Sylvia

Directed by Meirav Haber
USA, 2019, 9 min.

Sylvia is a little girl who creates a world inside her bedroom with her eerie but lovable imaginary friends. She is determined to have a fun and meaningful birthday, until something goes terribly wrong and she discovers the gift and burden of her own imagination.

 


Gun Shop

Directed by Patrick Smith
USA, 2018, 2 min.

There are 393 million firearms in the U.S. Animator Patrick Smith photographed 2,328 of them, creating a composite in a dizzying progression from squirt guns to semi-automatic assault rifles. Gun Shop encourages viewers to critically examine America’s love affair with guns.

 

The Phantom 52

Directed by Geoff Marslett
USA, 2019, 7 min.

Loneliness: a Texas trucker calls out on his CB radio waiting for a reply that never comes, a ghost haunts the deserted highways, and a whale sings at a frequency no other whale can hear.

Producer Geoff Marslett
Writer Geoff Marslett
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Matthew Lillard, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Warren Etheredge

 

Selfies

Directed by Claudius Gentinetta
Switzerland, 2018, 4 min.

In a veritable fireworks display of digital self-portraits, hundreds of quaint, embarrassing and dreadfully disturbing selfies are arranged in a unique short film composition. Single photos, artistically reworked, consolidate to form a ghastly grin that outshines the abyss of human existence.

Producers: Claudius Gentinetta, Gabriela Bloch Steinmann

 

King of the House

Directed by Zige Zhang
China, 2019, 11 min.

A delusional man lives alone in a small, dark house, believing he is the king of the world and his supremacy is secure. His sovereignty is suddenly shaken by the arrival of a stranger. The intruder occupies his living space, and forces him to face his inner fears, cowardice, and inferiority.

Producer :Zige Zhang
Writer: Zige Zhang
Cast: Pete Lekousis, Chris Sullivan

Southeast premiere



Je sors acheter des cigarettes | I’m Going Out for Cigarettes

Directed by Osman Cerfon
France, 2018, 13 min.

Twelve-year-old Jonathan lives with his sister, his mother, and some men. They all have the same face and nest in closets, drawers, the TV set…

Producers: Pierre Baussaron, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal
Writer: Osman Cerfon
Cast: Manon Bresch, Valentin Gevraise, Delphine Rollin

 
Don’t Feed These Animals

Directed by Guilherme Afonso and Miguel Madaíl de Freitas
Portugal, 2019, 10 min.

A lobotomized bunny in a laboratory has bipolar personality disorder, triggered by his appetite for carrots. One day he accidentally brings a carrot to life, but also creates something evil. Now carrot and bunny must put aside their differences so they may end this threat together.

Writers: Guilherme Afonso, Miguel Madaíl de Freitas, José Alves da Silva