Highlights from our 64th Festival May 5-7, 2022
* Best of Fest films represented within the program below.
Sessions
Thursday, May 5, 8pm
Lorenza’s Bike
Patricio Mosse, Argentina, Drama 12 min
Lorenza is trying to understand if her father, who died in an aviation tragedy, will ever come back to be with her mother again.
Ma’s House
Jeremy Dennis, USA, Documentary 8 min
Ma’s House was once the heart of the community. Ma’s grandson, who is on a quest to restore the family home, reveals generations of history through personal momentos and intimate narratives.
Eureka
Miida Chu, USA, Drama 15 min (MA)
A young Chinese prostitute must overcome her toxic dependency on her brothel madam on the eve of the 1885 anti-Chinese riots in Eureka, Oregon.
The Malfunction
Tom Festo, Drama/Sci-fi 9 min
In the future, a successful businessman discovers that the primary mode of travel is not what it seems.
Myrtle
Patricia McCormack, UK, Drama 16 min
Myrtle, a trailer park Mom from Indiana, cooks dinner for her son. But something is
not quite right.
RAW
Drake Shannon, USA, Drama 11 min (MA)
Past and present are blurred by a horrifying transgression as a female soldier faces the aftermath of a military patrol in the Middle East.
Suite
Fabio Thieme, Germany, Narrative 12 min
An employee is paid to fake the lives of his clients in a flat. What makes a life and can you create it by imitation?
Pay Phone
Yurugu Matsumoto, Japan, Drama 16 min
Saki unexpectedly gets an incoming call from a pay phone. The caller is her father who lives apart from her. They decide to meet together.
Nounours
Lou Rigoudy, Canada, Animation 3 min
A baby girl stumbles across a box and finds a new friend, a teddy bear, with whom she begins to learn about the world.
Sessions
Friday, May 6, 8pm
Kairos, Qualitative Time
Carlos Scasso, Spain, Drama/Sci-fi 17 min
To curtail the spread of revolts against the System, the “Kairos Programme” has been activated. Isacaar will find himself faced with the chance of preserving something more important than his ideals.
Plea Bargain
Mitch Greenberg, Canada, Drama 6 min
An unstable delinquent charged with robbery attempts to garner the help of a reluctant, surly criminal defense lawyer.
My Darling Amelia
Talor John Marshall, UK/Australia, Drama 16 min
After selling his fishing boat, a young single father retreats to his sister’s house in an attempt to escape the trauma of his past.
Out of Season
Darren Latanick, USA, Drama 18 min
Keith is forced to change his routine after a family member unexpectedly lands in
his life.
Unforgotten
Sujin Kim, Republic of S.Korea, Documentary/Animation 8 min (MA)
Four South Korean women give testimony of their forced sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
The Call of Water
Kanya Tone, USA, Drama 19 min
Flung into the astral plane, Nadia must face ancient forces in order to realize her responsibility to her homeland.
Pilè
Tony Radevski, Australia, Drama 15 min
A moment in a boy’s life when his masculinity and morality are in opposition. A lizard’s life or death is in his hands.
Sessions
Saturday, May 7, 4pm
Ray
Charles M. Socarides, USA Drama 13 min
After a bitter separation, Quinn learns that his brother Ray is lost forever because of opioid addiction. Seeking closure, he attends the memorial service where he meets Daphne.
Couple
Jeon Joohyun, Republic of Korea, Drama 10 min
An ugly woman, a lookism man, a love story between two people.
Highwaymen
Jamie Spaulding, USA, Drama 15 min
Two brothers are driven apart by their own nature and pitted against each other by circumstance.
The Bag
Sam Azghandi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Drama 8 min
Muhammed is a male to female transgender person from Iran struggling to come out to family and society.
They remained silent
Albert Folk, Spain, Drama 19 min
A lawyer with a high sense of responsibility is appointed to defend one of three young men accused of burning a homeless woman.
Downfall
Rona Fayad, Lebanon, Animation 4 min
Enya’s journey trying to make it as a dancer is hindered as her behavior drags her downhill.
Between Two Worlds
Jax Weiner, USA, Documentary 8 min
Amateur dancers from NYC South diaspora form Junoon Performing Arts. Their mission is to celebrate their heritage and address social issues.
The Immortality of Words
Nei Loya, Spain, Drama 20 min
Alfonso, a young literature professor, teaches at the university. His obsession with finding the remains of Federico Garcia Lorca will lead him to an unexpected event.
Sessions
Saturday, May 7, 8pm
Memory Lane
Jessica Ochs, USA, Animation 3 min
Frank reminisces about his life with his wife, Mary at her gravesite while he looks at their photo album.
Arabacciu
Alexandre Oppecini, France, Drama 20 min (MA)
Stella tries to forget her loneliness, drowning herself in red wine. Then she helps a young immigrant worker accused of stealing her phone.
Western Exit
Scott Ballard, USA, Comedy 13 min
Three estranged sisters reluctantly reunite over a hopeful inheritance.
Amir & Alice
Gal Gonen, Israel, Drama 18 min
A story about the unexpected meeting of a Bedouin man and a Jewish woman in a gas station in the middle of the desert.
Wild Remedies
Kelsey L Mahoney, USA, Animation 3 min
An employee accidentally releases a mischievous spirit.
Caretaker
Haochen Liu, USA, Drama 8 min
Karen, a nurse, has a very difficult life. Her boss has just shifted her schedule to take care of an elderly woman who cannot speak English.
Babel
Alejandro San Martin, Spain, Drama 9 min
Several people are in a situation in which they speak nonsense, only being able to verbalize a disjointed phrase.
Johnny the Dime
Joseph Blake Menzel, USA, Comedy 7 min
Johnny implements a plan to surprise his sister Carol’s neighbor.
The Kaleidoscope Guy at the Market
Russell Brown, USA, Documentary 21 min
Artist Michael Shaw has been selling his unique stained glass creations at Pike’s Place Market in Seattle for 25 years. He uses his personal narrative to tell us about these fascinating objects and their universal appeal to the human imagination.