
Cast: Tamara Garzón, Pablo Greco, Rosario Bendomir
Synopsis: A young couple leaves their baby in the hands of babysitter from hell.
Good Wolf, Beautiful Witch (Spain)
Director: Ainara Porrón Arratibel
Cast: Nerea Barros, Juan Carlos Vellido
Synopsis: Poetry, music, painting, photography and cinematography intermingle in this
paradoxical tale about love stories that can be both possible and impossible at the same time.
Guys With Guns (USA)
Director: Joel Veach
Cast: Joel Veach, Terry Wayne, Lexi Stellwood
Synopsis: Two men sit at a dive bar in Los Angeles and talk to a waitress with a checkered past.
H Positive (UK/Spain)
Director: Glenn Paton
Cast: Roger Barclay
Synopsis: If you had a prolonged terminal illness and money was no object, would you
manipulate euthanasia so that you could die on your own terms?
Hades (Germany)
Director: Kevin Kopacka
Cast: Anna Heidegger, Cris Kotzen , Iman Rezai
Synopsis: A woman is caught in an endless dream where she has to cross the five rivers of
Hades, each representing different stages of her relationship.
Happy Hour (USA)
Director: Martin Rodahl
Cast: Barret Walz, Ryan Silver, Michael Goldberg
Synopsis: Ed Hope had to fire fifteen people today. He leaves work to commiserate with his
friend, Roger. At the hideaway bar, Ed recalls an almost forgotten incident from his childhood,
and in telling it reveals larger ideas of pain and loss that have shaped his entire life.
Harry & Judy (USA)
Director: Jordan Michael Blake
Cast: Jordan Michael Blake, Elle Malan
Synopsis: An innocent love story... twisted and rent by the mighty hand of God.
Harvey's Dream (Australia)
Director: Alexander von Hofmann
Cast: James Hagan, Caroline McKenzie
Synopsis: When Harvey tells his wife about his nightmare, she becomes aware that the details
eerily, and then terrifyingly, match this very morning.
He Works The Long Nights (UK)
Director: Luke Carlisle
Cast: David Ajala
Synopsis: A man whose job places him on the fringes of English society explains his day-‐to-‐day
life. Taking us through his daily routine, we witness the boredom and repetition that comes with
being a ghost in the system.
Hell Runs on Gazoline (Canada)
Director: Martin Bureau
Cast: Robin Allard, Martin Dubois
Synopsis: At the Saint-‐Félicien racetrack, engines are running hot and the excitement has
reached a fever pitch. Racecars hit the track, accidents pile up and the flames of burning engines
wreak havoc—an infernal vision that soon dissipates into an eerily silent cemetery of
abandoned carcasses.
Her First Black Guy (USA)
Director: Sam Auster
Cast: Christopher T. Wood, Caroline Fogarty, James Black
Synopsis: Kevin wants a woman of substance. His blind date, Claire, seems to have very little.
But we all know about appearances. Her First Black Guy...The story of a man who wanted to be
anything but that.
High Windows / Death & Co / The Wasteland (UK / France)
Director: Onur Sentiurk, David Lobser, Ice Cream
Synopsis: The Poetry Movement is a set of short, cutting-‐edge animated films created for The
Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation that aim to introduce people to a new form of poetry
consumption that deals in the visual lexicon of the 21st Century.
Home (USA/China)
Director: Amelie Wen
Cast: Cao Maishun, Li Yanxi
Synopsis: On his last day of work, an elderly migrant caretaker of an abandoned construction
site encounters a young girl who has run away from home.
Hotel Terminus (Switzerland)
Director: Dorthe Wølner-‐Hanssen
Cast: Isabelle Caillat, Raphael Roger Levy, Claudia Gallo
Synopsis: A Bosnian woman hunting a war criminal and a crime scene cleaner meet at a hotel in
Geneva.
I Am A Pencil (Australia/France/Denmark)
Director: Joe D'Arcy
Cast: Carol D'Arcy, Pierre Maubouche
Synopsis: As the pencil experiences life, it draws the world 'as it is -‐ as it sees it' because (like
the artist) that is what a pencil does.
I Exist (Syria / Egypt)
Director: Ahmed Abdelnaser
Cast:
Synopsis: This short film portrays the plight of Syrians and their children in displacement
camps after their homes and schools have been destroyed.
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! (Canada)
Director: Charlie Tyrell
Cast: Jonathan Demme, Matt Groening, Kevin Pollak
Synopsis: In 1977 David Boswell created comic book anti-‐hero Reid Fleming, the World’s
Toughest Milkman. 30 years later, the big screen Hollywood adaptation remains in contractual
limbo.
If Mama Ain't Happy, Nobody's Happy (The Netherlands)
Director: Mea de Jong
Synopsis: How can you keep distance from the one that loves you the most?
Infinite Horizon (UK)
Director: Stephen Simmonds
Cast: Michael Brandon
Synopsis: Infinite Horizon is a visualisation of a single moment in time, the cognitive shift
experienced by an astronaut when viewing the world from a cosmic perspective.
Ink -‐ Written by Hand (Canada)
Director: Ryan Couldrey
Cast: Tanja Tiziana
Synopsis: Handwriting was once taken for granted as something anyone could do. 'Ink' follows
freelance photographer Tanja Tiziana and her journey to rediscover the written word.
Intermission (USA)
Director: Mark Tiedemann
Cast: Billy Merritt, Bill Dwyer, Allyson De Guigne
Synopsis: What begins as an innocent conversation between two fathers at a childrens' dance
recital soon turns wildly inappropriate, as hidden truths of their recent sexual past emerge.
Into the Surf (UK)
Director: Tom Evans
Cast: Greg Austin, Adam Rojko
Synopsis: Sebastian always lived in the shadow of his older brother -‐ until his brother became
ill and he had to find his own voice.
Introducing Brian (UK)
Director: Nicholas Keogh
Cast: Brian Brown, Katherine Bassett
Synopsis: Meet Brian, a storyteller and dreamer, for a trip down memory alley.
Is It Your Refrigerator? (USA)
Director: David Codeglia
Cast: Ellis Court, Gabriel Oliva
Synopsis: This weird 1960s educational film teaches you how to tell if it's your fridge. Shot on
Super8 film for that classic look, this parody of old homemaker educational films poses a
question that nobody would ever ask and provides solutions that make no sense.
It's Perfect Here (USA)
Director: Tess Harrison
Cast: Tess Harrison, Will Harrison
Synopsis: A brother and sister spend a beautiful day on a lake together, getting to know each
other in the spaces between childhood and adulthood.
Ivy Vigilante (Sweden)
Director: Nathalie Hallman
Cast: Emma Veronica Johansson, Ingmari Lamy, Chantelle Flavet
Synopsis: Ivy Vigilante is a character-‐driven, surreal drama with humorous undertones. The
story tells about the self-‐destructive woman Ivy, who during a visit to a psychotherapist opens
her "Pandora's box" when she looks back at her past to understand her destructive personality.
Jackie Boy (USA)
Director: Musashi Alexander
Cast: Jonno Roberts, David Lee McInnis, Devin Brooke
Synopsis: In a world morally bankrupt by social media, a stranger lurks in the shadows seeking
vengeance on the selfie generation.
Jasmine and Macaroons (Canada)
Director: Martine Roquebrune
Cast: Martine Roquebrune, Catherine Sénart, Vanessa Seiler
Synopsis: A woman invites two girlfriends for a perfect afternoon tea, but loses control of the
situation when the topic of international relations comes up and reveals the women's secrets
and the truth of their relationship.
Jus Soli (UK)
Director: Simon Jenkins, Michael McLeod, Joshua Llewellyn
Cast: Nicholas Pinnock
Synopsis: Jus Soli opens up a discourse on the Black British experience; interrupting the
emotional transition between generations and questioning what it means to be British.
Just Desserts (UK)
Director: Michael Yanny
Cast: Alex Macqueen, David Schaal, Rebecca Lacey
Synopsis: Just Desserts is a dark comedy about a compulsive lottery player, Dennis, on a
monthly meal out with his wife and friends. The night turns when a practical joke they play on
him horribly backfires.
Kapunka (Israel)
Director: Tal Greenberg
Cast: Shai Avivi, Sun Intusap, Avraham Shalom Levy
Synopsis: In order to get around a requirement for Jews to leave their fields fallow once every 7
years, a farmer ‘sells’ his farm to his Thai laborer leading to unexpected consequences.
Karroyul (Australia)
Director: Kelrick Martin
Cast: Chanelle Hawkins, Bruce R Carter
Synopsis: An Aboriginal girl, lost and empty after the death of her mother, discovers her past in
an unlikely place.
Last Day of Freedom (USA)
Director: Dee Hibbert-‐Jones, Nomi Talisman
Cast: Bill Babbitt
Synopsis: When Bill realizes his younger brother has committed a crime he agonizes over his
decision-‐ should he call the police?
Lay Up (UK)
Director: Jared Fortune
Cast: Jared Fortune, Caleb Marriner, Maiah Marriner
Synopsis: Disarmed by the innocence of youth, Mike puts aside his preconceptions of an enemy
and allows Adrian and his sister, Leah, to play basketball with him.
Leidi (Colombia / UK)
Director: Simón Mesa Soto
Cast: Alejandra Montoya Villa, Hector Orrego
Synopsis: Leidi lives with her mom and her baby, but her boyfriend Alexis hasn’t shown up in
days. One sunny morning, she goes on a search.
Life After Death (Australia)
Director: Sean Capel
Cast: Guy Edmonds,Warwick Young
Synopsis: A depressed ghost named Joe travels into the nothing of space to end it all, only to
find unexpected company with another ghost -‐ Astronaut Dave.
LNS (USA)
Director: Rob Lambert
Cast: Roberto Cordero Jr, David Mendez, Janelle Marra
Synopsis: Los Niños Sicarios refers to the child hitmen working for Mexican drug cartels.This is
a day in the life of an American-‐born child hitman.
Lullaby (USA)
Director: Stuart Valberg
Cast: Rick Kincaid, Jay Booth
Synopsis: A man attempts to cope with the over stimulation of contemporary society. Is a
mysterious package he purchases the solution?
Lux (UK)
Director: Chris Chung
Cast: Conner Mckenzy, Stephanie Lewis
Synopsis: Richard on his latest star light extraction meets Lilly, marvelled by the premise of
stellar lifting.
Maya (UK)
Director: Veemsen Lama
Cast: Ashmita Tamang, Suraj Tamang, Aakash Malla
Synopsis: Maya, Bikram and Kancha suddenly find themselves trapped in the heart of
Kathmandu, vulnerable, penniless and alone, with only hopes and dreams of happiness.
Mazal and Bracha (Israel)
Director: Idan Shtadler
Cast: Rafi Kalmar, Benny Shif
Synopsis: Avner and Boris hire an arbitrator to rule over a failed diamond transaction. Each
side claims that a diamonds package worth $432,000 is in the possession of the other party.
Jacob, the arbitrator, listens to both stories and needs to find out who is telling the truth and
who is lying.
Meeting Jenny (USA)
Director: Tammy-‐Anne Fortuin
Cast: Dylan Stretchbery, Alexa Jansson, Chelsea Lee Joan
Synopsis: A soft-‐spoken writer must get an unknown, foul-‐mouthed woman, who may or may
not be pregnant with his baby, out of his house before his fiance comes home.
Michael (UK)
Director: Jonathan Kemp
Cast: Leon Child, Lawrence Larkin, Lisa-‐Marie Hoctor
Synopsis: A homeless man is promised a better life. He finds himself trapped on a farm,
working in horrible conditions and unable to leave.
Minimum Wage (USA)
Director: Joey Ally
Cast: Sarah Ramos, Ian Harding
Synopsis: Walking home late at night from being questionably fired from cocktail waitressing,
Kit takes a chance when a stranger mistakes her for a prostitute.
Moment Of Happiness (Finland/UK)
Director: Sakari Lerkkanen
Cast: Joonathan Suvanto, Gabriella Rubini
Synopsis: A sailor arrives home for a short period to meet his lover. Is the love keeping him
home or shall the sea call him back?
Mouth Of Hell (UK)
Director: Samir Mehanovic
Cast: Suraj Mondal, Ramanjit Kaur, Taranjit Kaur
Synopsis: Jharia, India, one of the most dangerous places on earth. Fires rage underground,
smoke and dangerous fumes belch from cracks in the earth. This is the home of Anant, an 8 year
old boy who scrapes a living picking coal and selling it at the local markets to try and feed
himself and his sick mother. One day, a chance encounter changes Anant's life, forever.
Moving On (USA)
Director: Marcia Fields, Mike Spear
Cast: Robin Taylor, Mike Ivers, Ryan Farrell
Synopsis: Moving On takes a look at what would happen if even breakups were contracted out.
And it's way more embarrassing than getting dumped by text.
My Stuffed Granny (UK)
Director: Effie Pappa
Synopsis: A little girl and her family try to survive in the midst of the Greek economic crisis.
Nazi Boots (UK)
Director: Debs Paterson
Cast: Eleanor Worthington-‐Cox, Archie Bradfield, Lucie Griffiths, SallyAnn Fellowes
Synopsis: Holocaust survivor Janine Webber relives the loss of her family in this viscerally
powerful drama-‐doc short.
Needle Town (UK/Norway)
Director: Henrik Hylland Uhlving, Kaspar Synnevåg
Cast: Joseph Millson
Synopsis: Heroin addict Cato is stealing books to fund his drug habit. He has fallen in love with
Goth Girl, who works at the local bookshop. But the mall cop, Crab Claw, is about to make the
relationship between the two very difficult.
Nefertiti's Daughters (USA/Egypt)
Director: Mark Nickolas, Racha Najdi
Cast: Bahia Shehab, Mira Shihadeh, Salma Samy
Synopsis: Queen Nefertiti returns to join revolutionary street artists on the front lines in the
fight for women’s rights and freedom in Egypt today.
Nelly (Austria)
Director: Chris Raiber
Cast: Antonella Lenauer, Steffen Höld, Ann-‐Birgit Hoeller
Synopsis: A car drives through the snow. Behind the wheel is Nelly. She is thirteen years old.
Nelly wants to go home. Separating her from her goal are three questions, two keys, a diving
tower and a racing heart.
NO-‐A (USA)
Director: Liam Murphy
Cast: Liam Murphy, Andrew Finley, Matthew Benson
Synopsis: The world is a desolate, unforgiving place in this action sci-‐fi with a surprising
amount of heart.
No Less Than All (UK)
Director: Rory O’Donnell
Cast: Marina Stoimenova, Chiara Corbetta, Simon Stache
Synopsis: They won't be happy until we are. But we want love.
North (UK)
Director: Phil Sheerin
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Emer McCourt, Des McAleer.
Synopsis: Isolated on a farm and fighting against his family, Aaron struggles to be heard as he
watches his mother willingly die.
Not Sophie's Choice (UK)
Director: Matt Holt
Cast: Catherine Tate, Alex Macqueen, Skye Lucia Degruttola
Synopsis: A troubled middle class couple attempt to break some very sad news to their 10 year
old daughter, Sophie.
Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island (Australia / UK)
Director: Lukas Schrank
Synopsis: An animated short film which tells the stories of two men currently detained in
Australia's notorious Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre
On Reptile-‐Saurs in Cafes (Spain)
Director: Jaime Gona
Cast: Juan Diego, Esther Regina, Tina Sainz
Synopsis: Time and again, the quiet routine of a nameless café, located in a town that is also
nameless, and in an unspecified era, is unsettled by the attack of a reptile-‐saurus on the regular
customers. Usually there aren't any victims.
One Night in Hell (UK)
Director: Jason Jameson, James Hall
Cast: Cécile Dumont, Rodrigo Peñalosa, Ludovic Pujol
Synopsis: A devilish and spectacular animation short that tells the story of a skeleton's journey
into a stereoscopic hell.
Open 24 Hours (USA)
Director: Henry Chaisson
Cast: Dale Raoul, Chad Todhunter, Brad Leland
Synopsis: A contract killer gets more than he bargained for after a pit-‐stop at the convenience
store.
Page's Great and Grand Escape (USA)
Director: Micky Levy
Cast: B.K. Cannon, Noell Coet, Antonimar Murphy
Synopsis: Page is a talented, exceedingly smart teenager, who wants nothing more than to be
beautiful. She feels unattractive and trapped in her own body, so she pulls off the biggest escape
of all: An escape from herself.
Palm Rot (USA)
Director: Ryan Gillis
Cast: Greg Tonner
Synopsis: An old crop-‐duster discovers a mysterious crate floating in the Florida Everglades,
and it ruins his day.
Peacock Killer (USA)
Director: Boyd Holbrook
Cast: Shea Whigham, Elizabeth Marvel
Synopsis: A man and his dog go on an unlikely journey of reconciliation. Adapted from a short
story by Sam Shepard.
Pigs (USA/Malaysia)
Director: Laura Mohai
Cast: Iseng Mok, Karen Bee Lin Tan
Synopsis: A young boy feels neglected by his mother, who grieves the death of a second child.
He discovers a sick piglet on the farm where they live, and cares for it in the crib where his
mother ceremoniously grieves. This act leads mother and child to a quiet conflict.
Pink Grapefruit (USA)
Director: Michael Mohan
Cast: Wendy McColm, Nathan Stewart-‐Jarrett, Matt Peters
Synopsis: A young married couple brings two of their single friends out to Palm Springs for a
long weekend. It does not go as planned.
Pinky (USA)
Director: Dylan Paffe
Cast: Alison Lani, Austin Ray Mincks, Michael Mercurio
Synopsis: A young woman's plan to move away from her rural hometown is thwarted by her
self-‐destructive teenage brother.
Pinky (USA)
Director: Dylan Paffe
Cast: Alison Lani, Austin Ray Mincks, Michael Mercurio
Synopsis: A young woman's plan to move away from her rural hometown is thwarted by her
self-‐destructive teenage brother.
Playing Away from Home (Belgium)
Director: Koen Mortier
Cast: Francois Beukelaers, Kristine Van Pellicom, Leen Persijn
Synopsis: A strange kind of thriller about a man living a double life in fear but doesn't know
what to do about it.
POWWWO (USA)
Director: Keeley Gould
Synopsis: “Powwow” documents a central event in Native American cultural that allows tribes
to gather and reclaim indigenous rites and expresses the sacred and spiritual.
Prosefhi: Greek School Prayer (Greece)
Director: Thanasis Neofotistos
Cast: Chirstos Karavevas ,
Stelios Karabinas
Synopsis: Two high school students. While seeking their identity through violence, will
inevitably test each other’s boundaries.
Pussy Chronicles (Germany)
Director: Justyna Grzybowska
Cast: Emma Drogunova, Nastassja Revvo, Christian Wagner
Synopsis: Jenny meets her girlfriend Miri in a café.
When the two sit together, Jenny suddenly receives the image of a penis on her smartphone.
This and the waiter shamelessly grabing his crotch in front of both girls makes them wonder,
what's the deal with dicks anyway and what they would do if they had one?
Rattle the Hocks (USA)
Director: Cody Dickinson
Cast: Alyssa Graham, Douglas Graham
Synopsis: Rattle the Hocks documents Americana music group The Grahams as they ride the
rails and draw on the deep, recurring sources of American folk culture.
Remember (Japan)
Director: Shunsaku Hayashi
Synopsis: Going out for work, a man got a phone call. Answering it, his house exploded. As if
nothing had happened, he goes.
Research (Belgium)
Director: Koen Van Sande
Cast: Martin Swabey, Mélanie Biesemans, Carly Wijs
Synopsis: Research' is a short film about the tension between two realms: the mundane and the
sublime. The film delves into an individuals' conflict between a perfectly organised, successful,
everyday reality and his urge to find a higher awareness in the all-‐over state of his decent
human life.
Rita Mahtoubian Is Not A Terrorist (USA)
Director: Roja Gashtili, Julia Lerman
Cast: Patrick Fugit, Della Saba, Charlotte Ross
Synopsis: When Iranian-‐born Rita Mahtoubian sets out to change her life from ordinary to
extraordinary she accidentally captures the attention of a homeland security agent in this
satirical comedy about romance, terrorism and trying to be a better person.
Rock 'N Roll Island (UK)
Director: Helen Walker and Cheryl Robson
Cast: Rod Stewart, Steve Hackett, Phil May.
Synopsis: Rediscovering Eel Pie Island, the heart of R n B in South -‐ West London in the 60s and
a cornerstone of UK rock history.
Rose (UK)
Director: Tom Stoddart
Cast: Michael Sarne, Katie Pattinson, Amelie Hedger
Synopsis: A widowed mother struggling to cope with her daughter's dark secret is offered help
by a mysterious doctor, leading to devastating consequences.
SAMUEL-‐613 (UK)
Director: Billy Lumby
Cast: Theo Barklem-‐Biggs, Samuel Leibowitz, Letty Butler
Synopsis: The story of Shmilu, a Hasidic Jew in crisis, torn between his community and the
romantic possibilities of trendy East London.
Sea Child (UK)
Director: Minha Kim
Cast: Rachel Park, Sohhee Kim, Se-‐jung Shin
Synopsis: On the verge of becoming a woman, Sora is woken by a nightmare and decides to
follow a group of men into the city in the hope of finding her mum.
Shabu-‐Shabu Spirit (Japan)
Director: Yuki Saito
Cast: Mitsuru Hirata, Dai Watanabe, Ayaka Morita
Synopsis: As a woman’s fiancé, Keita, goes to meet his new family, the father, Shozo, begins his
secret appraisal – a test to see whether this fiancé is worthy or not of marrying his daughter.
Shadows (USA/UK/Poland)
Director: Paul Kowalski
Cast: Karolina Wydra
Synopsis: A young woman hides out in a house under construction to battle her innermost
demons.
Share (USA)
Director: Pippa Bianco
Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Keir Gilchrist, Andre Royo
Synopsis: A 15-‐year-‐old girl returns to school after someone shares an explicit video of her.
She Stoops To Conquer (Canada)
Director: Zachary Russell
Cast: Kayla Lorette, Julian Richings
Synopsis: A struggling talent-‐show performer wanders into a nightclub disguised in a mask,
and is inexplicably attracted to the real-‐life dopplegänger of her masked character.
Skateboarding's First Wave (USA)
Director: Don Burgess
Cast: Don Bugress, Tim Keller, Colleen Boyd Turner
Synopsis: A look at the early days of skateboarding culture in Southern California, and the
group of kids that would shape its role in the media and in society.
Skin (England)
Director: Phil Sheerin
Cast: Jonathan Harden, Nancy R Clarkson, Aidan Kelly
Synopsis: A true story set over a single night. We follow Leo into a world of violence and
manipulation as he foolishly tries to do what he thinks is right.
Skinner (Hungary)
Director: Gabor Fabricius
Cast: Tibot Szoke
Synopsis: In economically depressed Budapest, to avoid being evicted from your home means
you need to evict others -‐ and Tibi, a hardcore bouncer with a conscience, soon finds that he
must turn against his own to save himself.
Slave (Mexico)
Director: Amat Escalante
Cast: Natalia Guzmán, Donovan Torres
Synopsis: As Ana, only 14 years old, tells her story, we can see how she was seduced, deceived
and introduced to the world of prostitution.
Slingshot (Australia)
Director: David Hansen
Cast: Ruaumoko Toatoa, Natasha Thompson
Synopsis: Slingshot is an amusing analogy on modern love, told through the eyes of one of its
latest victims.
So Now, What Do We Do? (Puerto Rico)
Director: Nirvania Quesada
Cast: Efraín López, Alejandra Purcell Aristi
Synopsis: Joseph spends all day with a gift in his hands, making all that meet him
uncomfortable. But what no one imagines is that he's preparing a very difficult apology for a
special someone.
Soldiers' Stories (USA/Canada)
Director: Jonathan Kitzen
Cast: Mickey Rooney
Synopsis: The story of war from the soldiers' perspective. A compilation of never before seen
3D images of WWI and interviews with current veterans.
Sometimes the Blues (USA)
Director: Néha Hirve
Cast: Zoe Kypuros, Diana Ebert, Tatsuo Ichikawa
Synopsis: A character study of Serafina, a lonely and depressed twentysomething who moves to
gentrified Harlem with an eclectic cast of characters.
Somewhere Down the Line (Ireland)
Director: Julien Regnard
Cast: Niamh Moroney, Kevin Mooney, Nora Twomey
Synopsis: Somewhere Down the Line follows a man’s life, loves and losses, shown through the
exchanges he has with the passengers in his car.
South Southwest (USA)
Director: Madison Hamburg
Cast: Tendal Mann, Angelina Lewis, Matt Bauman
Synopsis: An introverted photo enthusiast, tormented by local bullies, is faced with a test of
courage when his ailing grandfather's camera is stolen and placed at the top of a fire tower.
Stanhope (USA)
Director: Solvan Naim
Cast: Malik Lockett, Johnnie Mae, Rob Morgan
Synopsis: Stanhope, a teenage inner city kid from Brooklyn, NY gets caught up in a web of
violence as a paid assassin.
Star Cadets (USA)
Director: Joe Nicolosi
Cast: Jason Newman, Arthur Simone
Synopsis: Jax and Bingo are not the most skilled star-‐pilots that the Earth's Space Force has to
offer -‐ which is why they're stuck patrolling the deep fringes of the known universe.
Stella Maris (Italy / France)
Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese
Cast: Federico Pacifici, Bruno Soriato, Guendalina Cardea
Synopsis: The story of a light craftsman and his daughter, a one-‐eyed mayor, fireworks fusing
like weapons and street-‐art as revolution.
Strange Men (USA)
Director: Andrew Fitzgerald
Cast: Hannah Mosqueda, Thomas F. Duffy, Jim Garrity
Synopsis: Abby, a penniless young drifter, decides to return home. But her plans change when a
strange man begins following her.
Strange Weather (UK)
Director: Tom Shrapnel
Cast: Maxine Peake, Lex Shrapnel, Neil Maskell
Synopsis: Two strangers witness a natural phenomenon that reawakens their senses and draws
their empty lives together.
SuperMum (UK)
Director: Lisa Gifford
Cast: Juliette Burton, Cameron K. McEwan, Rochelle Dancel
Synopsis: Samantha is an average mum. Or at least she likes to think so, but her career makes
her stand out. Samantha is a superhero.
Take Me to the End of the World (USA)
Director: Justin Coyne
Cast: Chad Oswald, Mackenzie Glisson, Emily Meyer
Synopsis: Three friends overcome the troubles of a road trip as they travel across the country
to fulfill the last request of a friend.
Talgar the Hunter (UK)
Director: Charlie Crane
Cast: Talgar Shaibyrov & Tumara, Sary Ata
Synopsis: Talgar the Hunter is a beautiful and peaceful short film about loss and reconciliation.
Part documentary, part fable, Talgar takes a journey through Kyrgyzstan's bleak landscape.
Tempus (USA/CANADA)
Director: Ian Clay
Cast: Jonathan Kite, Ann Benson
Synopsis: A man summons his youth and runs to his faltering wife.
The Adept (Canada)
Director: Adam Stern
Cast: Adam Greydon Reid, Jennifer Spence
Synopsis: Ben, a brilliant physicist and amateur magician, gets more than he bargains for when
performing his latest card trick for Maddy, his wife and colleague.
The Alchemist's Letter (USA/UK)
Director: Carlos Andre Stevens
Cast: John Hurt, Eloise Webb
Synopsis: A late alchemist exposes his estranged son to the truth surrounding his tumultuous
life and the dark magic used to power a gold-‐making machine.
The Anniversary (Canada)
Director: Angus Borsos
Cast: Angus Borsos
Synopsis: How mysterious, that drifting through a room so often feels reminiscent of touring
through a museum.
The Answers (USA)
Director: Michael Goode
Cast: Daniel Lissing, Rose McIver
Synopsis: Upon his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he ever had
and some he never asked.
The Bridge Partner (USA)
Director: Gabriel Olson
Cast: Beth Grant, Sharon Lawrence, Robert Forster
Synopsis: A timid housewife is jolted into a fight for her survival or sanity at her weekly bridge
club when she thinks she hears her new partner utter a threat.
The Champion (USA)
Director: Marc J. Perez
Cast: Matt Zoller Seitz
Synopsis: The story of Fort Lee, New Jersey, the birthplace of the motion picture industry, and
the effort to save our fading film history.
The Cycle Starts And Stops With You (USA)
Director: Chris Buchal
Cast: Brady James, Coltron James, Lavenda Memory
Synopsis: A short film examining the cyclical nature of child abuse and domestic violence with
intense sound design and visual effects.
The Earth Belongs To No One (UK)
Director: Ani Laurie
Cast: Jessica Barden, Alana Boden, Jack Wilkie
Synopsis: How far would you go to protect your family? Jessy-‐May's 14 year-‐old-‐sister has
stopped speaking since the attack at school. Panic has set in the neighbourhood, forcing Jessy-‐
May to take matters into her own hands.
The Edge of Illusion (USA)
Director: Timothy David Orme
Synopsis: The Edge of Illusion is a personal essay film that examines the inherent anxiety and
apprehension of the filmmaker's pursuit of image (illusion) making. Paradoxically, the
investigation takes place through images.
The Evolution of a Gen-‐X Music Purchaser (USA)
Director: Jack Marchetti
Cast: Matt Pratt, Christina Rose, Hannah Duncan
Synopsis: All the significant moments over the last twenty years in Zack's life parallel the
changing landscape of music purchasing technology.
The Haircut (USA)
Director: Alexis O. Korycinski
Cast: Bailey Noble, Molly Quinn, Walter Fauntleroy
Synopsis: In 1976, Amy defies expectations and joins the first class of female cadets accepted
for military service academies. She'll have to prove to all that she has what it takes.
The House is Innocent (USA)
Director: Nicholas Coles
Cast: Tom Williams, Barbara Holmes, John Cabrera
Synopsis: Meet Tom and Barbara, the proud new owners of a serial killer’s home. The couple’s
attempts to hide the house’s history may be the end of them.
The House Job (Brazil)
Director: Filippo Capuzzi Lapietra
Cast: Tato Gabus Mendes, Fabio Marcoff, João Côrtes
Synopsis: In debt with a dangerous loan shark, Paulo plans an insurance fraud to get money.
However, a series of events puts his plan in jeopardy.
The Jungle Of Jules Levine (Panama)
Director: Michael Mileham
Cast: John Denos, Peter Cook, Elliott Gould
Synopsis: An intrepid scientist ventures into the Darien Jungle, ignoring dire warnings.
Unbeknownst to him, Panama is invaded as he struggles to survive against all odds.
The Last Round (UK)
Director: Danny Baldwin
Cast: Luci Fish, Josh Danford, Paul McGuinness
Synopsis: With debts piling up and a baby on the way, Jimmy’s last hope is to enter an
underground boxing match, despite his girlfriend Sophie’s objections. Determined to stop him,
Sophie arrives at the ring, where she is unexpectedly confronted by her past.
The Last Suit (Mexico)
Director: Diego Graue
Cast: Mauricio Escobar, René Reyes
Synopsis: Fermin comes back from the dead to see the city one last time in company of his good
friend Nico, the tailor who makes his last suit
The Liberation Of America Is Near (Put This Egg In My Mouth) (USA)
Director: Ernesto Flores
Cast: Ernesto Flores
Synopsis: The Liberation Of America Is Near (Put This Egg In My Mouth) Is a very short
experimental video: A challenge from a mysterious figure.
The Lost Mariner (Netherlands)
Director: Tess Martin
Cast: Hank Botwinik, Kieran Dolan, Tjeerd Knoop
Synopsis: The Lost Mariner is an animated interpretation of Dr. Oliver Sacks’ case study found
in his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. It uses photographs to visualize the rare
memory condition of patient Jimmie G.
The Mechanical Waltz (France/Belgium)
Director: Julien Dykmans
Synopsis: The Mechanical Waltz is a story of puppets living in a totalitarian world. They are
destined to enact the same routine, controlled by their masters. But today is the day that frees
them from the mechanical quotidian, and releases them into a beautiful waltz of freedom.
The Night Lives On (USA)
Director: Andre Kaplan
Cast: Joosje Duk, Melissa Johnson, Neal Arluck
Synopsis: A long take about a girl’s dance party that, despite people's efforts to stop, just lives
on.
The Night The Moon Fell (USA)
Director: John Bashyam
Cast: Anisha Karur
Synopsis: A boy finds the moon.
The Other Side (USA)
Director: Scott Brown
Cast: Dede Drake, Lidiya Korotko
Synopsis: For Kate & Abby work is hard, love is tough and bullets are cheap...
The Question (UK)
Director: Darion Leigh
Cast: Alan Wiliams, Andreas Williamson
Synopsis: Why are we here? What is it all for? In the infinity of time and space -‐ how should we
spend our single shot at life?
The Red House (USA)
Director: Jiaqi Lin
Cast: Felix Fang, Leann Lei, Makayla Gatmaitan
Synopsis: Fangfang, a prostitute, struggles to buy her freedom…her plans change when her
child is sold to the house by her parents.
The Scarecrow (US/UK)
Director: Phillip Rhys
Cast: Darren Pettie, Sandra Oh, Sandra Seacat
Synopsis: A recently divorced man confronts the rocky shores of loneliness after a day spent
with his adolescent son and an encounter with his wife.
The Silence of God (USA)
Director: Attila Rostas
Cast: Amelia Huckel-‐Bauer, Matt Szymanowski, Brendan Sweeney
Synopsis: Silentium Dei is a single and continuous-‐take film about ritual, chauvinism and
human brutality.
The Stained Glass Mandolin (UK)
Director: Andrew Bullas
Cast: Dick Levans
Synopsis: Due to the lack of wood on the island, Orkney based musician and instrument maker
Dick Levens crafts a mandolin from stained glass to be auctioned off for charity.
The Tide (UK)
Director: Richard Rudy
Cast: Chris Ryman, Joseph Godfrey, Kishen Tanna
Synopsis: Facing a ‘fight or flight’ moment in a heated confrontation one night, Joseph is
reminded of his violent reaction to being bullied at school.
The Voice of Nothingness (Germany/Japan)
Director: Thomas Josef Roth
Cast: Shizuteru Ueda, Eiko Hanaoka
Synopsis: The combination of Zen Buddhism and Western philosophy and its relevance to
contemporary problems expressed by two Kyoto School philosophers. A positive approach to
nothingness.
Three Dalmatians (Norway)
Director: Ingrid Stenersen
Cast: Monica Borg Fure, Kathrine Kolgrov, Hanne-‐Marte Soerlie
Synopsis: Three single mothers in a small Norwegian town bemoan the lack of single men in
the village -‐ until the day that three hunky new cops arrive, setting the woman on the road to
crime.
Three Fingers (USA)
Director: Paul D. Hart
Cast: Virginia Newcomb, Benjamin Keepers, Kim Kendall
Synopsis: A female Marine struggles to navigate her disintegrating life after returning home.
Confronted with crippling loss, she is left with nothing but one crucial choice.
Three Kings (Australia)
Director: Mike Schroeder
Cast: Josef Ber, Cheree Cassidy, Emily Robins
Synopsis: One fateful night, Donnie, a hit man of many faces, attempts to leave all of his troubles
behind -‐ but there is no running away.
To Catch a Butterfly (UK)
Director: Simon Rawson
Cast: Dan Wilson, Chris Wild, Nick Payne
Synopsis: A chilling and visually disturbing look into the struggling effects on the relationship
between two brothers. Carl, who has autism, and Robert, a violent drunk.
Today Is Not the Day (Australia)
Director: Goran Stolevski
Cast: Darci McDonald, Adam Ibrahim
Synopsis: After the loss of a friend, a young couple's relationship reaches a crossroads.
Transmitting Thought: The Maimonides Dream Lab (USA)
Director: Ronni Thomas
Cast: Stanley Krippner
Synopsis: Doctor Stanley Krippner recounts his scientific research on Dream Telepathy.
Universal Gentrification (USA)
Director: The Perez Bros
Cast: Ross Turner, Ashley Sullivan, David Espinosa
Synopsis: Universal Gentrification is a short film that humorously imagines what would happen
if aliens decided to gentrify planet Earth.
V.P. (UK)
Director: Andrew Nolan
Cast: James Wallwork, Sarah Madigan, Chook Sibtain
Synopsis: Corporal Matt Parker is becoming insular and increasingly aggressive following his
battle with testicular cancer, until he is forced to drop his defences within unexpected arms.
Volley (Sweden)
Director: Giulio Musi
Cast: Abukar Mohammed, Amir Anajim, Assad Al-‐Roini
Synopsis: Abdi tries to keep a promise made to his mother before arriving from Somalia to
Sweden, but a violent environment leads him onto another path.
We the Mountain, We the Sea (UK)
Director: Agi K
Cast: Agi K
Synopsis: A short film made by Agi K to illustrate and accompany 'We the Mountain, We the
sea', a track taken from 'Corpus Mei', a collaborative venture between poet Penny Rimbaud and
producer Youth.
We'll Find Something (USA)
Director: Casey Gooden
Cast: Shane Carruth, Amy Seimetz, Julia Farell
Synopsis: A couple struggles to choose a restaurant while visiting New York City.
Wiglum (USA)
Director: Kouros Alaghband, Drew Hoffman
Cast: Barry Del Sherman, Ian Boisvert, Maleena Lawrence
Synopsis: Wiglum, 51, witnesses the ridiculous routine of human life in mindless motion at his
local supermarket. Frustrated and desperate at his company, he interviews applicants for an
undefinable job of cosmic importance.
Wild One's Run (UK)
Director: Ali Rafi
Cast: Isa Khan, Pappu, Anil Paul
Synopsis: A struggling actor finds himself in the middle of a dangerous cat and mouse story on
the back roads of rural India.
Winter Light (USA)
Director: Julian Higgins
Cast: Raymond J. Barry, Vincent Kartheiser, Q'orianka Kilcher
Synopsis: An aging college professor is drawn into an escalating battle of wills when he
confronts two hunters trespassing on his property.
Woman of the World (USA)
Director: Allison Cook
Cast: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jonny Mars
Synopsis: On a visit to Los Angeles, Rachel has an encounter with a celebrity that reminds her
she is right where she belongs.