Films are listed alphabetically and not necessarily in the order they will play within each film block.
Divide
Director: Jeanette Buck
Dramatic Shorts
9 min.
United States
Two estranged siblings of opposing political persuasions cleaning out their mother's home after her death, fight over the inheritance of a sentimental souvenir.
Interstate
Director: Michael Perik
Dramatic Shorts
16 min.
United States
Quinn, a petty thief on the run, hires Jack, a fixer, to help him skip town. However, their tenuous arrangement is thrown into question when they realize they have a shared past. As the two men set off on their midnight odyssey across the country, they reflect on their lives and the decisions that have brought them here.
Lillian's Oven
Director: Kristina Monllos
Dramatic Shorts
14 min.
United States
Lillian, terminally ill and short on time, insists her husband Frank practice cooking his favorite meals without her help. She wants to know he’ll care for himself once she’s gone. But when she passes, Frank’s overwhelmed by grief. If he can’t cook with Lillian, he won’t cook at all.
Max Distance
Director: Marissa Goldman
Comedy Shorts
15 min.
United States
Stuck in all day Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love.
Pizza Time Pizza
Director: Nicholas Thurkettle
Comedy Shorts
7 min.
United States
Sean didn't want to consider the trajectory of his life or the infinite span of space and time. He just wanted a pizza.
Shake Of The Day
Director: Robert Barhite
Comedy Shorts
8 min.
United States
A lost soul wanders into a bar and faces the opportunity to take a gamble to win the pot of a lifetime.
The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township
Director: Heather Cassano
Documentary Shorts
30 min.
United States
THE WILD GIRL OF BRUSHVALLEY TOWNSHIP chronicles the story of Minnie Adams, one of the estimated one million people who died in American mental institutions. The film reconstructs her life and illness through interviews with historians and genealogists, a visit to the local historical society, and the newspapers from the early 1900s that sensationalized her institutionalization in graphic detail. Through speculative animation drawing from documentary material, the film reclaims Minnie’s story from sensationalist public gossip imagining an alternative history for a woman who was failed by her family and society.