The 2021 narrative shorts (fiction) are presented in three programs. ALL SCREEN ONLINE, For in-person screenings, see below:
1. TALES OF LIFE AND DEATH (Casiopea (Spain/2020/14mins) directed by Fernando Manson; Place du Trocadero (France/2020/7mins) directed by Pierre Leon Luneau and Mathieu Cayrou; and Inhale (Iran/2020/19.30mins) directed by Nasser Zamiri. ONLINE ONLY
2. DISCOVERIES: #PrincessProblems and The Legacy Sessions In-Person and Online
In-Person: March 30th at 6:30pm at Arlington Drafthouse followed by Q&A with the directors. Tickets Here
In-Person and Online
4. CHILLS AND THRILLS: Scary Story To Tell In The Dark #684 (USA/2020/13:17mins) directed by Carlos Gonzalez-Fernandez; Household Demons (USA/2020/9.10mins) directed by by John Gray; Snake Dick (USA/2020/8:05mins) directed by David Mahmoudiah; Night Waking (USA/2020/7:55mins) directed by Shoshana Rosenbaum; Sheila (USA/2019/13:25mins) directed by Jackson McKeehan.
Casiopia
directed by Fernando Manson
Spain/2020/14mins
Unraveling the eternal question of humankind: What happens before/after life?
Place de Toracadero
directed by Pierre Leon Luneau and Mathieu Cayrou
France / 2020 / 7 mins
Paul has a strange appointment in the Parisian restaurant with a guy who gives him money and a fork.
Inhale
directed by Nasser Zamiri
Iran / 2020 / 19:30mins mins
Ebrahim’s chronic insomnia has caused tension between him and his wife, Marziyeh.
Estilo Americano
directed by Miriam Kruishoop
USA/2020/22.15mins
A festive family gathering turns into an explosive showdown when siblings with opposing political views clash and painful truths are revealed.
#PrincessProblems
directed by Maritza Gomez
USA/2020/18:43mins
In the strenuous world of children’s party entertainment, an overly positive “princess” must win over a writer who is doing a story on female role models.
The Legacy Sessions
directed by William D. Ashton
USA / 2020 / 36 mins
A troubled high school student forms an unlikely friendship with a woman in a retirement community.
Scary Story To Tell In The Dark #684
directed by Carlos Gonzalez-Fernandez
USA / 2020 / 13.17 mins
A woman is awoken in the middle of the night by a series of increasingly strange and threatening phone calls.
Household Demons
directed by by John Gray
USA / 2020/ 9:10 mins
A young boy is forced to deal with the entity that possesses his mother.
Snake Dick
directed by David Mahmoudiah
USA / 2020 / 8.05mins
Jill’s got the snake. Julia’s got the flute. Alone, they have nothing. But together, they have a secret weapon to fight the darkness….
Night Waking
directed by Shoshana Rosenbaum
USA / 2020 / 7:55 mins
At home one night with their two young children, Ari and her wife Miriam face an existential threat.
Sheila
directed by Jackson McKeehan
USA/2019/13:25min
Tired of the monotony in her life, a midwestern farmer’s wife spies on her neighbors through the scope of her gun.
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