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Ingvild should have known Jeppe would be trouble from the word gå (Norwegian for “go”).

The old thespian shows up drunk as a skunk at the theater she directs, railing from the cheap seats about how her actors can’t act. Soon Ingvild finds herself at Jeppe’s apartment nursing his hangover, learning of his illustrious career, and, before long, making love to him. Little does she know they share an almost preternatural affinity for a reason: they have a history. Jan Vardoen’s bittersweet, beautifully acted drama goes down as easy as a lingonberry-filled krumkake.

Showtime(s): Friday 9/23 @ 8:00pm – Delta College Planetarium

Friday 9/23 @ 8:00pm – Delta College Planetarium Narrative, Drama, Romance, 95 minutes

HHM Jury Nomination: Best Supporting Actress: Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen

Best Supporting Actress: Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen Cast: Helge Jordal, Ingeborg Raustøl, Bjørn Sundquist, Hege Schøyen, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen

Helge Jordal, Ingeborg Raustøl, Bjørn Sundquist, Hege Schøyen, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen Writer, Director, and Producer: Jan Vardoen

Jan Vardoen Recently Screened At: Austin Film Festival, Macon Film Festival (Best in Show), International Independent Film Awards (Platinum Winner), Magnolia Independent Film Festival (Best Feature, Best Director)

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Inspired more by films like People on Sunday (1930) than Frankie and Annette, Beach Town is a rock and roll beach movie of the mind – a quiet, unabashedly atmospheric look at the lives of young people whose art is ineffably linked with their surroundings in a low-rent coastal community.

Beach Town features an upbeat summertime soundtrack and was shot entirely in Seattle in glorious, Super 16 color film.

Showtime(s): Saturday, 9/24 @ 4:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room

Saturday, 9/24 @ 4:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room Narrative, Drama, Beach Drama, Music 72 minutes

Cast: Maya Briller, Ahren Buhmann, Mel Cafe

Maya Briller, Ahren Buhmann, Mel Cafe Writer, Director, and Producer: Erik Hammen

Erik Hammen Recently Screened At: Seattle International Film Festival, Bellingham Music Festival

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Michelle Smith is a legally blind young adult affected by Asperger’s syndrome.

She is also unusually thoughtful and intelligent, and lives under the care of a supportive mother who sends her to a renowned school for the blind. Michelle thus faces both daunting challenges and great expectations. This sensitive doc by Garret Zevgetis follows Michelle as she deals with her unique place in the world in ways that are often daring, shocking, capricious, and funny. Though it is one extraordinary young woman’s story, the film’s lessons about the importance of both testing limits and coming to terms with them are universal.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 4:00pm – Delta College Planetarium, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 4:30pm – Masonic Temple Red Room

Friday, 9/23 @ 4:00pm – Delta College Planetarium, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 4:30pm – Masonic Temple Red Room Documentary, 91 minutes

Cast: Michelle Smith and family

Michelle Smith and family Director: Garrett Zevgetis

Garrett Zevgetis Producer: Ariana Garfinkel, Jeff Consiglio, Garret Zevgetis, Jordan Salvatoriello

Ariana Garfinkel, Jeff Consiglio, Garret Zevgetis, Jordan Salvatoriello Recently Screened At: SXSW (World Premiere), IFFBoston (Special Jury Award), Hot Docs

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Jamie Adams’ tale of two inept con women posing as superstar poets comes to us from the absurdist fringe of British comedy.

On the run for petty theft, Lisa and Claire have a chance encounter in the wilderness with the famous Wilding sisters. They end up stealing the sisters’ car along with their identities, arriving in their stead as guests of honor at a poets’ retreat in the Black Mountains. There they take turns delivering daft, off-the-cuff verse and competing for the attention of hunky poet Richard. If you love the improvisational humor of The Office and the dysfunctional train-wreck humor of Absolutely Fabulous, this one’s for you.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 2:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 2:00pm – Delta College Planetarium

Friday, 9/23 @ 2:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 2:00pm – Delta College Planetarium Narrative, Drama, Comedy, Romance 90 minutes

Cast: Alice Lowe, Dolly Wells, Tom Cullen

Alice Lowe, Dolly Wells, Tom Cullen Writer & Director: Jamie Adams

Jamie Adams Producer: Jon Rennie

Jon Rennie Recently Screened At: Edinburgh International Film Festival, SXSW

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Jonah’s gambling habit has left him with a massive debt and a gift for deception.

He lies compulsively to his creditors, his long-suffering girlfriend, and his teenage daughter Aurora. Rather than confront Aurora with the growing seriousness of her vision disorder, he persuades her to skip town with him on a road trip to see the Northern Lights. Jonah’s on the lam from his bumbling loan sharks, from Aurora’s diagnosis, maybe even from himself. Producer/writer/star Jonas Chernick applies a light comic touch as Jonah tries to make it to the Borealis while regaining his daughter’s trust and saving his own skin.

Showtime(s): Sunday, 9/25 @ 7:00pm – State Theatre

Sunday, 9/25 @ 7:00pm – State Theatre Narrative, Drama, 95 minutes

HHM Jury Nominations: Best Feature Film, Screenplay, Actress (Joey King), Supporting Actor (Kevin Pollak)

Best Feature Film, Screenplay, Actress (Joey King), Supporting Actor (Kevin Pollak) Cast: Jonas Chernick, Joey King, Kevin Pollak

Jonas Chernick, Joey King, Kevin Pollak Director: Sean Garrity

Sean Garrity Producer: James Fler, Mark Gingras, Erla Glesby, Andrew Hunt, Phyllis Laing, Michael Paszt, Kevin Pollak, Jonas Chernik, Liz Jarvis

James Fler, Mark Gingras, Erla Glesby, Andrew Hunt, Phyllis Laing, Michael Paszt, Kevin Pollak, Jonas Chernik, Liz Jarvis Writer: Jonas Chernick

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Films about the cliquish world of high school girls typically veer toward an attitude of bemused detachment.

They rarely try to get inside their subjects’ heads, which are assumed to be unburdened by deep thoughts. Watching Irving Franco’s Cheerleader is like reading the homecoming queen’s diary. There are moments of vacuity and narcissism but also of pain, longing, and insight, as cheerleader Mickey seeks to make her boyfriend jealous by getting with the school’s notoriously nerdy nice guy.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 6:00pm – State Theatre, and Sunday 9/25 @ 12:00pm – Delta College Planetarium

Friday, 9/23 @ 6:00pm – State Theatre, and Sunday 9/25 @ 12:00pm – Delta College Planetarium Narrative, Drama, Romance, 69 minutes

HHM Jury Nominations: Best Cinematography & Screenplay

Best Cinematography & Screenplay Cast: Catherine Blades, Chris Bert, Rachel Beyda

Catherine Blades, Chris Bert, Rachel Beyda Writer & Director: Irving Franco

Irving Franco Producer: Nathan Marcus

Nathan Marcus Recently Screened At: Florida Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival

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After years of rotting in Joliet, Les, a wrongfully imprisoned street legend known as “The Ghoul,” is released into a mad search through Chicago’s back alleys for the man who slaughtered his mother and robbed him of his soul.

Aided by enigmatic benefactors, he must delve beneath the city into a modern labyrinth of gutters whose tendrils have grown deep while he was gone. What unfolds is a desperate tale of brute force tragedy set in the supernatural underworld of Chicago, where heroes are reduced to horror-shows, villains dream of their own demise, and good and evil prove to be antiquated concepts.

Showtime(s): Saturday, 9/24 @ 8:30pm – Delta College Planetarium

Saturday, 9/24 @ 8:30pm – Delta College Planetarium Narrative, Drama, 103 minutes

Cast: Brant McCrea, Shira Barber, Dave Cartwright Jeremy Vranich, Jojo Baby

Brant McCrea, Shira Barber, Dave Cartwright Jeremy Vranich, Jojo Baby Director: Dorian Wieinzimmer

Dorian Wieinzimmer Producer: Jeremy Vranich

Jeremy Vranich Writers: Dorian Wieinzimmer, Brant McCrea

Dorian Wieinzimmer, Brant McCrea Recently Screened At: FilmQuest (World Premiere)

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“If a tree falls in the forest …” Any kid can complete the old thought experiment.

When Claire’s husband Paul takes a routine hike in a routine forest and doesn’t return, she’s faced with a more troubling conundrum: do even our closest loved ones exist when we don’t see them? Paul’s disappearance reveals a world of his that Claire never knew, much of it centered on a charismatic young artist named Alison. As Claire and her pre-teen son Connor seek clues to Paul’s whereabouts, the mystery of what became of him is overtaken by that of who he was. Bay City native Betsy Brandt stars in this affecting drama co-directed by Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson.

Showtime(s): Saturday, 9/24 @ 8:30pm – State Theatre

Saturday, 9/24 @ 8:30pm – State Theatre Narrative, Drama, Suspense, 80 minutes

HHM Jury Nominations: Best Actress (Betsy Brandt) & Best Supporting Actress (Anna Margaret Hollyman)

Best Actress (Betsy Brandt) & Best Supporting Actress (Anna Margaret Hollyman) Cast: Betsy Brandt, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Zev Havworth, Chris Beetem, Sakina Jaffrey

Betsy Brandt, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Zev Havworth, Chris Beetem, Sakina Jaffrey Co-Writers, Co-Directors, Producers: Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell

Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell Recently Screened At: SXSW (World Premier), Seattle International Film Festival

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This coming-of-age story set in Queens, New York, in the 1980s follows Candy, a waifish teen who hides her vulnerability behind a veneer of toughness.

She’s got a job at the local burger joint and a boyfriend with bedroom eyes and an Elvis sneer. It has all the makings of a John Hughes comedy, except for Candy’s abusive mother, her two troubled brothers (one sexually confused, the other institutionalized), and the collection of psychiatric patients who roam Candy’s neighborhood like town criers. A retro romp with a modern twist from writer-director Alicia Slimmer.

Showtime(s): Thursday, 9/22 @ 7:00pm – State Theatre

Thursday, 9/22 @ 7:00pm – State Theatre Narrative, Comedy, 90 minutes

HHM Jury Nominations: Best Feature Film, Soundtrack, Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Ryan Weldon)

Best Feature Film, Soundtrack, Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Ryan Weldon) Cast: Stef Dawson, Rachel de Benedet, Ray Abruzzo, Steve Cavanaugh, James Kelley, Ryan A. Weldon, PJ Brown

Stef Dawson, Rachel de Benedet, Ray Abruzzo, Steve Cavanaugh, James Kelley, Ryan A. Weldon, PJ Brown Writer, Director, & Producer: Alicia Slimmer

Alicia Slimmer Recently Screened At: Brooklyn Film Festival, Cinequest Film Festival, Dances with Films

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Like a lot of teenage boys, Joey worships his father, Rich, who happens to be a career criminal.

Joey yearns to follow in his dad’s footsteps, so he’s thrilled when Rich invites him to serve as lookout for the crew on a heist. Things go very wrong, leaving Joey burdened by guilt and paranoia. As the cops close in and the criminals begin to break ranks, Joey is torn between loyalty to his father and a desperate need to cleanse his conscience. Kieran Valla’s haunting crime drama features a standout performance by up-and-comer Alex Shaffer as Joey.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 8:00pm – State Theatre, and Saturday 9/24 @ 2:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room

Friday, 9/23 @ 8:00pm – State Theatre, and Saturday 9/24 @ 2:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room Narrative, Drama, Suspense, 97 minutes

HHM Jury Nominations: Best Feature Film, Cinematography, Best Actor (Alex Shaffer), Best Supporting Actor (Sam Dillon)

Best Feature Film, Cinematography, Best Actor (Alex Shaffer), Best Supporting Actor (Sam Dillon) Cast: Kim Director, Erin Darke, Bill Sage, Alex Shaffer

Kim Director, Erin Darke, Bill Sage, Alex Shaffer Director: Kieran Valla

Kieran Valla Producer: Daniel Marks, Levi Smock, Alvaro Baquero Benedetti, Kieran Valla

Daniel Marks, Levi Smock, Alvaro Baquero Benedetti, Kieran Valla Writers: Levi Smock & Kieran Valla

Levi Smock & Kieran Valla Recently Screened At: Brooklyn Film Festival (Best Actor, Best Narrative Feature)

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With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck.

What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long van ride into their past.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 4:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 4:30pm – Delta College Planetarium

Friday, 9/23 @ 4:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 4:30pm – Delta College Planetarium Narrative, Dark Comedy, 85 minutes

HHM Jury Nominations: Best Feature Film & Best Actor (Kris Avedisian)

Best Feature Film & Best Actor (Kris Avedisian) Cast: Jesse Wakeman, Kristopher Avedisian, Louisa Krause

Jesse Wakeman, Kristopher Avedisian, Louisa Krause Writer & Director: Kristopher Avedisian

Kristopher Avedisian Producer: Kyle Martin, Sam Fleischner, Allison Carter, Matt Anthony, Steve Skoly, Sean Lamb, Jesse Wakeman, Kyle Espeleta, Kris Avedisian

Kyle Martin, Sam Fleischner, Allison Carter, Matt Anthony, Steve Skoly, Sean Lamb, Jesse Wakeman, Kyle Espeleta, Kris Avedisian Recently Screened At: SXSW, Sidewalk Film Festival, Rooftop Films NYC

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In a fairy tale world of ugly puppets, a mermaid and a policeman’s daughter wrestle for the affection of a skinless fisherman and for the skin the girls have traded since birth.

Along the way strings get tangled and brains get swapped till no one’s sure who’s who. There’s a lot of wrestling in Gutboy, and more people get skinned in a day than Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs skinned in a whole week. There’s also a prostitute chorus, an alarmingly fecund hag, a cannibalism scene more joyous than anything this side of Romero, and much more. Someday scholars will debate whether the collective fates of Plop the clerk, Kug the cop, and Besto the capitalist anticipated the decline of the Western security-industrial complex. For now, as long as films like this one continue to be made the world will be okay.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 10:15pm – Masonic Temple Red Room

Friday, 9/23 @ 10:15pm – Masonic Temple Red Room Narrative, Dark Comedy, 71 minutes

Cast: Will Cooper, Megan Daniels, Dan Fenaughty, Misty Foster, Anthony Herrera, David Homyk, Nick Reed, Pearl Rhein, and Marybeth Schroeder

Will Cooper, Megan Daniels, Dan Fenaughty, Misty Foster, Anthony Herrera, David Homyk, Nick Reed, Pearl Rhein, and Marybeth Schroeder Writer & Director: Nick Grant

Nick Grant Producer: Gabe Grant

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The prospect of little people playing professional basketball might seem a tad oxymoronic.

But in the 1980s a group of 4’9”-and-under Hollywood actors scored a gig entertaining crowds at Lakers halftime shows with their hoop skills. At first it was a lark, with the Shorties’ bouts against the Lakers cheerleaders punctuated by interludes of naughty hijinks. But a lot of these guys had game, and soon the team faced a crisis of identity: were they athletes or entertainers? Ryan Steven Green’s stellar doc chronicles a group struggling to reach its full potential and to be taken seriously by a society grappling with its own representations of difference.

Showtime(s): Saturday, 9/24 @ 6:30pm – State Theatre

Saturday, 9/24 @ 6:30pm – State Theatre Documentary, 85 minutes

Cast: Tony Cox, Martin Klebba, Jimmy Briscoe

Tony Cox, Martin Klebba, Jimmy Briscoe Writer & Director: Ryan Steven Greene

Ryan Steven Greene Producer: Ryan Steven Greene & Craig Evans

Ryan Steven Greene & Craig Evans Recently Screened At: SXSW, SF Doc Fest, Little People of America National Conference

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What happens if sibling rivalry escalates right into adulthood, even as the siblings are expected to take responsibility for an aging and troubled parent?

They lock her up in a psych ward, as sisters Casey and Connie do to their mother Mel. Casey is an underemployed loner who trolls the local bars for sleeping partners. Connie has a job and family but is equally messed up, as a work scandal threatens to land her in jail. And Mel’s recent suicide attempt betrays a plea for attention from her self-involved daughters. Robert Putka’s dark comedy-drama rides on the question of whether its three principals can reach some rapprochement before killing each other.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 6:00pm – Delta College Planetarium, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 2:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room

Friday, 9/23 @ 6:00pm – Delta College Planetarium, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 2:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room Narrative, Drama, 83 minutes

Cast: Jennifer Lafleur, Maryann Plunkett, Eilis Cahill, Mark Reeb

Jennifer Lafleur, Maryann Plunkett, Eilis Cahill, Mark Reeb Writer and Director: Robert G. Putka

Robert G. Putka Producer: Mark Reeb, Kevin J. Hughes, Mike Blanchard, Robert G. Putka, Joe Battaglia, Ellis Cahill

Mark Reeb, Kevin J. Hughes, Mike Blanchard, Robert G. Putka, Joe Battaglia, Ellis Cahill Recently Screened At: Slamdance (World Premier), Boston Underground Film Festival

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Hannah is an orphan raised by a devoted, domineering priest on a small island off the coast of Maine.

She seems destined for a life of religious service until she witnesses the sudden, senseless drowning of a classmate, testing her faith and jarring her sense of self. As summer approaches Hannah seeks work and solace with the dead boy’s fisherman father, Herb, who helps Hannah cut loose from her parochial moorings and introduces her to the life of the sea. Derek Kimball’s somber and dreamlike debut recalls the early Terrence Malick, with a revelatory lead performance by Jane Ackermann as Hannah.

Showtime(s): Saturday, 9/24 @ 12:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 4:30pm – State Theatre

Saturday, 9/24 @ 12:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room, and Sunday, 9/25 @ 4:30pm – State Theatre Narrative, Drama 101 minutes

HHM Jury Nominations: Best Feature Film, Cinematography, Actress: (Jane Ackermann)

Best Feature Film, Cinematography, Actress: (Jane Ackermann) Cast: Jane Ackermann, William McDonough, Tony Reilly

Jane Ackermann, William McDonough, Tony Reilly Director: Derek Kimball

Derek Kimball Producer: Derek Kimball, Matthew Konkel, Alan Baldwin

Derek Kimball, Matthew Konkel, Alan Baldwin Writer: Matthew Konkel, Derek Kimball, Matt Brown, Douglas Milliken

Matthew Konkel, Derek Kimball, Matt Brown, Douglas Milliken Recently Screened At: Slamdance, Atlanta Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival

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Tech geek Joe Larsen thinks anything can be quantified, even feelings.

When his company is hired to program the ultimate customer service bot, they bring Joe’s emotionally intelligent girlfriend Emily in to do the voice acting. Joe sets about coding what is most comforting in Emily’s voice and manner, and soon finds himself relying on his digitally-distilled cyborg Emily to soothe his panic attacks and provide him with companionship. Logan Kibens’ comedy follows Spike Jonze’s Her and Alex Garland’s Ex Machina in subtly exploring the dynamics of intimacy in a cybernetic age.

Showtime(s): Saturday 9/24 @ 6:30pm – Delta College Planetarium

Saturday 9/24 @ 6:30pm – Delta College Planetarium Narrative, Comedy, Drama, 90 minutes

HHM Jury Nomination: Best Supporting Actress (Christine Lahti)

Best Supporting Actress (Christine Lahti) Cast: Martin Starr, Mae Whitman, Nat Faxon, Cameron Esposito, Retta, Christine Lahti

Martin Starr, Mae Whitman, Nat Faxon, Cameron Esposito, Retta, Christine Lahti Director: Logan Kibens

Logan Kibens Producer: Aaron Cruze, Logan Kibens

Aaron Cruze, Logan Kibens Writers: Logan Kibens, Sharon Greene

Logan Kibens, Sharon Greene Recently Screened At: SXSW, Traverse City Film Festival, Bentonville Film Festival

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British director Alex Lightman’s first feature is a dystopian fantasy with Biblical and primordial echoes.

In the aftermath of some unnamed apocalypse, in a near deserted coastal landscape, two brothers forage for food and await the return of their long absent father. Their traps and fishing lines empty, one brother resorts to killing and cannibalizing any man they happen upon. Into their midst wanders a young woman, perhaps the last on Earth, also seeking her father. Around this orphaned and limboed triad, this dramatic set piece opens onto foundational questions of sexual desire, fraternal love, taboo, and survival.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 8:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room

Friday, 9/23 @ 8:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room Narrative, Romantic Horror, 85 minutes

Cast: Alfie Stewart, Frazer Alexander, Jennie Eggleton

Alfie Stewart, Frazer Alexander, Jennie Eggleton Director: Alex Lightman

Alex Lightman Producer: Alex Lightman, Tom Kerevan, Ern Herrmann

Alex Lightman, Tom Kerevan, Ern Herrmann Writer: Tom Kerevan

Tom Kerevan Recently Screened At: Austin Film Festival, Raveena Nightmare Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Bronx International Film Festival

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Lydia Loveless is a rock and roll prodigy from Columbus, Ohio, who began making records and touring when she was barely out of her teens.

With her tiny frame and her voice as big as all outdoors, she’s assembled a band of veteran musicians whom she leads with confidence and charisma despite her relative youth. Gormen Bachard’s film combines interview and performance footage to give insight into the exacting creative process of a musical savant. It also goes beyond the typical music documentary in asking how great music continues to be made at a time when traditional mechanisms of music sales and marketing have collapsed.

Showtime(s): Sunday, 9/25 @ 2:00pm – State Theatre

Sunday, 9/25 @ 2:00pm – State Theatre Documentary, Music, 108 minutes

Cast: Lydia Loveless, Todd May, Benjamin Lamb, Jay Gasper, George Hondroulis, Joe Viers

Lydia Loveless, Todd May, Benjamin Lamb, Jay Gasper, George Hondroulis, Joe Viers Director: Gorman Bechard

Gorman Bechard Producer: Gorman Bechard, Colleen McQuaid

Gorman Bechard, Colleen McQuaid Recently Screened At: IFFBoston, NHDocs

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Across the Arab world a loose network of young musicians combines traditional Arabic music with rock, rap, and electronic sounds, evading both the orthodoxies of the older generation and the bland internationalism of mass culture.

Farid Eslam’s documentary surveys some of the Arab underground’s most powerful musicians and gives voice to their social and political aspirations. It follows the musicians through the years leading up to and following the Arab Spring, as their naïve hopes for democracy and freedom give way to the realities of theocracy and sectarianism.

Showtime(s): Friday, 9/23 @ 6:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room

Friday, 9/23 @ 6:00pm – Masonic Temple Red Room Documentary, Music, 85 minutes

HHM Jury Nomination: Best Soundtrack

Best Soundtrack Cast: Zeid Hamdan, Mali Waleed Yassin, Walaa Sbait, Karim Adel Eissa, Ibrahim Farouk, Mayaline Hage

Zeid Hamdan, Mali Waleed Yassin, Walaa Sbait, Karim Adel Eissa, Ibrahim Farouk, Mayaline Hage Writer & Director: Farid Eslam

Farid Eslam Producer: Farid Eslam, Dana S. Wilson, Dina Harb, Jeffrey Brown

Farid Eslam, Dana S. Wilson, Dina Harb, Jeffrey Brown Recently Screened At: Munich International Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Filmfest München, San Francisco Independent Film Festival

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MICHIGAN SHORTS:

Saturday, Sept. 24 @ 10:30am

Delta College Planetarium

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Immerse

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Let the natural light and sounds take you on a journey through five Italian cities.

Documentary, Local, Student 8 minutes

Writer, Director & Producer: Patrick Mallett

Painting Pilfinger

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A forgotten hero searches for salvation through a friend who may or may not be real, as an unlikely relationship with a stray dog blossoms into a chance to rediscover purpose in a painting of his mysterious companion.

But newfound hope may have painful consequences.

Narrative, Drama, Local, 12 minutes

Cast: Bradley Silvius

Bradley Silvius Writer & Director: Bradley Silvius

Bradley Silvius Producers: Martin Faber, Raquel de Paula Silvius

Martin Faber, Raquel de Paula Silvius Recently Screened At: Made-in-Michigan Film Festival (Best Original Score), Best Shorts Competition (Award of Merit), The IndieFEST Film Awards (Award of Recognition)

Pucker Up

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Frank Maxwell, a lazy call center employee, has coasted through his entire career.

When a new boss steps into the picture, Frank tries to do all he can to make his new boss like him, even if that means going to the extremes.

Narrative, Comedy, Local, Student, Delta College Film Capstone, 8 minutes

Natasha

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A teen is misunderstood by everyone.

At least he has Natasha.

Narrative, Drama, Local, Student, Delta College Film Capstone, 8 minutes

Crook’d

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Career criminals Loretta & Harold think they’ve hit the jackpot at large home in the dead of winter until Jackson shows up looking for his aunt.

Loretta assumes her identity, but there may be more to the story in this whimsical film about deception.

Narrative, Comedy, Local, Student, 16 minutes

Cast: Ben Reitemeier, Danielle Cohn, Michael Hartung

Ben Reitemeier, Danielle Cohn, Michael Hartung Writer & Director: Jules Washabaugh

Jules Washabaugh Producer: Will O’Donnell

Morbus

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The inception of a virus from the bacterium of deep sea creatures is released among the public which transforms them into the living dead.

Narrative, Horror, Local 2 minutes

Director: William Mosqueda

The Scorpion Tail

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Daughter of a crime family takes matters into her own hands in this Film Noir thriller.

Narrative, Drama, Local, 6 minutes

Cast: Taylor Swaim, Ashton Grobbel, Luna Alexander, Claudia Marsh, Bob Moyer

Taylor Swaim, Ashton Grobbel, Luna Alexander, Claudia Marsh, Bob Moyer Director: Sterling Adgate

Sterling Adgate Writer: Ron Belleville, Bob Colman, Taylor Swaim

Ron Belleville, Bob Colman, Taylor Swaim Producer: Daniel Belleville

The Quiz

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A cultured couple foolishly decides to take a relationship quiz on their honeymoon.

Narrative, Comedy, Local 8 minutes

Cast: Alex Alexandrou, Charly Bivona, Robert William Ford

Alex Alexandrou, Charly Bivona, Robert William Ford Director: Joshua Courtade

Joshua Courtade Writers: Joshua Courtade, Jason Lowe

Joshua Courtade, Jason Lowe Producer: Tom Greenberg

SHORTS PROGRAM 1:

Friday, Sept. 23 @ 2:00pm

Delta College Planetarium

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The Mexican wrestlers known as luchadors only remove their masks in defeat.

The one in Shea Sizemore’s touching comic short still wears his mask even though he’s aged out of the ring and into an office job. A cubicle’s no place for a luchador, but with the help of his loving wife he might just get back out on the mat.

Narrative, Drama, 13 minutes

Cast: Cedric Guthrie, Rachel Jefferys, Aaron Chavis, H. Blake Edwars

Cedric Guthrie, Rachel Jefferys, Aaron Chavis, H. Blake Edwars Writer & Director: Shea Sizemore

Shea Sizemore Producer: Chip White

Chip White Recently Screened At: Pensacon Short Film Festival (Best in Show), North Carolina Film Awards (Founders Award), Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (Best Short)

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One of art’s great gifts is its power to help us move past (or better, through) our traumas.

Among painstaking ticks of a Sharpie marker, artist Shannon May McKenzie hides and reveals details of a critical life event in this cathartic performance filmed by Ian McClerin.

Documentary, 4 minutes

Cast: Shannon May Mackenzie

Shannon May Mackenzie Directors: Ian McClerin, Shannon May Mackenzie

Ian McClerin, Shannon May Mackenzie Recently Screened At: Slamdance, AFI Docs, Indie Grits, Florida Film Festival

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In the wake of global chemical warfare, a military fortress in Northern England serves as a last bastion of civilization.

Snipers kill outsiders to protect the stronghold from a mysterious virus transmitted by contact. But when Captain Thomas meets a familiar face at the border he is led to question the whole scenario.

Narrative, Drama, 23 minutes

Cast: Matt Hyde

Matt Hyde Writer & Director: Norman Tamkivi

Norman Tamkivi Producer: Alessandro Wingfield

Alessandro Wingfield Recently Screened At: Los Angeles CineFest, GoldenSun Short Film Festival (Best Drama)

Tampoon

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Cultural critic Camille Paglia contends that men spend their whole lives struggling to emerge fully from the chthonian abyss that is woman.

Sean might well agree after an overactive tampon in Miranda’s vajayjay reels him in like a 30-pound walleye.

Narrative, Comedy, Student, 7 minutes

Cast: Alexandra August, JJ Dunlap

Alexandra August, JJ Dunlap Director & Producer: Jeanne Jo

Jeanne Jo Writers: Jeanne Jo, Nick Musurca

Jeanne Jo, Nick Musurca Recently Screened At: Slamdance, Hollywood Comedy Short Film Festival, Another Hole in the Head (Best US Short)

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Good news: it’s the future, and Australia in its infinite humanity has abolished the death penalty.

Bad news: instead those convicted of capital crimes must give an arm and a leg, and then some. The “disappearance” of the title is literal in Matthew Richards’ film about a man who’s not what he used to be.

Narrative, Drama, 13 minutes

Cast: Greg Fryer, Kevin Dee

Greg Fryer, Kevin Dee Director: Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards Writer: Michael Fawcett

Michael Fawcett Producer: Brendan Guerin

Brendan Guerin Recently Screened At: Melbourne International Film Festival, Fantasia Internation Festival, Grossman Fantastic Film and Wine Festival (Best Short)

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Being a character in someone else’s video game could get tiresome very quickly, but if you’re paired up properly with a potential love interest it could also be a lot of fun.

Watch Sophie and Tom losing control and loving it in this delightful short from U.K. filmmaker Mariana Conde.

Narrative, Sci-Fi, Dance, 3 minutes

Cast: Helena Dowling, Matthew Biancheri, Jack Everson, Moe Bargahi

Helena Dowling, Matthew Biancheri, Jack Everson, Moe Bargahi Director: Mariana Conde

Mariana Conde Writers: Mariana Conde, Stuart Grant, Donna Mabey

Mariana Conde, Stuart Grant, Donna Mabey Producer: Donna Mabey, Stuart Grant

Donna Mabey, Stuart Grant Recently Screened At: Rincon International Film Festival (World Premiere), LA Femme Film Festival (Honourable Mention in Shorts), Los Angeles Spotlight Film Festival (Best Music Video)

I Wanna Be in All Your Movies

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Aaron and Joey are on hiatus again.

Joey’s served as muse and co-star of Aaron’s short films through the course of their mercurial romance. Now Aaron’s demoted her to a bit part in his first feature. This making-of film with a love story subplot asks if these two will rebound and finally take leading roles in each other’s lives.

Documentary, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, 15 minutes

Cast: Joey and Aaron

Joey and Aaron Director & Producer: Josh Freed

Josh Freed Recently Screened At: The Film Shop: Breakthrough Series

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Chances are that on any given night somewhere in the world there’s a great rock band playing its last gig.

Hugs are shared, tears are shed, and petty grudges are set aside as the band lays into its first licks. From this film’s opening shot of a lone guitarist sitting on an amp outside the graffiti-scarred entrance of a Madrid club, you can tell it’s going to be one of those nights.

Narrative, Foreign Language, Spain, 17 minutes

Cast: Tony Moreno, Lluvia Rojo, Fran Panadero, Edu Molina, Javier Mediavilla

Tony Moreno, Lluvia Rojo, Fran Panadero, Edu Molina, Javier Mediavilla Writer & Director: José Ángel Lázaro

José Ángel Lázaro Producer: Mario Madueño, José Ángel Lázaro, Sara Rollón

Mario Madueño, José Ángel Lázaro, Sara Rollón Recently Screened At: Spanish Short Film Festival, Silicon Valley Film Festival

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The vampire never really has a chance in this one.

Maybe it’s the townspeople’s faith that does him in, or his habit of passing gas right before he takes his meals, or the fact that small animals are strangely attracted to his buttocks. Whatever it is, by the end of Chris Angus’s animated short you’ll almost feel sorry for the old bloodsucker.

Narrative, Animation, 8 minutes

Writer, Director, & Producer: Christopher Angus

Christopher Angus Recently Screened At: International Film Festival (International Award of Excellence), New Animation International Film Festival (Best Animator), Independent Horro Movie Awards (Best Humor)

SHORTS PROGRAM 2:

Saturday, Sept. 24 @ 4:00pm

State Theatre

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It’s a hot summer night by a lonesome reservoir in London.

A man and a woman stroll past one another and exchange pleasantries. The water looks inviting – will these two strangers take the plunge? George Taylor’s gorgeous film is steamy and refreshing all at once.

Narrative, Romance 12 minutes

Cast: Melanie Gray, Ivanno Jeremiah

Melanie Gray, Ivanno Jeremiah Writer & Director: George Taylor

George Taylor Producer: Will Willson

Will Willson Recently Screened At: London Short Film Festival, Minneapolis Underground Film Festival, Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival

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Smart girls are electric and sexy girls are fiery, but nice girls just exude sunshine.

That may sound like a slogan from an old etiquette film, but in this futuristic fantasy from Chelsea O’Connor it’s the formula for success of a ruthless corporation that’s figured out how to harness women’s powers until they burn out. But Susie’s got other ideas.

Narrative, Drama, Sci-Fi 18 minutes

Cast: Jessica Howell, Melisa Marie Elias, Jeff Corbett, Geoffrey Wade

Jessica Howell, Melisa Marie Elias, Jeff Corbett, Geoffrey Wade Writer & Director: Chelsea O’Connor

Chelsea O’Connor Producer: Chelsea O’Connor, Elizabeth Engle, Jessica Howell, Marisa Ruby

Chelsea O’Connor, Elizabeth Engle, Jessica Howell, Marisa Ruby Recently Screened At: Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival (World Premiere, Best Narrative Short), Sarasota Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival

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Why do we let irritating people into our lives? And having done so, how do we remove them?

We can drop hints till we’re blue in the face, but they keep coming back like the Terminator. Sometimes there’s only one solution, as a group of friends decide in this darkly comic short from Zach Noe Towers and Tina Carbone.

Narrative, Comedy, 11 minutes

Cast: Zach Noe Towers, Dave Racki, Jenna-Lee Carreiro, Peggy Sinnott

Zach Noe Towers, Dave Racki, Jenna-Lee Carreiro, Peggy Sinnott Directors: Zach Noe Towers, Tina Carbone

Zach Noe Towers, Tina Carbone Writer: Zach Noe Towers

Zach Noe Towers Producer: Tina Carbone, Jenna-Lee Carreiro, Zach Noe Towers

Tina Carbone, Jenna-Lee Carreiro, Zach Noe Towers Recently Screened At: St. Louis International Film Festival, Dances with Films, Cleavland International Film Festival

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Hum

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Some of us may look forward to a life of labor-free automation, but what about the robots?

In this charming Pixaresque short from animator Tom Teller, a robot assembled from industrial detritus is liberated from a life of dishwashing drudgery with the help of a friendly hummingbird.

Narrative, Animation, Student, 9 minutes

Cast: Adam Della Maggiora, Brodin Plett, Jackie! Zhou

Adam Della Maggiora, Brodin Plett, Jackie! Zhou Writer & Director: Tom Teller

Tom Teller Producer: Tom Teller, Logan Day

Tom Teller, Logan Day Recently Screened At: LA Shorts Fest, BendFilm Festival, Athens Animfest

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What healthy American child doesn’t enjoy torturing her dolls?

Dolls are among the few groups in our society that don’t enjoy basic rights. Carson and Ken are about to learn it the hard way in this comedy from Canada via the Twilight Zone.

Narrative, Comedy, 6 minutes

Cast: Annika Elyse Irving, Brock Couch, Stefan J. Blab, Dylann Bobei

Annika Elyse Irving, Brock Couch, Stefan J. Blab, Dylann Bobei Writer, Director, & Producer: Trevor Kristjanson

Trevor Kristjanson Recently Screened At: REEL PRIDE Film Festival (Audience Choice Award), Shart International Comedy Film Festival (People’s Choice Award), Fargo Film Festival

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A shady young couple strolls into Midge’s gas station in the Pennsylvania coal country.

They take a liking to her knickknacks, her paintings, and her pet canary. Later, Midge finds the bird deceased, and when she ventures out to dispose of its carcass she discovers it’s not just canaries that get caged in this neck of the woods.

Narrative, Drama, Thriller, 11 minutes

Cast: Catherine Curtin, Patrick Murney, Izzie Steele

Catherine Curtin, Patrick Murney, Izzie Steele Director: Marie Schlingmann

Marie Schlingmann Writers: Marie Schlingmann, Samantha Buck

Marie Schlingmann, Samantha Buck Producers: Samantha Buck, Laura Heberton

Samantha Buck, Laura Heberton Recently Screened At: IFFBoston, Montclair Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival

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Greg was a charming and talented gentleman when he was struck by Alzheimer’s.

In this sensitive portrait we watch as Michael, Greg’s partner of four decades, struggles to connect with Greg in the face of this tragic disease and to assure that Greg’s final days are redeemed by an awareness of Michael’s undying love.

Documentary, 16 minutes

Cast: Michael Horvich, Gregory Maire

Michael Horvich, Gregory Maire Directors: Gabe Schimmel, Monica Petruzzelli

Gabe Schimmel, Monica Petruzzelli Producer: Amanda Le

Amanda Le Writers: Michael Horvich, Gabe Schimmel

Michael Horvich, Gabe Schimmel Recently Screened At: Rhode Island International Film Festival (World Premiere, First Place Alternate Spirit, Best GLBTQ Short), Outfest LGBT Film Festival, Humboldt Film Festival (People’s Choice & Best Documentary)

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A rags-to-riches story centered on a guy with a giant thumb for a head, featuring Chinese finger traps, penile extensions, Taxi Driver monologues, and an emotional arc running from hope to desperation to redemption in 12 minutes flat.

Filmmaker Ryan Fox shows what can be accomplished with a thumb-shaped mask, a tiny crew, and an outsized gift for comic absurdity.

Narrative, Comedy, Student, 12 minutes

Cast: Sam Radue, Tim Higgings, Bobby Ciraldo

Sam Radue, Tim Higgings, Bobby Ciraldo Writer, Director, & Producer: Ryan Fox

Ryan Fox Recently Screened At: Los Angeles Short Film Festival, Boston Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival

SHORTS PROGRAM 3:

Sunday, Sept. 25 @ 12:00pm

Masonic Temple Red Room

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Anglers

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Fly fishing and serial killing don’t seem like professions that call for similar skill sets, but who knows?

Take a little film with the beauty and grace of A River Runs through It, throw in a bit of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and you might arrive at something like this sly French short.

Narrative, Drama, Suspense, Foreign Language, France, 12 minutes

Cast: David D’Ingeo, Simon Boutin, Roman Villedieu

David D’Ingeo, Simon Boutin, Roman Villedieu Writer, Director, & Producer: Yoann Garel

This Is How I Want to Remember H.E.R.

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A young black boy is given a different kind of education when his cousin from the inner city moves in with his suburban family.

Narrative, Short, 26 minutes

Writer, Director: Kali Baker-Johnson

Kali Baker-Johnson Producer: Shannon Losinski

Shannon Losinski Cast: Jabree Webber, Alexander Shulman, Khairi Christopher

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Emile should have chosen a bar with a more distinctive name, maybe “Semolina” or “Pumpernickel.”

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As he waits for his date at the Rye Tavern and calms his nerves with Jack Daniels and onion rings, an exchange of texts sends him on a chaotic footrace through Brooklyn.

Narrative, Comedy, Romantic Comedy, 7 minutes

Cast: Matt Cohen, Stacie Capone, Abby Holland

Matt Cohen, Stacie Capone, Abby Holland Director: Michael Goldburg

Michael Goldburg Writers & Producers: Michael Goldburg, Dave Chan

Michael Goldburg, Dave Chan Recently Screened At: Iron Mule Film Festival (Audience Award – Best Film), Middle Coast Film Festival, Long Island International Film Expo

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The Curator

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After an injury dashed Clyde Doepner’s dreams of playing Major League baseball, fate brought him in contact with the Minnesota Twins owner, who hired him as the League’s first full-time curator.

That was four decades ago and Clyde’s still at it. In Andrew Putschoegl’s doc, Clyde shares some of the treasures he’s collected along with his reflections on the game he loves.

Documentary, 12 minutes

Cast: Clyde Doepner

Clyde Doepner Director & Producer: Andrew Putschoegl

Andrew Putschoegl Recently Screened At: Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

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A young woman wakes up alone with a hangover in a strange apartment.

There’s a vinyl of Beat Happening’s Jamboree, which is always a good sign. When a man arrives back with breakfast, conversation moves from awkward small talk to what happened the previous night and whether it matters. This short from German director Ralf Beyerle broaches big questions with a light comic touch.

Narrative, Comedy, Foreign Language, Germany, 10 minutes

Cast: Iris Becher, Sebastian Schwarz

Iris Becher, Sebastian Schwarz Writer, Director & Producer: Ralf Beyerle

Ralf Beyerle Recently Screened At: Beeston Film Festival (World Premiere, Best Comedy), Los Angeles CineFest, “Der phantastische Trashfilm” Festival (Winner Audience Choice Award)

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There’s no love like a mother’s love. Some children starve for lack of it.

But what of the mother who’s abandoned by her child? In John Sanvidge’s somber and understated film, Miss Su languishes for the boy who called her “omma,” which is Korean for “mom.”

Narrative, Drama, 9 minutes

Cast: Chujo Seo

Chujo Seo Writer, Director, and Producer: John Sanvidge

John Sanvidge Recently Screened At: One-Reeler Short Film Competition (Award of Merit)

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Tongue Stabs Cheek

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Hobo prophets deliver soliloquies of love and death with Shakespearean grandeur.

God rolls his dice in a shack on the edge of town where fish heads hang from the rafters and a metronome marks time and an old TV set dances with snow. In this one anything can happen, and it frequently does.

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The Magician

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This magician can’t saw a lady in half but he can toss a sword in the air and split open her gown.

He can’t pull flowers from a hat but he can make them emerge from a knight’s nose. He’s a conjurer, like every magician going back to the medieval wizards, like the artist who conjures a rich world from layers of 2-D figures in this extraordinary animated short.

Narrative, Animation, Fantasy, Music, 8 minutes

Animator, Director: Thom Lu

Thom Lu Original Music, Producer: Andrew Rubin

Andrew Rubin Writers: Andrew Rubin, Thom Lu

Andrew Rubin, Thom Lu Recently Screened At: Los Angeles Cinefest, Phoenix Comicon (Best Animated Film), Sidewalk Film Festival

Kaddish!

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Chance meetings at highway rest stops never go well in the movies.

This one involves a happy-go-lucky black Jew and a murderous neo-Nazi psychopath. Things look grim until a stroke of old-fashioned mysticism crosses us over into George Romero territory in this enchanting comedy-horror musical from France.

Narrative, Comedy, Horror, Foreign Language, France, 6 minutes

Cast: Steve Achiepo, Alexandre Pivette

Steve Achiepo, Alexandre Pivette Writer & Director: Emeline Castandeda

Emeline Castandeda Recently Screened At: Motor City Nightmares, Silver Scream Fest (Best Musical), Berlin Short Film Festival

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