SHORTS
Uncle directed by Michelle Jones
Based on a true story writer/director Michelle Jones lost her uncle (Kenneth Serverin) in 1995 when she was 14 years old. The film is a coming-of-age story set in 90’s London, of a teenage girl whose uncle (with no criminal record) dies in prison awaiting trial.
Messy. directed by Max Lauren
Jordyn, an 18-year-old college freshman with an incessant need to control her environment, intends to spend a productive night in working through her homework assignments. Her productive night suddenly turns into a deep exploration into her childhood memories after she accidentally eats LSD-infused cookies.
Clover directed by Jonathan D’Rozario
Jon has something important he needs to say to Sam. He just isn’t quite sure what that is yet. As he reminisces, daydreams, and contemplates the possibilities, Jon will have to find the truth of how he feels, and the words to say it.
Earthworm directed by Grace Gregory
When twenty-year-old Claire finds out she’s pregnant, she knows she wants to have an abortion. With confidence in her choice, support from her family, and good healthcare, it should be straightforward. But the night before the appointment, skin-crawling hallucinations begin to shake her resolve. At the gynecologist’s office, what should be a routine medical experience becomes a waking nightmare with lasting repercussions.
FEATURES
Night, Mother directed by John Patrick Lowrie
Set amidst the COVID-19 pandemic during a Zoom conversation between a mother and daughter, Jessie (Sheila Houlahan) tells her mother Thelma (Ellen McLain) that she will commit suicide within the hour. Exploring the concentric circles of isolation, grief, and suicide, this hybrid film based on Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play portrays a poignant and haunting picture of the current state of mental health care in America.
Light Attaching to a Girl directed by Laina Barakat
Suffocated by an overbearing father and two older sisters who soak up any attention that comes their way, Clare is desperate to escape. She plans a trip to Iceland by herself where she can experience nature, and make her own decisions for the first time in her life. Light Attaching to a Girl poetically drifts between the interior and exterior life of an adolescent, as she reckons with haunting memories of her childhood even as she takes her first steps into adulthood.
Townhouse Confidential directed by Patrick Perez Vidauri
When Liz Perry and her two sisters inherit a crumbling New York City townhouse from their parents, the race is on to find a wealthy tenant to rent the downstairs apartment to cover their expenses and avoid a one-way trip to Jersey City. Enter Jonathan Grove, a single young hedgefunder from San Francisco, his best friend, George Barrow, the arrogant Prince Charming of West Village real estate, and George’s mother, Superbroker Kathryn Waverly. Together with bad boy handyman Tommy Leroy, sleazy mortgage broker Sal Carmine, Liz’s best friend Billie Jane, and the rest of the ensemble, it’s Pride and Prejudice meets Sex and the City in this hilarious romp through the economics of love and real estate in New York’s West Village.