
THIS YEAR'S FILM SLATE
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Runtime (in minutes):
17
Short Synopsis:
Session #
1
Inside a house he doesn’t recognize, with a family he doesn’t know, a young man tries to make some sense of what is happening to him. Everything keeps changing, his mind is sick. ''Trust the protocol'' is all he can do.
A BROTHER STORY
Runtime (in minutes):
18
Short Synopsis:
Session #
5
Adult Content: Language
In this coming of age drama, 10 year old Max evades the harsh realities of the world around him by escaping to his hidden oasis in the woods with his older brother Jack.
A Biker's Dream
Runtime (in minutes):
3
Short Synopsis:
Session #
9
A Biker's Dream is Ken Glaser's whimsical homage to motorcycling, one of his lifelong passions. This 3-minute animated short film began as a poem, and evolved into a unique audio/visual journey that ventures beyond...
A Blue Morning: Conversations Among Artists on Parenthood
Runtime (in minutes):
20
Short Synopsis:
Session #
10
Verdant mid-summer Minneapolis is the backdrop for this single-day, elliptical docu-fiction, with an ensemble cast of thirty-something artists facing the realities of work and parenthood. Early sun comes through windows...
All I Can Do
Runtime (in minutes):
21
Short Synopsis:
Session #
7
Adult Content: Language
Anthony, an avid mountain biker and athlete, and his wife Julie are forced to reflect on and reimagine their lives when he’s diagnosed with colon cancer at only 36 years old.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
At Eye Level
Runtime (in minutes):
17
Short Synopsis:
Session #
9
Six people. Six countries. Experience one of their days from sunrise to sunset and be put in their (wheel)chair. Entirely shot on the GoProMax 360.
EXCELLENCE IN EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING
Auger-Hole
Runtime (in minutes):
10
Short Synopsis:
Session #
6
Adult Content: Language/Violence
On a yearly ice fishing trip; two men learn a dark secret about their fishing guide and friend.
BEST SOUTH DAKOTA NARRATIVE SHORT
Bad Beat
Runtime (in minutes):
11
Short Synopsis:
Session #
2
Adult Content: Language
Charlie is set. He’s got his own place now and his brother just whipped up the family’s famous meatball recipe. But a phone call and a briefcase threaten to upend everything he’s worked for, sending him hurtling on a...
Ball and Vase
Runtime (in minutes):
31
Short Synopsis:
Session #
11
When an ailing and widowed 92-year-old magician learns his grandson will not be visiting for his last Christmas, he struggles to reconnect with the world--and himself—one last time by attempting to perform at a local...
BEST ACTOR - Austin Pendleton
Becoming Kaz Smith
Runtime (in minutes):
6
Short Synopsis:
Session #
5
Kaz Smith tells his story of gender transition, and how it's changed his life for the better.
BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Below the Rise
Runtime (in minutes):
24
Short Synopsis:
Session #
9
Filmmaker Massimo Soto journeys to Costa Rica to uncover the severity of the sea level rise. He quickly learns that the extent of its effects are significantly worse than originally presumed.
Candied Lips
Runtime (in minutes):
7
Short Synopsis:
Session #
10
For blue-haired Steve, it's just another day working at his mom's candy store in Montauk. That is, until the girl of his dreams suddenly walks in. Her name is Strawberry; she has red highlights and an edgy sense of style...