Love Lessons for Miles
Directed by Matthew Morgenthaler
Written by Matthew Morgenthaler
15 minutes - Color
Comedy - English - New Jersey, USA
When 12-year old Miles develops a big crush on the first-chair clarinet girl in his band class, he must overcome not only his own self-consciousness about approaching her at the upcoming school dance, but also his mother's subtle attempts of sabotage as she struggles with letting her son grow up. 'Love Lessons for Miles' is a bittersweet coming-of-age story about a twelve-year old boy and a mother as they learn to navigate through the pitfalls of love and life in their own different ways.
Lovesick Fool
Directed by Dominic Polcino
Written by Dominic Polcino
6 minutes - Color - MiniDV
Animated, Comedy - English - California, USA
This movie is a depiction of the ongoing frustrations and disappointments of its creator in the area of love. At times funny, poetic, profound. Or just sad? You be the judge. The filmmaker weaves the introspective music of Regina Spektor around his search for meaning.
Marbles with Thoreau
Directed by Melody George
Produced by Melody George, Thomas Wentworth, and Lennox Fleary
Written by Melody George
Starring Anders Fillman
16 minutes - Color - RED
Drama, Historical - English - Burbank, California, USA
While exploring the woods near Walden Pond, two children stumble across a mysterious abandoned cabin. They quickly discover the cabin is in fact occupied by none other than the 19th century genius, Henry David Thoreau. What will the children discover as they cross the threshold into Thoreau's whimsical world?
Official Selection
Directed by Vince Masciale
Produced by Natalie Masciale, David Sinatra, and Keith Cox
Written by Ryan Self
Starring J.R. Nutt
10 minutes - Color - DVCPro HD
Comedy, Action - French and English - Los Angeles, California, USA
Two filmmakers clash creatively in mid-production,resulting in a metafilm duel of genres as they write the story they areliving.
Out of the Darkness
Directed by Nik Roberts
Produced by Nicole Roberts
Written by Nicole Roberts
20 minutes - Color - HDCAM
Drama - English - Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tragedy sends a troubled street teen on a dark odyssey from madness to sanity when she learns how to surrender to the light of love.
Sarah
Directed by Felipe Machado
Produced by C.B. Mullen and Felipe Machado
Written by C.B. Mullen and Felipe Machado
Starring C.B. Mullen and Meaghan Downes-Berry
9 minutes - Color - MiniDV
Drama - Portuguese - Andover, Massachusetts, USA and Brazil
After a traumatic childhood experience, Jake develops a phobia of water. Years later, he meets and falls in love with a girl in his early train ride to work, and begins to let go of his fears.
Shepard
Directed by Jon Zuber
Produced by Patric McInnis
Written by Jeff Nichols
25 minutes - Color - MiniDV
Drama - English - Van Nuys, California, USA
Shepard' is a slice-of-life short film that reflects the everyday struggles of a young working class. Shepard has run away from home with his older, mentally disabled sister to escape their mothers abusive boyfriend. As Shepard seeks peace with his past he finds unforeseen wisdom from the most unlikely source. He's determined to protect his sister, but can he let down his defenses to allow a human connection?
The Hands
Directed by Charise Studesville
Produced by Charise Studesville, Edward Osei-Gyimah, and Nabila Lester
Written by Charise Studesville
Starring Celeste Sullivan and Kayla Simpkins
10 minutes - Color - HDCAM
Drama - English - Oak Park, Illinois, USA
A daughter explores her relationship with her dying father and becomes fixated upon his hands as a representation of who he was as a man.
The Magic of J Mac
Directed by Pete Radovich Jr
13 minutes - DVCPro, BetaSP, VHS
Documentary - English - New York, USA
In 2006 High School senior Jason McElwain, an autistic team manager for his school's basketball team, had the night of his life, scoring 20 points in his team's final home game, vaulting him to celebrity status. Three years later, two boys from high schools a mere 20 miles apart in Maine, would get the same opportunity. Film and Television star, and Autism activist Joe Mantegna narrates this inspiring story of these boys' determination.
The Marrying Maiden
Directed by Lee Young
Produced by Lee Young
Written by Lee Young
Starring Bitsie Tulloch
20 minutes - Color - RED
Drama - English - North Hollywood, California, USA
James and Alexis, once deeply in love, are now growing apart. Searching for a solution, James consults the I Ching, an ancient system of Chinese divination. But it predicts there is no way to save the relationship. James, however, refuses to accept this fate. The Marrying Maiden is a story of free will, destiny, and the mystery of the human mind.
Weathered
Directed by Matt Barber and Matthew Webb
Produced by Victory Palmisano, Rachel Lazor, Matt Webb, and Matt Barber
Starring Nicole Parker and Tony Hale
18 minutes - Color - 16mm and 35mm
Drama - English - Pasadena, California, USA
Weathered is the intimate portrait of Weather Wellington, who is caged in time by the loss of her fiance. Retreating inside herself, Weather longs for human connection and reaches out the only way she knows how - by making doctors' appointments.
What if...
Directed by V.Karuna Prakash
Written by Sri Ram
3 minutes - Color
Drama - Mumbai, India
The story deals with the vision of a young boy, who in his leisure time activity envisions a big message through his small act of pass timing. A young boy in a remote village, always notices the passing trains through the village area and incidentally his father is a station master at the Muthalamada station, in his village.
