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Online Screening - Shorts Program Seven

Available: Sep 19, 2024 14:07
Until: Sep 30, 2024 03:59
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Online Screening - Shorts Program Seven
Enjoy a dynamic assortment of short films, featuring a blend of storytelling through narratives, documentaries, animations, and music videos.
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Black Band Tee Black Band Tee

Black Band Tee

This short is a punk interpretation of the classic, feminist short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”.  In another collaboration with artist America Jayne, this unsettling music video combines the practical effects of Nightmare on Elm Street with the real horror of being left alone with your thoughts.
5 minutes
Pleats Pleats

Pleats

When Gayatri, 70s, confesses to having an extramarital affair, her world turns upside down. Nobody in her family wants to listen to what she has to say — except for her granddaughter Meera, a young woman who has a secret of her own.
14 minutes
THE TOWER THE TOWER

THE TOWER

Jane, a newly single and jobless Brooklynite *literally* stumbles upon a mysterious book that catapults her into a dizzying quest of self-discovery.

After unexplained manifestations occur on her dreaded birthday, Jane sets off on a bizarre adventure to find the author of the book. The serendipitous journey leads her to a remarkable mystic, challenging her to confront her unresolved grief and finally move forward…

From Director Eden Alexis Martinez (After Closing) and first-time filmmaker, Sam Gray (Actress, Writer, Producer) comes the whimsical comedy/drama, THE TOWER. Created by a cast and crew of diverse backgrounds, many of whom identify as women, non-binary and/or are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, THE TOWER explores both the light and dark of life in the search for meaning and healing.

The cast includes Uma Paranjpe (Life of Pi on Broadway) & Jordan Alexander (Awkwafina is Nora from Queens).
10 minutes
Undrown Undrown

Undrown

Aurora enters the bathroom and locks the door, isolating herself from the outside screams. She tries to refrain her tears. Then she approaches the mirror, observes her reflection and a peace of her face falls off. She enters in the bathtub, notices something strange in the water, and this absorbs her.
Aurora is sumbmerged in deep waters and is immediatly tries to look for an exit. She sees a light projected from the depth and decides to swim to it and cross it.
Aurora reaches the other side and when she surfaces she appears on her bed from her childhood bedroom, but distorted and darker. Steps are heard, Aurora goes back terrified, the door is opened, she close her eyes, and when she opens them she encounters spiral stairs, screams and strong noises begin to sound, this makes her panic. Aurora goes down stairs, trips on and falls down into a deep and dark hole.
When she gets to the bottom she notices a terrifying version of herself that chases her, she realizes that within this creature she finds again, herself, but this time as a little girl, so she decides to fight to get her out of there. Aurora saves the girl and approaches her gently, they look and connect with each other, they embrace each other in a hug and the girl reintegrates into Aurora, her chest bursts letting out an intense stream of water that floods the place and brings her to the surface.
Aurora open her eyes crying in front of the mirror, she calms her breathing, and in that moment she notices a broken peace of the mirror on the lavatory, she takes it and returns it to its place, showing her complete and normal reflection. Finally she leaves the bathroom determined and calm with herself.
5 minutes
Beyond the Herd Beyond the Herd

Beyond the Herd

Interweaving the rythyms of daily life on the ranch and wild horses on the range, "Beyond the Herd" tells the story of Mexican-American equestrians Amber and Isidro. Their kinship with mustangs echoes their own experiences with discrimination and 'otherness.' As resources dwindle for wild horses, their bond becomes a symbol of resilience, transforming once-wild mustangs into lifelong companions.
20 minutes
Vodou Vodou

Vodou

Whilst spending the summer in New Orleans with her Manbo Aunt, BR finds herself in the spiritual family culture that her own mom desperately tried to distance them both from.
18 minutes
The Stardust Motel The Stardust Motel

The Stardust Motel

The Stardust Motel follows Della Baker, a junior reporter who is determined to prove herself in the cutthroat industry of investigative journalism. She and a senior reporter travel to a desolate motel to cover a story on the dying motel industry. Della painstakingly goes along with the initial report, but shifts gears in hopes of investigating a pattern of strange disappearances among local women. Her explorations uncover some odd going-on at the motel, and she presses further with her investigation despite pushback from her increasingly agitated and scornful colleague. Della’s undying curiosity draws her into the dark depths of the motel, revealing a horrifying truth.
16 minutes
Arroz Leche Y Powerball Arroz Leche Y Powerball

Arroz Leche Y Powerball

A dysfunctional, Cuban-American family play their chances for the grand prize Powerball in hopes to better their lives, but they soon learn the real prize lies within them. A Miami Story told through the eyes of a multi-generational family whose problematic nature, hope for togetherness and dreams of success culminate on the night they risk it all and play to win.
19 minutes

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