Hamptons International Film Festival: Shorts lineup
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- DirectorDavina PardoHolocaust survivor Eva Schloss preserves her story interactively so that she will be able to tell it forever.
- DirectorSudarshan SureshStarsAkim BlackAdiagha FaizahCarol LondonResigned to a mundane life of caring for a mother with dementia, Zola sees a fleeting chance at escape when she runs into an old crush.
- DirectorEvan DerushieA portrait of the exotic bird-trade industry.
- DirectorNiki Lindroth von BahrStarsSven BjörklundMattias FranssonCarl EnglénA dark musical enacted in a market place, situated next to a freeway. The employees of the various commercial venues deal with boredom and existential anxiety by performing cheerful musical turns. The apocalypse is a tempting liberator.
- DirectorDino MayStarsBryan LillisKeleigh de la CruzLaney FicheraA dark look into the world of human trafficking.
- DirectorJessica KingdonYiwu International Trade City is the world's largest market, selling cheap goods wholesale in a city south of Shanghai. The fake flowers, toys, pens and alarm clocks traded in Yiwu eventually end up in dollar stores across the planet, but I focus on the people who sell these goods that we take for granted. As a character study of the market itself, the film peers into the lives of those who run this global trade. The sellers, full of life and individuality, live against the uniformly oppressive backdrop of their livelihood. A somber man painstakingly counts tiny metal parts on his desk in a pen shop. A business lady sweet talks one of her customers, peppering him with insults and compliments, but in between the buying and selling, vendors all find different ways to pass the time in this gigantic mall. A mother yells at a group of young boys, berating them for losing a toy. A man in a suit hums along to a haunting song waiting for a customer as the clocks he is selling tick away. Two young siblings play a video game while lazily eating KFC from the bucket, licking their fingers. While these stories seem small and insignificant, in the context of the film, the dialogue and actions take on new weight and meaning, elevating the quotidian to a realm of discovery.
- DirectorNicholas ArioliA young boy dreams of a moon-rocket and space travel.
- DirectorKjell BoersmaAn animated film that's not about your average beaver. It's the tale of Kit, a very independent (and easily distracted) young beaver who loves to explore the sounds of the forest she lives in. While Kit is busy discovering the world, her clan is busy building a dam. According to Papa Beaver, working on a dam is the most important thing a beaver can do, because...well...just because! Kit tries hard to fit in and to help with the dam's construction by gathering wood from the forest, but each time she starts off on a new task, she winds up feeling like a failure. During her adventures, Kit teaches her clan about the value of working with others and she learns that progress can come in many forms. Through generosity and compassion, we can build relationships that strengthen and grow in ways that we could never imagine. The creative process of this film is truly collaborative. Writer and Director Kjell Boersma and Producer Josh Clavir joined forces with Seneca College, working directly with select students from their Summer Animation Institute to develop and animate this project with artistic direction from Julie Flett, an acclaimed Cree-Metis children's illustrator and author. Toronto-based composer Erica Procunier worked directly with the creative team to create all the music and sounds effects heard in the film. DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver was commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the film's score was recorded live with the TSO in February of 2017 at Roy Thomson Hall, funded by the government of Canada.
- DirectorReed Van DykStarsShinelle AzorohJohn BrockusMichael BrownInspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.
- DirectorLaura CheckowayEdith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart.
- DirectorLee FilipovskiStarsTamara KrcunovicSrdjan MileticHelena JakovljevicA family of three are packing to emigrate to Canada from Belgrade. When Fluffy, a gigantic prize teddy bear turns up at the door, the parents must decide whether or not they have room for their daughter's new friend.
- DirectorKristian HåskjoldStarsFrederikke Dahl HansenFerdinand Falsen HiisHenning Valin JakobsenAfter several years together William and Cecilie breaks up. To treat the sorrow with love the same night they decide to do the drug, MDMA, together. This results in a emotional rollercoaster ride for better or worse over a whole weekend, where they're isolated together in their apartment.
- DirectorAnnabelle AttanasioStarsAnnabelle AttanasioAlex HurtAlex KramerA young woman goes to drastic lengths to get the attention of her coffee date.
- DirectorLaura MossStarsElizabeth AshleyJordyn DiNataleJimi StantonA coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Ted Bundy's execution in 1989.
- DirectorTeemu NiukkanenStarsJouko PuolantoJanne ReinikainenMinna SuuronenSatan worshipping sex cult moves in next door to Raimo.
- DirectorChristine TurnerStarsBethann HardisonJimmie JeterJoAnna RhinehartFamily bonds are tested when a young man is left to care for his grandmother one morning.
- DirectorYiyu WangThe only way to love you is becoming who you are.
- DirectorEmily SheskinJesselyn "Jesszilla" Silva is serious about boxing, and at 10 years old trains seriously with dreams of becoming a professional fighter. Her father, Pedro, finds himself caught in between supporting her dream and worrying about her future as she tries to master a combat sport.
- DirectorHenry DisotuarStarsAndrea DoimeadiósAlexander Guerrero MachadoNieves RiovallesAn intimate look into the world of a teenager on the verge of moving out of Cuba.
- DirectorLewie KlosterAcademy Award nominated documentary filmmaker, Christine Choy, undergoes an adventure of wild proportions when she accidentally illegally smuggles cigarettes.
- DirectorLadj LyStarsDamien BonnardDjebril ZongaAlexis ManentiWith a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops specific methods.
- DirectorWes HurleyNathan M. MillerStarsWes HurleyElena BridgesBenjamin JakupcakWes Hurley's autobiographical tale of growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his mother, a mail order bride, to Seattle to face a whole new oppression in his new Christian fundamentalist American dad.
- DirectorJacob LaMendolaStarsTasha BoggsJuan CatalanMelissa CatalanWhen Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he didn't commit, he builds his case around raw footage from the popular TV show, Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).
- DirectorJasna Krajinovic
- DirectorChintis LundgrenStarsTrevor BorisFrance CastelDrasko IvezicA hot young plumber Toomas breaks into the harmonious life of Manivald and his retired mother.
- DirectorHendrik FallerStarsJulien CaplanAnya KorzunJulien MichelHostage in his own home, an incompetent Englishman is forced to team up with his captor to fight off the survivors of a fatal flu epidemic.
- DirectorJaehuen ChungStarsJoshua KimSteve ParkAlexandra Bokyun ChunAn imaginative fourth-grader whose lies come to life must deal with the consequences when he claims his parents are North Korean spies.
- DirectorNyima CartierStarsJonathan CardonnelTsay NelliWhen a young couple goes to the countryside for the weekend, nothing goes as planned. The house becomes increasingly labyrinthine and they get lost. Unable to find each other, they find the only way to communicate through the air vents of the house.
- DirectorRu KuwahataMax PorterStarsAlbert BirneyEven though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.
- DirectorLucy Patrick WardStarsPaul CopleyJames NorthcoteLily Bacon-DarwinThe Nest Egg: the story of a chicken suit, benevolence and eggs.
- DirectorEmily Ann HoffmanStarsJonathan Randell SilverChet SiegelIn this stop-motion animated comedy, a young couple's romantic weekend getaway is interrupted by a birth control mishap.
- DirectorJoosje DukStarsRachel HilsonGenelva KrindKelly McCreadyWhen Sue's cousin Genelva visits her from Suriname, they go out to a fancy club with Sue's two best friends. After having an unpleasant encounter with the club's bouncer at the door, the course of their night changes completely.
- DirectorShalisha BynoeStarsKim EllisDondrey MooreIce CoolA desperate biker searches for his missing brother and becomes locked in a deadly race with the grim reaper.
- DirectorLiam HarrisStarsBrian GilbertHamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.
- DirectorKaveh MazaheriStarsSonia SanjariMohammad Hossein ZiksariSiamak FarsiMaryam's husband died in front of her eyes and she just watches until he died.
- DirectorMarlies van der WelA bird is looking for a new buddy after the old one has passed away.
- DirectorKazik RadwanskiStarsIgor DrljacaNicole FairbairnJasmin GeljoRecent immigrants to Canada, working on scaffolding break the routine of their job by observing the people in the the neighbourhood from a unique, precarious and ephemeral vantage point.
- DirectorZuki Juno TobgyeA migrant worker from South India, who's customs says he is not allowed to marry at an even age, tries to find a wife before his 32nd birthday whilst working as a lorry driver in Singapore.
- DirectorKei Chika-uraStarsTim EllrichYulai LüLaurence Midori OhtaAn innocent young man from China is anxiously memorizing "his hope" in the middle of the noisy crowd in Shibuya.
- DirectorEva Weber
- DirectorMateo BendeskyStarsJonás Chaia de BellisVicente CorreaLucrecia GarridoDébora is 11 years old and is deaf. Facundo, her brother, is 18 and doesn't want her to grow up. Together, they have fun setting cars on fire while their father is away, until one day things slip out of control.
- DirectorMonica SantisStarsKaren Garcia CruzDaniela Garcia CruzJeannie Carter-CruzUnder the looming threat of deportation, an unaccompanied minor at an immigrant children's shelter in Texas embarks on a healing journey and learns to express herself through the power of art.
- DirectorIfunanya MadukaIn 2014, 276 teenage girls came together for exams in Chibok, Nigeria -- by dawn, nearly all had disappeared and their school was burnt. Jessica, an escapee, shares her haunting account of a friendship violently interrupted by Boko Haram.