
Ravenswood After Dark
Big Teeth "Best of the Fests"
Program
Thanks for joining us for a fun night of short films and top notch cocktails under the stars.
The Big Teeth 60-Second Film Festival has been part of the Ravenswood Art Walk since 2015 and while it wasn't the right time to bring it back in the Big Teeth studio with Covid still plaguing us, we wanted to give Art Walkers a chance to experience some of what they love about the past shows and add in a few twists.
If you've attended past 60-second film fests you may not know that in 2019 we took the success of that program and created The Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Fest that champions short form storytelling from a diverse set of voices. The films you'll see tonight are a curated roster of films from both festivals that feature fan and jury favorites from all the screenings. If this is your first Big Teeth fest, then we hope you love what you see. You'll laugh, cry, think, and as we always say, if you don't like one of the films - just wait a few minutes.
Thanks to our friends at Koval and their beautiful new spot on Ravenswood, we decided to join forces to capture the best experience possible and we hope you have a great night and enjoy the show.
Sincerely,
Gregg Jaffe, Festival Director
Keriann Kwalik, Festival Producer
There are 57 films being screened, all under 5-minutes long. Act 1 features films 1-29 and Act 2 starts at film 30. To see which festival each film original screened at look for one of the following codes:
"Small Shorts" = Big Teeth Small Shorts
"60-Second" = Big Teeth 60-Second Film Festival
Want to know the difference between the fests? Click here.
(Intermission ~9:00pm)
1
Bandwidth

Pat Battistini
Small Shorts
Santa Clarita, CA
Frank's important job interview on Zoom goes south due to his "stay at home" COVID precautious family using up his bandwidth.
4
Deep Fears

Ryan Chu
60-Second
Garden Grove, CA
A sea otter who is afraid of the ocean is challenged to face his fears when he loses his precious pink shell necklace at sea.
7
Home

Milena Bolouri
Small Shorts
London, United Kingdom
A home is supposed to be a safe place - but what if it's not?
10
Zack: The Movie

bob finkelstein
Small Shorts
Philadelphia, PA
See the world through the eyes of a cat who longs to be a part of the world he sees outside his window that is always beyond his reach.
13
Love Your Oven

Kyle Mantegna
60-Second
Chicago, IL
A song about ovens (not stove).
16
Call Me Back

Melina Kiyomi Coumas
60-Second
Portland, OR
Originally made just for family, the filmmaker uses the last voicemail left on her phone by her Grandmother in this experimental short that becomes a meditation on loss and haunted spaces.
19
Llaves (Keys)

Nicholas Manting Brewer
Small Shorts
United States
A young mother, whose family is separated by ICE, shares her story in this short animated documentary.
22
Gaze

Jackie Teboul
Small Shorts
London, United Kingdom
The male gaze: seemingly innocuous yet a tool of domination. What if ‘The Gaze’ could change women in a physical way?
25
The Life and Times of Muriel the Fish

Lily Paris
Small Shorts
Quebec, Canada
Muriel is a small fish in a big world; unbeknownst to her, she is also someone's idea of fine dining.
28
Antenna Farm

John Akre
Small Shorts
United States
The best antenna for you may not necessarily be home-grown.
31
Final Deathtination

Marika Tamura
60-Second
Hillsboro, OR
A suicidal man who is about to hang himself encounters Death who is a "travel agent" to find the best place to die and goes on a world tour.
34
Postal

Naaji Adzimah
Small Shorts
Brooklyn, NY
A film on mental illness, and the madness of those who don't understand.
37
Trash

Dylan Monroe
Small Shorts
United States
A car accident spurs an innocent man to go on an impromptu killing spree.
40
A cold dinner

Gulzhan Sitakhmetova
Small Shorts
Russia
A cold dinner is a dish with bad news. Today it will be more disgusting and destructive than yesterday; and tomorrow will not come at all.
43
Apartment 2E

Elise Jaffe
60-Second
Chicago, IL
Have you ever stopped to think how much history there is in one bedroom? This is the story of Apartment 2E and all the people who have experienced joy and sorrow within its walls.
46
Goldfish

Nick Szubart, Emma Henderson
Small Shorts
Los Angeles, CA
An exploration of a cracker shaped like a fish.
49
I want to love you in analogue

Paula Harris & April Lampre
Small Shorts
New Zealand
A film about the melancholic yearning to love someone. Based on the poem "I want to love you in analogue" by Paula Harris.
52
Penelope

Patrick Lewtschanyn
60-Second
Chicago, IL
Hunter K-009 embarks on a contract that may be too much to chew.
55
Music to my eyes

Becka Riccio
60-Second
Chicago, IL
The intersection of harmony as it relates to when audio meets visual.
2
Let 'er Rip

Mick Szal
60-Second
New York, NY
A story of how love is never rational and revenge is always justified.
5
The Mustache

Lizzy Rudakas
Small Shorts
Chicago, IL
A man dares to change the style of his mustache.
8
Nuntio Vobis

Alberto Dessimone
60-Second
Italy
The moments preceding the proclamation of the new pope
11
Sc@tter_me

alex goddard
Small Shorts
United Kingdom
A man contemplates his final resting place.
14
Hot Dog Guy

Sara Bulloch
Small Shorts
Canada
A woman has a panic attack in a club and is comforted by a man with a hot dog cart outside.
17
Total Catch

Brittany Devon
Small Shorts
Chicago, IL
Dating is hard... Zoom dating is harder.
20
Muffy

Emily Draper
60-Second
Brooklyn, NY
A woman in 1970s suburbia gets sweet, creamy revenge when her husband flirts with another woman in front of her.
23
A Fistful of Coins

susana piegas
Small Shorts
Beato, Portugal
In the aftermath of a pandemic, a lovely matriarch, Judite, goes for a daily stroll with her grandson. But she is suddenly pulled out of her suburban slumber by a liquidation sale that she simply can’t refuse.
26
Falling in love

Yolafilmo Productions
Small Shorts
Barcelona, Spain
A scientific and personal explanation about love.
29
Daddy Issues?

Tony Kelly
Small Shorts
Munster, Ireland
A young woman brings her new boyfriend home to meet her parents for the first time as he tries to win the approval of her over protective father.
32
It's Over

Charlie Andelman
Small Shorts
Tallahassee, FL
After a couple is separated with five minutes until the apocalypse, they must spend their final moments with each other via walkie talkie.
35
The Girl Without the Pearl Earring

Julie Schultz & Jackie Avellar
60-Second
Denver, CO & Chicago, IL
A fun Friday night, turns into a Saturday morning of anxiety and confusion. Where did I leave that...
38
If It Ain’t Baroque

Gregg Jaffe
60-Second
Chicago, IL
A happy couple celebrate their anniversary by exchanging gifts, leading to an exploration of self-expression and attempts at pleasing the one you love.
41
FINDING LINES

Mattias Larson
Small Shorts
Sweden
A skateboarder weaving his lines through a right-angled landscape. Exploring the patterns and shapes that man has left behind.
44
Peer

Shayna Strype & Ada Defriez
Small Shorts
New York, NY
Through use of movement and puppetry, a child imagines the progression and eventual unraveling of her parents' marriage.
47
The Mustache

Lizzy Rudakas & Clark Pavlik
Small Shorts
Chicago, IL
A man dares to change the style of his mustache.
50
Lost & Found

Carmen Jaffe
60-Second
Chicago, IL
A story of a boy who gets something very special to him. One day he loses it and is very sad. As the years go by he wonders about his lost item.
53
Adam’s Hands

Gregg Jaffe
60-Second
Chicago, IL
When Adam’s relationship reaches a crossroads he opens himself up to new adventures and new people. Will it make him happier? Maybe yes, maybe no… but life is all about the journey.
56
Final Deathtination

Marika Tamura
Small Shorts
Japan/USA
A man who is about to hang himself encounters Death who is a "travel agent" for finding the best place to die. The odd pair end up on a world tour.
3
A cold dinner

Gulzhan Sitakhmetova
Small Shorts
Russia
A cold dinner is a dish with bad news. Today it will be more disgusting and destructive than yesterday; and tomorrow will not come at all.
6
I want to love you in analogue

Paula Harris
Small Shorts
Manawatu, New Zealand
A film about the melancholic yearning to love someone. Based on the poem "I want to love you in analogue" by Paula Harris.
9
happy people.

celine freud
60-Second
Canada
Welcome to a tour of the world's most mentally unwell metropolis!
12
The Dawn of Duck

ZZ Satriani
Small Shorts
Los Angeles, CA
A man is distraught over the disappearance of ducks at his local pond, until a drifter reveals the disturbing truth about the habitation of the birds.
15
Go Chase Yourself

Landon Stephen Popadic
Small Shorts
Los Angeles, CA
A 1920s engagement party infiltrated by a temptress.
18
PROJECT-19

Randy Slavin
Small Shorts
New York, NY
PROJECT-19 is a sci-fi short film about a 6 year old engineering genius who puts her skills to work to solve her biggest issue with lockdown. The film was shot using all five family members of a multi-generational quarantine in New York.
21
First Contact

Geoff Allen
60-Second
United States
A team of experts argue over what to do after humanity receives a message from aliens. It doesn't go well.
24
Short Mat Man

Jamie Neale
Small Shorts
Essex, United Kingdom
A short film about dreaming big during isolation..
27
Surprise Inspection

Lorenzo Benitez
Small Shorts
United States
Frank is late for an appointment to renew his passport.
30
Students

Adrian Dulnik
Small Shorts
Kielce, Poland
A study of anatomy in the 1930s' Soviet Russia based on Konstantin Istomin's painting "Students".
33
Benson's Beans

Mike Schminke
Small Shorts
Chicago, IL
A turn of the century beans company hires a real cowboy to sell their product but gets more than it bargained for.
36
On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink

Meg Grunewald
60-Second
Chicago, IL
An exploration of how women treat each other based on fashion, and other things.
39
Ms. Rossi

Pat Battistini
Small Shorts
Italy
While on her way to a business meeting, Ms. Rossi takes an interesting detour.
42
WALI

Tobias James & Duncan Nicholls
Small Shorts
United Kingdom
Whilst working as an Interpreter for the British Army in his home country of Afghanistan, Wali Noori was involved in a Taliban ambush and suffered serious injuries as well as the loss of his sight. 'Wali' tells his story and how he found inspiration and healing through sport.
45
Cash, Credit, Or Combat?

Aaron Roman
Small Shorts
United States
A customer chooses combat as a method of payment for their coffee.
48
Good As Gold

Tobias James & Derek Man
Small Shorts
United Kingdom
Two friends discover a washing machine that turns everything in to solid gold. But things quickly go downhill as greed gets the better of them.
51
GREENLIGHT.

Josh Brown
Small Shorts
United Kingdom
A flashing smoke alarm sends a sleepless man into an existential crisis of self-doubt.
54
Oh

Cathal Feeney
Small Shorts
Ireland
On a short bus journey a young boy quizzes his father about the world.
57
TUSCANY

Geoffrey Brenton
Small Shorts
United Kingdom
A couple are clearing plastic on the banks of the Thames, when she decides to take feminist action.
