THE INTERROGATION – Directed by Leon P. Jackson
Runtime: 16:16
Darius wakes up in a dark room. He has no idea where he is or how he got there. He quickly discovers that he is a person of interest in his girlfriend’s murder. At first, it’s obvious that Darius had nothing to do with the crime, but as the detectives dig deep into Darius’s past, his innocence becomes cloudy.
TWO WRONGS – Directed by Jason Spagnuoli
Runtime: 09:00
In an effort to prove to his son that he’s a “real man,” a middle-aged father picks a fight with a group of high school students.
TRUSTED HANDS – Directed by Matthew Kyle Levine
Runtime: 12:00
While alone on vacation, a young woman becomes obsessed with an online therapy video.
DRU SERKES “STORMY” – Directed by Michael Barnett
Runtime: 04:21
A raging storm brings a decrepit barn to life with ghostly dance. A celebration of life and a requiem for all we have lost.
RAEBURN 271 AVENUE – Directed by Hugo Salazar Jr
Runtime: 09:30
Sherry, a college student arrives late at night to meet her boyfriend from college, at his college house. Unfortunately, things do not go as planned.
DEATH DIFFERENTLY – Directed by Carter Oakley
Runtime: 13:24
Death Differently is a project that aims to reduce end-of-life anxiety through education and storytelling. This short follows the end-of-life transition of death educator, Shatzi Weisberger, and those in the death and dying community who supported her: Catharine DeLong (a classically trained harpist and certified music thanatologist whose live music accompanies people in their final hours) and Amy Cunningham (a funeral director and green burial advocate). Through vérité filmmaking, the audience accompanies Shatzi during her transition and witnesses what is possible when one is willing to embrace conversations about their inevitable death. Death Differently’s goal is to get people talking about death, dying, and grief, and hopes this project will inspire people to take a more active role in planning for their own deaths while they are well.
A ROSESIDE BANQUET – Directed by Peiqi Peng
Runtime: 16:03
Eleven-year-old Chinese girl Mai turns into a feather duster at her baby brother’s first birthday party, soon after learning her parents only ever wanted a boy.
A TENNIS FRIEND – Directed by Brian Herrera Gladstone
Runtime: 21:56
‘A Tennis Friend’ introduces Phillip & Marshall – 2 former college tennis teammates having a reunion over a friendly, yet competitive set of tennis…From afar the pair have much to envy: Marshall is a successful corporate attorney while Phillip is retired from the professional tennis circuit and embarking on a new career as a coach. Despite their personal successes, the two can’t help but romanticize what the other has. Embroiled in a heated tennis set, ‘A Tennis Friend’ shows us something beyond the game, and reveals what two old friends feel is missing from their own lives.