Congratulations to the winners
October 2020
BEST FILM ~ SMALL SHORTS
The Mother
Le Huy Anh (Vietnam)
A man's journey to find his childhood again.
BEST FILM ~ MICRO SHORTS
The Original Fifty Cents
John Akre (Minneapolis, MN)
John F. Kennedy is no longer with us, but he can still inspire and protect us through his presence in the Kennedy half dollar.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE ~ SMALL SHORTS
Falafel Sundays
Pracheta Ahana Alam & Fahim Arif (Bangladesh)
A short film about a connection to a time, food and a person who serves it, exploring the fleeting connections and tiny interactions that become a part of our nostalgic past.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE ~ MICRO SHORTS
Goldfish
Nick Szubart, Emma Henderson (Los Angeles, CA)
An exploration of a cracker shaped like a fish.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ~ OCTOBER 2020
(in order of appearance at the screening)
01
Fundies' First Time
Zachary De Nardi & Alexandra Shields
Chicago, IL
Travis and Janet have been good, patient Christians and now it's their wedding night. Can they get past their deep-seated guilt?
04
Lockdown Blues
Sophie Barling, Nico Sersale
United Kingdom
Sophie has flouted lockdown rules to join her family in the countryside, but is she now lonelier than ever?
07
A Girl's Night In
Timothy Haug
Cloverdale, CA
A girl enjoys a night at home.
10
I Dropped My Cookie Today
Hannah Kim
United States
A tale about the comforting reality of inescapable loneliness and futile conversations.
13
Scoped Out
Urban Pebble Productions (Miles Strong-Austin, Adam Rebora)
Chicago, IL
A sniper takes aim, but doesn't expect to spot friendship.
16
Six Day Back
Scott Cierski
Seattle, WA
Three bodybuilders sing about a revolutionary new workout regimen.
19
The Banana Manifesto
Azalia Muchransyah
Indonesia
An audio/visual manifesto asking different questions about what we see on our screen, what that means, and what makes art.
22
The Sand Castle
Eli Katzoff
Newton, MA
A little girl engages in a fantasy of battling the ocean from destroying her sand castle with help from an imaginary soldier.
25
The Original Fifty Cents
John Akre
Minneapolis, MN
John F. Kennedy is no longer with us, but he can still inspire and protect us through his presence in the Kennedy half dollar.
28
Falafel Sundays
Pracheta Ahana Alam & Fahim Arif
Bangladesh
A short film about a connection to a time, food and a person who serves it, exploring the fleeting connections and tiny interactions that become a part of our nostalgic past.
02
Ascension
Anaïs Honvault Zborowski, Bob Fokoua
France
Two businessmen do everything they can to obtain a government contract. However, an unforeseeable event will change their situation...
05
Intrepidity
Diana Gomez
United States
Two audacious people learn to overcome the standards set by society and achieve their own happiness.
08
I'm here
Kateryna Tiurina, Artem Pavlenko
Ukraine
Kyiv Dance Guide about the eternal dreamers, boys and girls, called to inspire with their honest deeds.
11
Train
Tom Gasek
Rochester, NY
An exploration of the filmmaker's relationship to trains.
14
The Mother
Le Huy Anh
Vietnam
An adult man's journey to find his childhood again.
17
Quiet on Set
Brandie Rich
Ogden, UT
A woman struggles to keep her sanity as she deals with a neighbor that terrorizes suburbia with loud noises.
20
The Wheel of Satan
Jacob Fischer Laursen, Asger Kjeldsen, Jes Bergholt Bach, Magnus Lund
Denmark
Faced by Satan demanding the ultimate sacrifice, three young satanists must make a choice of fatal consequence.
23
Kindergarten Cop 2020
Neal Fischer
Chicago, IL
Two longtime friends search for closure over a traumatic event from their childhood.
26
Ipecac
Daniel Feldman
Tallahassee, FL
Ipecac is a thriller about a poker game. Eagle conspires to out-cheat a cheater with the help of Jericho, who hides in the building’s crawl space.
29
Ms. Rossi
Pat Battistini
Italy
While on her way to a business meeting, Ms. Rossi takes an interesting detour.
03
Sentimental AI
Cassidy Romero
Chicago, IL
A scientist attempts to create a synthetic human body for his artificial intelligence.
06
Fragments
Mark Neeley
Cincinnati, OH
An exploration of how individual events synchronize with each other due to timing and nostalgia.
09
Goldfish
Nick Szubart, Emma Henderson
Los Angeles, CA
An exploration of a cracker shaped like a fish.
12
The Fear Of Finding Something Worse
Ronni August
Chicago, IL
A young man running from the law takes refuge in a neighborhood home. What he finds forces him to make a choice between his safety and a young girl's life.
15
Mmmm!
Sydney O'Haire
Chicago, IL
Parodying the 2008 Yoplait Yogurt commercial, Britt and Jess relax with a cup of creamy, refreshing yogurt until things start to get a little feisty...and weird.
18
Aire
MARC LESPERUT
Spain
An emotional phone call of a nurse to her mother sets the tone. This short is dedicated to all health workers fighting against coronavirus all over the world.
21
Cock a Doodle Don't
Barry Chapman
Ireland
A story of a little bird whose day is about to get a lot worse...
24
How To Write Stories
Gonzalo Torres
Los Angeles, CA
Kevin, the writer, is presented with a sudden setback when writing his novel - his tool breaks! He serendipitously finds instructions on how to fix it and finish the story.
27
Split|Filter
Split Filter Short Film Team, Samantha Baptiste
Irvington, NJ
Brandon has resigned himself to a life unfulfilled until a single click of his camera forever changes his life. What is hidden will always come to the light.