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Fyrvaktaren: Bathtub By The Sea
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Drama
Lighthouse keeper Gunnar does the same thing every day. Until a mermaid comes in with the tide.
Director(s): Ole-André Rønneberg
Writer(s): Ole-André Rønneberg
Producer(s): Ole-André Rønneberg
Cast: Viggo Solum, Anne Cecilie
Achan and Ezra
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Comedy
Two Jews in the holy land attempting to flee the chaos of the 3rd Crusade come across an unconscious Crusader on a lonely desert road, and a comedic encounter ensues as they debate whether to help him, kill him, or ignore him all together.
Director(s): Yan Fisher
Writer(s): Omri Rose
Producer(s): Stav Raskin Remeniuk, Yan Fisher, Omri Rose
Cast: Yaron Shavit, Aaron Vodovoz, Omri Rose
High Strung
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Drama
When two Asian-American brothers with an overbearing sports dad must play each other at a junior tennis tournament, is there really a winner?
Director(s): Melissa Kan
Writer(s): Zheng Nathan Nie & Melissa Kan
Producer(s): Maxon Moulton
Cast: Christian Alexander Cruz, Kieran Tamondong, Zhan Wang
Tristan and Isaac
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Drama
Two lovers get swept up in a romance with no concern for consequences.
Director(s): Michaela Myers
Writer(s): Michaela Myers
Producer(s): Michaela Myers and Karina Wolfe
Cast: Michaela Myers, Andrew Bowen, Deborah Geffner
Lizard Brain
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Comedy
One man’s struggle with his mental illness, as told through his relationships.
Director(s): Jon Ebeling
Writer(s): Jon Ebeling
Producer(s): Jon Ebeling, Eric Lombart
Cast: Jon Ebeling, Bailey Kai, Ken Kirby
Ex-Sisters-In-Law
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Comedy
Ex-Sisters-In-Law hilariously confronts the meaning of family, friendship and economic disparity when sheltered Millicent reunites with Deniz, the pragmatic woman who divorced Millicent’s brother twenty years ago!
Director(s): Suzan Mikiel
Writer(s): Suzan Mikiel and Allison Youngberg
Producer(s): Suzan Mikiel and Allison Youngberg
Cast: Suzan Mikiel and Allison Youngberg
Requiem for a Crab
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Comedy
A dark comedy about family, loss, love…and a crab.
Director(s): Patrick Tiberius Gehlen
Writer(s): Patrick Tiberius Gehlen
Producer(s): Steven Wagner
Cast: Charles Desrochers, Steve Hofvendahl, Lise Porter, Sam Krumrine
With Time (Avec Le Temps)
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Drama
Estela begins to see her dead son in dreams, forcing her to face a painful past. She feels compelled to talk to her daughter about a long-forgotten trauma that turned their strained relationship into an ever-deepening abyss of silence.
Director(s): Eva Urrutia
Writer(s): Eva Urrutia
Producer(s): Paula Urrutia, Eva Urrutia
Cast: Cristina Sallesses, María Emilia Ladogana
Tinderbox
2020 Official Selection: Short Length Narrative Film – Comedy
During a second Tinder date a socially awkward swain and a beautiful old soul find common ground, after she uses him to build her new bed.
Director(s): Rickey Larke
Writer(s): Rickey Larke
Producer(s): Rosalyn Douglass, Lo Howard, Preston Purchase, Rickey Larke
Cast: Dennis Pearson, Danielle Joelle Carter, Christopher Allen
