SHORT TAKES 1
PURPLE HAZE
Directed by Jay Shore
Written by Jay Shore
Animation: Carter Blackwood
USA, 2024, 2 minutes 25 seconds
A guy goes to Prince's house and things get weird.
Illustrated and animated by Carter Blackwood.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
I'M NOT A ROBOT
Directed by Victoria Warmerdam
Written by Victoria Warmerdam
Belgium, 2023, 19 minutes 59 seconds
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
PURE BLUE
Directed by Justin Stapleton
Written by Justin Stapleton
USA, 2023, 14 minutes 14 seconds
A young police officer, Vanessa Bailey (Marie Wilde), must fall in line after witnessing a murder, or risk the consequences of doing what's right.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
SPAGHETTI WESTERN
Directed by Eric Frost-Barnes
Written by Eric Frost-Barnes
USA, 2023, 8 minutes
A posse of misfits angles for one fine-lookin' plateful of pasta-based goodness.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
BOMB VOYAGE
Directed by Junsang Yoo
Written by Junsang Yoo
USA, 2024, 4 minutes 37 seconds
A frightened man with claustrophobia shares an unstable elevator ride with a suspicious stranger with stomach issues.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
A DASH OF HOPE
Directed by Oliver Mitsuo Gill
Written by Oliver Mitsuo Gill
USA, 2024, 3 minutes 18 seconds
When a happy go lucky puppy stumbles across a fearful raccoon holed up in an alleyway, she makes it her mission to break him out of his rut.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
WABI-SABI
Directed by Josephine Green Zhang
Written by Josephine Green Zhang
USA, 2024, 19 minutes 47 seconds
When an insecure, half Japanese woman's invited on a date to a traditional tea ceremony, her best friend's advice on how to avoid white-guys-with-Asian-fetishes threatens to ruin her love life and sanity.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
ONLY WORN ONCE
Directed by Claire Downs and Brenden Gallagher
Written by Claire Downs and Brenden Gallagher
USA, 2023, 9 minutes 8 seconds
Darcy, a recent divorcee, and her daughter, Megan, sell Darcy’s used wedding dress on the internet to an 18-year-old marrying a much older man. When Darcy’s ex, Don, discovers the sale, a fight ensues. A drag queen unexpectedly saves the day.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened
EVANESCENCE
Directed by Maaman Rezaee
Written by Maaman Rezaee and Matthew Herbertz
USA, 2023, 15 minutes
A Navajo teenager flees home to search for her missing sister. On the road, she meets a single parent who has fled home with his infant. As they look for her sister, they form an unlikely and ephemeral bond.
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Q&A with filmmakers after all shorts have screened