AFI FEST 2016: Shorts
The Shorts selections represent distinct, often far-flung international viewpoints, with 39 films including nine animated films. Shorts filmmakers come from 17 countries, with 12 films from directors who are returning to AFI FEST this year.
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- DirectorDavid Henry GersonStarsKristof KonradKasia KowalczykAnthony NikolchevWhen a young SS soldier encounters an avant-garde theater-troupe of survivors celebrating the end of WWII, he must come to terms with his complicity in their grief.
- DirectorShawn BannonStarsAlan AyalaJeannette CalderonAtheena FrizzellBarbara is 16 and completely obsessed with horror films. She goes around town covered in fake blood and reenacts the craziest scenes from her favorite films.
- DirectorCara Cusumano
- DirectorGabriel AbrantesStarsJoana BarriosFrancisco CiprianoFilipe VargasA supercharged history of sculptor Constantin Brancusi's infamous 'Princess X'
- DirectorJack O'SheaStarsAntonia Campbell-HughesDeclan ConlonHugh O'ConorA man follows the orders of a dog to wear a mysterious coat with impossible pockets.
- DirectorJennifer ReederStarsMarcela OkekeShea Vaughan-GaborKristyn Zoe WilkersonMaximum daylight, zero boys: a group of girls band together to help a friend in need. This film is a grrrl power anthem.
- DirectorKangmin KimStarsKangmin KimFull stop motion short film / 3D printed film. A boy and his family visit deer farm. And the boy has some peculiar experiences.
- DirectorDarius Clark MonroeStarsSegun AkandeSome things must die to live.
- DirectorDustin Guy DefaStarsBingham BryantLindsay BurdgeHannah GrossA loose satire about the male gaze and the relationship between a male director and his female actors.
- DirectorGigi Ben ArtziStarsJill AbramovAliyah GalyautdinovaEWA is a teenage girl who is suffering from a condition of a constant nose bleed while exploring different aspects of her life and the people around her.
- DirectorKevin Jerome EversonStarsShadeena BrooksEric MansfieldHeather HoneycuttDuring an Ear, Nose and Throat examination, Shadeena Brooks recounts a horrible event that she eye witnessed.
- DirectorAmelie WenStarsDave BeanAaron BeaversElizabeth BonneA middle-aged couple from China arrives in the United States for the first time to organize the funeral rites of their only child. In the midst of dealing with the logistics of the funeral and their overwhelming grief, they begin to unravel the escalating fractures in their relationship and the uncertain futures that lie ahead of them.
- DirectorBernardo BrittoAlexa Lim HaasA glove that's been floating in space since 1965.
- DirectorEfrén HernándezStarsTodd LewisGary Michael MontgomeryOlan MontgomeryBarry and Larry are the world's oldest living conjoined twins. Now retired from the sideshow circuit, they live out the rest of their life in their brother's house.
- DirectorRayan FarzadStarsDaniel ZolghadriShary NassimiNiousha Noor"Hidden" tells the story of the guilt of a Persian immigrant family's older son about the loss of his younger brother, and of his redemption when he finally accepts life's various twists and turns.
- DirectorDavid BrundigeStarsCraig AnstettClint CulpEric EdelsteinA professional autograph hound exploits his friend's Jose Canseco memorabilia addiction in order to make a deal with TV star Jake Johnson.
- DirectorDianne BellinoIn this handmade collaboration, a shy Wolf tries to connect with a group of hip, party-loving Bunnies but finds her body is in revolt.
- DirectorSky HopinkaStarsMichael HopinkaSky HopinkaAgainst landscapes that the artist and his father traversed, audio of the father in the Ho-Chunk language is transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet, which tapers off, narrowing the distance between recorder and recordings, new and traditional, memory and song.
- DirectorChloë SevignyStarsEdie YvonneIone SkyeLee MeriwetherA little girl dreams of becoming a kitten.
- DirectorKonstantina KotzamaniStarsFelix MargenfeldAggelos NtanosLucjano CaniThe leopard shall lie down with the goat. The wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them.
- DirectorRéka BucsiLOVE is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system. Abstract haiku-like situations reveal the change in atmosphere on one planet, caused by the change of gravity and light. This pulsing planet makes the inhabitants become one with each other in various ways.
- DirectorSimón Mesa SotoStarsYurani Anduquia CortesPaulo De Jesús Barros SousaMaría Camila Maldonado16 year-old Andrea leaves her neighborhood in the hills of Medellin to attend a downtown casting call for a porno film.
- DirectorRoxana StroeStarsCosti ApostolCristian BotaIulia CiochinaIn an improvised night club called "Tokoriki" the whole village celebrates Gianina's 18th birthday. Her boyfriend and Alin will give her a most surprising gift, one that nobody will ever forget.
- DirectorMarco LeãoAndré SantosStarsFilipe AbreuRita DurãoJoão Villas-BoasPedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach.
- DirectorAlberto VázquezStarsJosep RamosMireia FauraAngel BernardiAn existentialist ironic dark tale about the sins of society and of human relationships presented in a traditional fable setting.
- DirectorPatrick BresnanIvete LucasEmboldened by a giant block party on the evening of their high school prom, a group of students enter the night with the hope of transcending their rural town and the industrial landscape that surrounds them.
- DirectorAJ SchnackThis film always begins in the present day. A scene of tragedy unfolds, accompanied by fear, chaos, and disbelief. As it rewinds into the past, retracing our memories, it tells a cumulative history that is both unbearable and inevitable.
- DirectorMayye ZayedStarsJana Abdel AzizAhmed KhalilAn old grandfather, a little granddaughter, an old house and some glimpses of memory. She was growing up building hers. He was getting old losing his.
- DirectorJulia PottStarsAshley BoettcherCedric The EntertainerJustin FelbingerOscar wants his Summer Camp experience to be normal, so he and his best friend Hedgehog have a BFF Sleepover.
- DirectorLuca TothThe native people of the surrealistic land of Superbia, where men and women form separate societies, face the changes sparked by the first equal couple in their history.
- DirectorCarlos Javier OrtizA Thousand Midnights 2015 marks the centennial of the beginning of the Great Migration in which six million African Americans relocated from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1915 to 1970. In many ways, the epic internal migration created what we now consider the modern American city, particularly Chicago. For Blacks fleeing the south during the Great Migration, economic and racial exploitation were inextricably linked. Black Americans in search of some semblance of freedom from racial terror also longed for the opportunity to provide for their families outside the racial plunder of the Southern plantation system. In this manner, the purported racial openness of the north was believed to translate into more economic opportunity for Black migrants, their families, and future generations. However, as is the case with much of the American story, this dream remains just out of reach for many. This experimental documentary chronicles the contemporary manifestation of the economic and social histories of Black Americans who came to the north during the Great Migration in search of economic opportunities. The implications of their migration, and the lack of economic opportunity they encountered, has far reaching consequences for Black America today.
- DirectorJim CummingsStarsJim CummingsKitty BarshayFrancesca I. BiasioloJimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.
- DirectorTerence NanceStarsAminata M'BathieBadara NgomNaky Sy SavaneMarseille, today. Aminata works as a hairdresser in an Afro hairdressing salon, Badara works as mechanic. When they meet, their love story will change their lives.