Archived Festival Film

Paraíso

Three Mexican immigrants who risk their lives every day rappelling down some of the tallest skyscrapers in Chicago reveal their thoughts about work, mortality, and the people they observe inside the high-rises they clean in Paraíso. ... read more

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Picture Paris

An ordinary suburban mom carefully plans a life-changing trip to Paris, but when her plans go terribly awry, she finds herself alone on the banks of the Seine wondering why the city of dreams cannot magically fill her life with meaning in Pi... read more

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Screenshot

In Screenshot Kate meets an old friend through Facebook and discovers just how unfriendly a place the internet can be. Screening as part of the Shorts: Status Update program. read more

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Pitch Black Heist

Liam and Michael are professional safecrackers who meet on a simple job to relieve an office safe of its contents, but there's a catch—a light-activated alarm system impels the men to embark on a Pitch Black Heist. ... read more

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Procession

When Jason and his mother attend a funeral service of someone they have never met, they accidentally wind up leading The Procession. Screening as part of the Shorts: Escape Clause program. read more

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Rung

In Rung, after a cathedral bell ringer passes away, his spot on the bell-ringing choir is up for grabs and two women find themselves in an unlikely competition for the coveted position. Screening as part of the Shorts:... read more

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Stitches

Amit and her female life partner Noa have decided to take a crucial step and have a baby, but despite their strong self-confidence, after the baby's birth neither one of them knows what to do next in Stitches. Screening a... read more

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Prima

Alone in a brightly lit studio, a ballerina recalls her old choreography, leaping and spinning in front of an invisible audience in Prima. Screening as part of the Shorts: Escape Clause program. read more

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Teacher of the Year

Teacher of the Year is a day in the life of Ethan Collins, a severely depressed, foul-mouthed elementary school teacher whose wife's recent infidelity and departure have left him questioning everything in his life. Screen... read more

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Time of the Plums

Yasemin lives in her own world of fantasy with the notes she feels and the sounds she sees, as she spends a day with her mother and grandfather in Time of the Plums. Screening as part of the Shorts: Character Flaws... read more

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Voice Over

A French narrator jumps from one dramatic scene to another, confused about the story that he is trying to tell in Voice Over. Screening as part of the Shorts: Escape Clause program. read more

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Unmanned

An Air Force drone pilot operates air strikes in Afghanistan from a base in America, returning each day to his wife and son in suburbia, but when his team makes a lethal mistake, he is forced to face reality beyond the cubicle in Unmanned read more

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Whakatiki

A day at the river unexpectedly awakens the spirit of a woman held captive by years of broken promises in Whakatiki. Screening as part of the Shorts: Character Flaws program. read more

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Baseball in the Time of Cholera

As the cholera epidemic rages in Haiti and the UN denies responsibility for introducing the disease despite mounting evidence, witness the stories of a young baseball player named Joseph, and a Haitian lawyer fighting for victim compensation in... read more

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Angst

After participating in an execution by lethal injection, a doctor is so overcome by Angst that he decides to find a way out. Screening as part of the Shorts: Character Flaws program. read more

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Bad Gones

When a man brings his eight-year-old son to a soccer game and the ticket price is higher than he expected, he is desperate not to disappoint the boy in Bad Gones. Screening as part of the Shorts: Status Update prog... read more

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Asad

A 12-year-old boy in a war-torn fishing village in Somalia must decide between falling into the pirate life or rising above to choose the path of an honest fisherman in Asad. Screening as part of the Shorts: Character ... read more

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Donkey

In Donkey, David, a London banker who was the most popular child in class, bumps into Stanley, whom he bullied in high school, resulting in a powerful encounter. Screening as part of the Shorts: Character Flaws pro... read more

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Café Regular, Cairo

A couple's relationship goes through its first big test in a crowded spot in Café Regular Cairo. Screening as part of the Shorts: Status Update program. read more

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43,000 Feet

On his way to a statistics conference, John Wilkins is the victim of a freak accident, sucked out of a plane when an emergency door fails mid-flight at 43,000 Feet. Screening as part of the Shorts: Status Update pr... read more

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Double or Nothing

Clark and Becca leave a bar after a night out with friend. When they pass a homeless man on the street, Clark gets an idea in Double or Nothing. Screening as part of the Shorts: Status Update program. read more

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Fireworks

The Fourth of July in Los Angeles is always about Fireworks, as two adolescent brothers set out on a quest to impress a group of girls. Screening as part of the Shorts: Character Flaws program. read more

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Finding Benjaman

Benjaman Kyle was found unconscious outside a Burger King in 2004 without any clothes, identification, or memories, and seven years later no one knows who he is, even the FBI, in Finding Benjaman. Screening as part of the... read more

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GABI

GABI is a sassy, sexy, and strong Puerto Rican woman, but an unexpected family death forces her to return to her native homeland, confronting a place she thought she had left behind. Screening as part of the Short... read more

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Intermission Time

Once the show begins at this drive-in theater, the concession stand closes for the clerk's private performance, but tonight his victims seek revenge during Intermission Time. Screening as part of the Shorts: Character ... read more