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shortsFEST
AUG 20 - 21, 2021
We Are What You Say Shorts Program
Saturday, July 16 at 8:00 pm - 94 min. TRT
The Bus Stop
dir. by Justin Malone - USA - 14 min.
A comedy-drama about two young boys coming to blows due to religious stereotypes learned from their parents.
We All Scream
dir. by Alyssa Radmand, Griffin Devine - USA - 16 min.
A young woman is hired as the entertainment for a 6 year old girl's birthday party and gets mixed up in the lives of the family.
Wally’s Will
dir. by Matteo Mosterts - USA - 11 min. - film website
'Wally's Will' is a dark comedy set in a fictional world where our protagonist is an old and very eccentric aristocratic woman. Together with her loyal servant, Doofus, she will have to fight to uphold her crumbling old-money empire against friends, enemies and some unexpected conspiracies.
Confessions of a Breastimator
dir. by Jisu Kim - USA - 4 min. -
A tory of a breast aficionado who reflects back on her life as an animator, confessing her longtime passion for cartoons and animating double D's. It approaches the potentially controversial subject in a light-hearted and honest embrace of it. Although created fully digitally, the film uses traditional hand-drawing methods partly as an homage to the limited animation style of the 50s.
Mary & Montgomery
Emily Mastrapa - USA - 9 min. - film website
After moving to a new town, Mary struggles with adjusting . After looking through a magazine, she finds what she needs, a robot friend named Montgomery. Through her adventures, with Montgomery, Mary finds out what she really needs in her life
Black Cat
dir. by Leonie Savvides - Australia - 15 min.
Black Cat is an atmospheric portrait of a single father and his teenage daughter growing apart, as she finds solace in black magic as an outlet for her growing sexuality.
The Servants
dir. by Flore Joubert - Australia - 14 min.
After living their life as servants, the young siblings bravely push themselves and fight for their chance at a better life, to get revenge for the happiness that was taken from them.
The Land of Exodus
dir. by Skinner Myers - USA - 11 min.
Obed, a Mexican street kid with hopes of making it to America, leads a recently kidnapped American teenager to the Mexico/United States border.