Archived Festival Film

Trust Me, I'm A Lifeguard

A bro-mantic comedy about two lifeguards, who, when confronted with the end of summer, are forced to make adult decisions such as: What is the meaning of life? What makes a good Speedo? And, are those clams safe to eat? Screening in S... read more

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Sequestered

Two bank robbers run into problems when each takes exception to the other’s mask. Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever of the hit ABC television Show, Castle, star in this socially-relevant action comedy. Screening in Shorts Program: ... read more

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Acetate Diary

After receiving a difficult medical diagnosis, experimental filmmaker Russell Sheaffer decided to use a roll of 16mm film as a written diary. Projected, Acetate Diary is an expression of handmade sound and color. Examined as an object, the acetate... read more

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Helium

Young Alfred is dying, but through the stories about a magical fantasy world told by the hospital's eccentric janitor, Enzo, he regains the joy and happiness of his life and finds a safe haven. Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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One Year Lease

Told almost entirely through voice mail messages, One Year Lease documents the travails of Brian, Thomas, and Casper as they endure a year-long sentence with Rita, the cat-loving landlady. Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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Stew & Punch

A housewarming party with beef stew and much punch spirals out of control when the host couple become involved in some lighthearted arm wrestling. Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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Contrapelo

Contrapelo is the story of a proud Mexican barber who is forced to shave the leader of a drug cartel. By the end of the shave, the Barber will find out that he and the Capo are not so different. Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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Film Is A Film Is A Film

Digital projection takes over the movie screens worldwide. As celluloid slowly disappears from her workplace, the director, a movie projectionist herself, starts bleaching, painting, and scratching film to find answers about what makes it special.... read more

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Remora

On the day of his wedding, Kevin confronts his brother Landon to ask for permission to marry his ex-wife, but learns the circumstances surrounding Landon’s estrangement were far more fantastic than he had been led to believe. Screenin... read more

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Nesma's Birds

Awkward 11-year-old, Nesma, is at odds with the world around her since she began caring for her father’s pigeons after his death. Already facing pressure from her mother to get rid of the birds and continuing a bitter rivalry with the boy across t... read more

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Pink Helmet Posse

Three pink tutus. Three pink helmets. Three pink skateboards. Meet Bella, Sierra, and Rella: ages 6 1/2, 6 1/4, and almost 7. Take a look into these little girls' lives as they prove that skateboarding is not just for boys. Screening ... read more

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Life After Manson

Four decades after one of the world’s most notorious crimes, a Manson Family member breaks her silence to reveal how a series of choices led to ultimate destruction. Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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In Guns We Trust

In Kennesaw, a small American town in the state of Georgia, a good citizen is an armed citizen. By law, since 1982, each head of household must own at least one working firearm with ammunition. Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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Love in the Time of March Madness

A story about the hilarious and awkward misadventures of a 6’4’’ tall woman who is a star on the basketball court but struggles to find true love. This animated “tall short” about embracing difference is certain to disarm and delight. ... read more

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Parachute

Trapped in professional purgatory, four junior bankers must decide what they truly want before it’s too late. Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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Firstborn

Sheri, a free-spirited 21-year old, has her own apartment, an older boyfriend, and works in a bar to make her living. One morning, a surprise phone call brings her face to face with her past, making it impossible to hide from it any longer. ... read more

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App

A shy engineer desperately needs venture capital for his virtual wing woman app. Can he and his app seduce a heartbroken girl at a swanky LA bar to prove it works? Screening in Shorts Program: read more

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One Please

A perfect family has a rather gory form of currency when it comes to children’s treats. Screening in Shorts Program: Totally Twisted read more

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Place Called Pluto

Greg O’Brien, long-time Cape Cod reporter and newspaperman, has been diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s. Acting on instinct and journalistic grit, Greg has decided to face down the disease and his imminent decline by writing frankly about the ... read more

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Body

A professional killer (Alfie Allen, Game of Thrones) discovers he can get away with anything on Halloween night, including dragging his latest victim around as a prop amidst a sea of oblivious London partiers. Screening in Shorts Prog... read more

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Peepers

In this suspenseful comedic short, a couple questions their perfect lives when they realize they are being watched. Unable to deal with the pressures of an examined life, Todd and Tamara confront the ‘peepers’ who are watching them, and expose wha... read more

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AMANDA F***ING PALMER ON THE ROCKS

Follow punk-cabaret icon Amanda Palmer as she hits the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater. Since her record-breaking $1.2 million crowd-funded Kickstarter campaign, Palmer (formerly of the Dresden Dolls) has carved out a path of fearlessness and inde... read more

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Optical Sound

Music is there at the start. The composition is in charge of direction and draws the sound-on-film onto the image. The sound-on-film generates abstract pictures that trace and visualize the music. Screening in Shorts Program: ... read more

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Romance Sans Paroles

Deconstruction and reconstruction from a found footage of a swashbuckling movie. Hundreds of images were scanned from film fragments and put together to get a rhythmic composition, “a stream of light energy,” giving a new life to the actors of an... read more

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CUT

CUT appropriates six classic black and white Hollywood film clips from the 30s and 40s. The images and sound are reconfigured through graphic and sequential interventions. The disruptions refocus and enhance our attention to obscure aspects of the... read more