2014 Rumschpringe International Short Film Festival | Official Selections

2014 Rumschpringe International Short Film Festival | Official Selections
‫دختری‬-‫( یک داستان مادر‬A Mother-Daughter Story)
by Farshad Teimoor
15m, Iran, Drama
The story of a desperate young mother and her stubborn sulky daughter who have left their home in a
huff and are trying to live on their own. However, this change in their life does not seem to be
happening easily or smoothly. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center
Ballkoni (Balcony)
by Lendita Zeqiraj
20m, Kosovo, Comedy
Jeton, a 10-year-old boy is sitting on the edge of a balcony on the 4th floor. Neighbors and passers-by,
terrified by this situation, call the police and firefighters for help. But the situation quickly becomes
unmanageable. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center
B-Flat
by Mariana Youssef
24m, Brazil, Drama
The notice of an old friend that is just about to die brings Amar back to India 40 years after he left, in
order to deliver a mysterious box. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center
Black Rock Creek
by Malone Lumarda
5m, USA, Drama
A young girl takes a mystical walk along beautiful Black Rock Creek. 6 November 2014 at The Green
Room Theater
Blue
by Katelyn Bianchini, Rena Cheng, Asia Lancaster
9m, USA, Animation
In a world where balloons are alive one fearful balloon must learn to put his fragile life in the hands of
an unlikely friend. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis
Bragg N East
by Rob Underhill
24m, USA, Drama
Inspired by true events, a life shattering tragedy unites two former adversaries in search of answers: a
police officer and a gang-member, both hardened by years of working the streets. 7 November 2014
at The Green Room Theater
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Chypre
by Anish Dedhia
15m, USA/INDIA, Drama
Chypre focuses on a woman's relationship problem with a hint of fragrance. How a middle class wife
who is ignored by her husband finds herself interested in a fellow lady commuter , a mystery of
growing silent rendezvous between two women. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Con Quien Sueña Berta? (Who's In Berta's Dreams)
by Francisco Moises Escribano Solera
25m, Spain, Drama
Jonás and Alfredo have been friends since childhood. Alfredo trusts Jonás and Jonás knows Alfredo
well. Alfredo is certain he has something that Jonás does not. Jonás wants everything Alfredo has.
Alfredo knows how to love. Jonás does, too. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center
Dad
by Alexey Sparrow
17m, Russian Federation, Drama
Each person wonders what is better: to live with the past where one was happy or with the present
where nothing of what you loved has left. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Dad In Mum
by Fabrice Bracq
6m, France, Comedy
The middle of the night. Moans are heard behind the parents' door. Two young sisters are asking
questions. 1 November 2014 & 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Destiny Jones
by Lesley Steele
6m, USA, Drama
NYPD Detective Destiny Jones faces her childhood abuser - her stepfather - in the midst of solving a
case that hits close to home. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Digz
by Nate Minier
7m, USA, Comedy
Check out the Hollywood lifestyles of the Van Ness Boyz. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room
Theater.
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Disposable
by Andrew Bailey
20m, USA, Drama
This story follows a struggling couple who plan a get-a-way weekend to work things out. When an
unexpected event happens, they must put their differences aside to conceal a secret. 8 November
2014 at The Ware Center
DVR
by Dave Rock
8m, USA, Comedy
A couple of self-obsessed, emotionally stunted narcissists nearly come to blows during a heated
discussion about cookies, fonts and who exactly erased GAME OF THRONES off the DVR. 6
November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Eat Pussy Not Cows
by Nate Minier
4m, USA, Music Video
A vegan anthem with Jesse Vital's clever and irreverent wit. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room
Theater
Edward Lee's The Bighead
by Michael Ling
25m, USA, Horror
Based on the cult-horror novel by Edward Lee, The Bighead is a story of a creature returning home to
settle a score. An extreme horror story that gave birth to the 'Splatterpunk' movement and a film that
will have people talking. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Entertainer
by Rob Underhill
11m, USA, Comedy
Witnes a prime-time TV interview with Bob about life, coping with loss, love, and the contents of his
coffee table. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Eye of The Strorm
by S. Kramer Herzog
15m, USA, Documentary
S. Kramer Herzog's Eye of the Storm takes a harshly real view of the media and the circus that it can
create. The documentary was shot during the hours leading up to the 2005 execution of Crips founder
Stanley "Tookie" Williams at San Quentin State Prison. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room
Theater & 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center
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Fanny Pack
by Devon Unrau
30m, Canada, Comedy
Sam finds a bracelet in her husband's pocket with an engraving of the name, 'Sophia.' Startled and
confused, Sam spends the day contemplating the situation before having to confront her husband
about a possible affair. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Рыбный День (Fish Day)
by Natasha Novik
7m, Russian Federation, Drama
A story about the food and politics. The setting: the fall of the Soviet Union. 1 November 2014 at The
Green Room Theater & 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center
Friends Like Mine
by Nicole Kovacs
19m, USA, Drama
Lewis is an endearing shut-in who always strives for perfection and finds his joy in pleasing those
around him. Every night, he meticulously prepares a beautiful meal for his dinner party, though the
guests aren’t quite who you’d expect. After his mother sets him up on a date, Lewis’ awkwardness
causes things to go awry and he is left alone again. 1 November 2014 & 6 November 2014 at The
Green Room Theater
Gitchy
by Thomas Norman
32mn, USA, Horror
David is tormented by the horrifying image of a 6'5', 400 pound clown named Gitchy. Soon everyone
around him will see his reality. Gitchy the killer tickling clown --He’ll make you laugh, until you die 30
October 2014 at The Green Room Theater
In Capricious Hands
by Stephan Larson
5m, USA, Animation
Living in a box, life is pretty bleak and boring -and then a window opens. 7 November 2014 at
Zoetropolis & 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center
In The Blood
by Morgan Chase
13m, USA, Drama
She has her mother's eyes... Is family a choice? 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 6
November 2014 at The Ware Center
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I Owe You
by Mike McNeese
13m, USA, Drama
When the best friend he betrayed returns with a body in his trunk, seemingly perfect Cam must cover
up a murder or risk having his own dark secret revealed. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room
Theater
I Won't Fall Down
by Rob Underhill
3m, USA, Music Video
Stand up for love, your friends, and what you believe in.... entirely on roller-skates! I WON'T FALL
DOWN is from solo artist, Brandon McClean's debut album, Young and New. 7 November 2014 at
Zoetropolis
Le Cri du Homard (The Lobster's Cry)
by Nicolas Guiot
30m, Belgium/France, Drama
Recently arrived in France with her parents from their native Russia, Natalia, six years old, has been
impatiently awaiting her brother’s return from fighting in Chechnya. D-day has come and so has
disillusion for the little girl. Is this man really the brother she used to know? 1 November 2014 at The
Green Room Theater & 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center
Life Stats
by Jason Bartch
6m, USA, Comedy
Life isn't as well-calculated as it seems for Elliot, who wears a device around his wrist that compiles
statistics for everything he does. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 7 November 2014
at Zoetropolis
Love Thy Neighbor
by Mika Boorem
15m, USA/France, Drama
A troubled wife waits for the return of her husband from Afghanistan. The neighbors are watching. 7
November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
M is for Malnutrition
by Peter Czikrai
3m, Slovakia, Horror
In a world full of walking dead, a fight for a can of food becomes a fight for life. 30 October 2014 at
The Green Room Theater
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M'aidez
by Jesse Trumbill
8m, USA, Animation
A stop motion animated short that follows an astronaut stranded in space. What will happen as his
oxygen, body, and mind begin to dwindle in the infinite void? M'aidez is filmmaker Jesse Turnbull's first
movie. He created this project completely on his own combining sculpted figures, handmade miniature
sets, and digital effects. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis
Money 1955: The Emmett Till Murder Trial
by Rob Underhill
15m, USA, Documentary
International press descend on a remote Tallahatchie County, Mississippi courthouse and draw the
world’s attention to the murder trial of two white men accused of the horrific lynching of a 14-year old
black boy from Chicago named Emmett Till. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center
Musings
by Jason Prugar
11m, USA, Comedy
A writer looking for one last great story finds himself at odds with his muse. 8 November 2014 at The
Green Room Theater
Opening Night
by Daniel Finkelman
15m, USA, Drama
Forced to confront his past, Mark finally finds the courage to break his silence, open up to his son, and
embrace his lost passion. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Pause
by Terrence Raper
4m, USA, Music Video
As with all stories, there is more than meets the eye, this tale is told from the perspective of each
character to get the full account. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
‫( زهري‬Pink)
by Arkus
8m, United Arab Emerates, Drama
Khadijah, a middle aged Arabic woman is suffering from depression and low self esteem after her
divorce. The divorce has scarred her and led her to believe that she is not beautiful. She begins a
quest to look beautiful once again. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center
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Poustinia
by Kristian Berg
27m, USA, Documentary
Gendron Jensen draws bones. Detailed, meticulous, wondrous images of bones. Kicked out of a
monastery in his 20's, Jensen retreated to the north woods of Minnesota and into a singleminded
lifelong pursuit of work that compels to look beyond the ordinary to a deeper, more spiritual realm. 8
November 2014 at The Ware Center
Run Out
by Andre Gaumond
5m, Canada/USA, Drama
An homage to an event that has happened and that we always have to remember. A dramatic
flashback to a life that has ended before its time. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Running in Place
by Rob Underhill
4m, USA, Music Video
“Running in Place” is a story of a child overcoming the hardest of beginnings in life: parents separated,
separation from one’s mother by social services, parents lost to drug abuse and mental illness. 7
November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Snowflake
by Francesco Roder
15m, Italy/USA, Drama
Aurore is dying and Claire is at her side, waiting for the end to come. But Aurore has written a diary
about them and in their last night together, Claire will finally look at their love story through the eyes of
her beloved. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center
Solo
by Lex Sadasivan
20m, USA, Drama
A mother and son mourn the loss of an experimental aircraft pilot and uncover a mystery surrounding
his last flights. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis
Sophia
by Jaime Lee
14m, USA, Drama
Sam finds a bracelet in her husband's pocket with an engraving of the name, 'Sophia.' Startled and
confused, Sam spends the day contemplating the situation before having to confront her husband
about a possible affair. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
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Special
by Mikeal Burgin
11m, USA, Horror
When their daughter is kidnapped by human traffickers, a mother and father desperately struggle
against revealing an important family secret to investigators, that could ultimately lead to her safe
return. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Sweetness Follows
by Christopher O'Brien
13m, Canada, Drama.
Earl returns home to his wife after serving three years in prison for a vicious assault. 8 November
2014 at The Green Room Theater
Tasha & Friends
by Greg Kovacs
14m, Canada, Horror
Local children's show host, Tasha, decides to shut the show down. Her puppet co-stars, however,
want to shut her down –permanently. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater.
The Amautalik
by Neil Christopher
7m, Canada, Animation
A neglected orphan and a kind little girl come across one of the most dreaded land spirits. From Inuit
oral history: the Amautalik. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 7 November 2014 at
Zoetropolis
The Cameraman
by Rob Underhill
24m, USA, Horror
In The Cameraman, a wannabee movie-maker's documentary turns into a real life horror story. 30
October 2014 at The Green Room Theater
The Dawn
by Sara McDermott Jain
13m, USA, Drama
A five-year-old boy, despite his sheltered point of view, is able to piece together the fact that his
mother has killed his father. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
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The Orphan and the Polar Bear
by Neil Christopher
9m, Canada, Animation
An orphan is adopted by a polar bear elder, who teaches him the skills he will need to survive and
provide for himself. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis
There Is No God And We All Die Alone
by Harrison Givens
21m, USA, Comedy
A neurotic young man embarks on a whimsical journey to find the meaning of life and conquer his fear
of death. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
Tice
by Kathryn Mallinson
30m, USA, Horror
Cunning serial killer and notorious 'escape artist' Albert Tice has disappeared en route to a maximum
security prison, turning the usually peaceful and quaint Topanga Canyon into grounds for terror. 30
October 2014 at The Green Room Theater
White Summer
by Qing Mei
13m, USA, Drama
Anna meets an old lady on the street, who performs a 'snow dance' to praise her husband to come
back from Vietnam. She finds a friend in this woman while the conflict between Anna and her father
was getting worst. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis
Witness Monitor
by Edward Worthy
8m, USA, Horror
Witness Monitor tells the story of Christian Harris who works as a bartender for an exotic night club.
Witness Monitor tells a story of voyeurism, an obsession to watch that plagues us all. 30 October
2014 at The Green Room Theater
Young Hearts
by Tim Hodgson
8m, Australia, Comedy
A comedic drama formulated around the premise that 'friendship should come before anything else'.
Can they forgive each other and move on, or has their friendship been compromised by the rivalry? 7
November 2014 at Zoetropolis
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Zugzwang
by Yolanda Centeno
9m, USA, Comedy
Zugzwang in German means obligation to move. Life and chess are not so different. Often times in
life, you know you have to make a decision, but the best thing to do would be not to make any.
However... you must. We simply call this being screwed. In chess, it's called Zugzwang. 1 November
2014 at The Green Room Theater & 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis
2014 Rumschpringe International Short Film Festival | Special Selection
Alone in North America
by David Hilbert
The Morning After Girls survived break-ups, break-downs, departures, arrivals and deportations. When
the smoke cleared, they toured North America - playing music to gather people together. The ensuing
miles would be their greatest test. As individuals and as a band, they found themselves on the wrong
side of the law, the wrong side of the clock, and the wrong side of the wheel. 7 November 2014 at
Zoetropolis & 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater
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