Shorts Package Not Recommended for Audience Members Under the Age of 17
BREAK
SAM HENDERSON I US I 9 MIN I REGIONAL PREMIERE
Film Synopsis: Shot on Black & White 35mm and set in the 60s, BREAK is the story of a young drummer who is looking to calm his nerves in front of two veteran musicians and fulfill his dream of being a drummer in a jazz trio.
Fishers of Men
CHRIS CAPEL I US I 20 MIN I REGIONAL PREMIERE
Film Synopsis: A young Mormon missionary at the start of his two years of service is shown the ropes by his well-meaning trainer, who comes to terms with his own failures.
Confessional
DONAL O’DEA I IRELAND I 14 MIN I NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Film Synopsis: A man enters the confessional with something deeply troubling on his mind. He wants to kill a priest.
Stigmate
SELIME ATMANE/HUGO BARRAL I FRANCE I 30 MIN I NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Film Synopsis: In the middle of the Black Plague, Simon comes back to his monastery after a long pilgrimage. But as he struggles to find his place among the monks, an intruder breaks into the monastery. It is too late to understand that a new evil followed him here...
Adieu Gaston
VICTOR GUILBAUD I FRANCE I 15 MIN I US PREMIERE
Film Synopsis: Emile is a contract killer. He travels by bicycle and kills in exchange for a few tickets left in a small mailbox lost in the middle of the fields. His next target: a man named Gaston Pouget. Location: 7 rue des Peupliers. Time: the middle of a surprise birthday party for Gaston, a party Emile was entirely unaware of and definitely not invited!
The High Life
STEPHANIE SANDITZ I US I 28 MIN I PACIFIC NW PREMIERE
Film Synopsis: THE HIGH LIFE is a half-hour serialized dramedy exploring a mixed-religious family, when their black sheep daughter moves back home and tries to find God out of her childhood bedroom. The Pilot follows the Gold family as they reunite upon the mysterious death-request of their wealthy Aunt Linda, where everyone is forced to look at their lives with a little more honesty, revealing no one is who they pretend to be. Based on a Real-Life Co-Ed Naked Family Funeral.