Ashland Independent Film Festival: Shorts Lineup
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- DirectorRob RichertStarsChris ChalkLaura HeislerMatthew MongilloFor the last 5 years, Kayla and her boyfriend Trevor have scraped by working their small weed grow in the isolated forests of Northern California. On the eve of their last sale of the season, Kayla realizes she is pregnant which compels her to confront Trevor's idealism and their way of life.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorJesse KreitzerStarsPatrick TowneAnanka KahlmeyerAndrew StewartIsolated, desperate, and haunted by his coal-stained birthright, Clarence Lockwood continues his daily descent into the accursed Maple mine-even after it has crippled his father and blinded his youngest son.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael StuhlbargIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.Film Clip
- DirectorGary LundgrenStarsJai BugarinLuis RodriguezErik Alexander GavicaA homeless ex-boxer tries to get his old life back.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorLin WangStarsEvan LiuWei RenAllen Theosky RoweDeath in a Day tells the story of Evan, a young Chinese boy who, after visiting his comatose father in the hospital, witnesses his mother's struggle and must come to grips with the impending death falling upon their family.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouStarsNikos ZeginoglouNota TserniafskiKaterina ZisoudiStephanos is a boy working out. He does not know though, that he soon will be carrying the burden's of a man.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorRobin JosephThe tale of a curious fox who goes in search of an elusive whale. A journey of pursuit and longing.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorJuan AvellaStarsAndrith AguilarErnesto CamposAlejandro FurthThe life of a Venezuelan Kidnapper takes an unexpected turn on his last job.Narrative Shorts
- 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.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorGreg LoserStarsBern CohenIsaiah MuellerAn aging leatherman makes a weekly pilgrimage to the cruising destination of his youth.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorJoseph OppenheimerStarsKyle IsaoEduardo FrancoKate Morgan ChadwickA public defender has minutes to save her 16-year-old client from a life sentence for murder by convincing him to take a plea deal for a crime he only technically committed, but to defend this boy, she will have to condemn him.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorLeandro GoddinhoStarsCarolina BianchiSandra DaniMarcela FetterA young lesbian finds her grandmother's eccentric WW2 lover living beneath a swimming pool.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorPatrick NearyA forgotten roadside oddity, trapped in a long-abandoned peep-show booth, experiences a grainy vision of his past, present and future.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorAustin FitzpatrickStarsAustin FitzpatrickEle AdamsElliot ShiangA man's lover goes missing. How far will he go to bring her back?Narrative Shorts
- DirectorRobin PolákStarsHeike MakatschNoah PapadimitriouMatilda FlorczykA little boy walks through a toy store full of people talking a strange and incomprehensible language. Alone he bonds with a young mother who finds a way to communicate with him without words. He is going to tell her something that she was not ready to hear.Narrative Shorts
- 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.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorMatthew Brunson-ClineStarsJoel StiglianoAn abstract trip exploring claustrophobia, drowning, and learning how to see the world in a different light.Narrative Shorts
- 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.Narrative Shorts
- DirectorMtume GantStarsValentine BureauParnia AyariFrank DealWhite Face is the story of New York actor Charles Rodgers, a man who hates his Black skin and all the hardship that comes with it. Feeling trapped by his race, Charles believes he has found the solution to his problems - change his appearance to embody 'Whiteness' - erase all that he has ever been and join the group he believes he should be a part of. But is this ever possible?Narrative Shorts
- DirectorZackary CanepariDrea Cooper'KISH' tells the story of a blind man who taught himself to see with sound in order to survive in a visual world.Documentary Shorts
- DirectorNisha BurtonWhat kind of walls will we, as a nation, create? Some want to make walls to divide us from the 'other' and separate us from our Mexican neighbors. What if we created a different kind of wall?
- DirectorNathan TruesdellStarsMary AllenBig ChuckLil JonThe city of Cleveland was abuzz on September 27, 1986. Over 1.5 million balloons were about to be released at once, breaking the world record. What could go wrong?
- DirectorDavid FreidOne of the last places you might expect to find an American-style Wild West theme park is in the middle of a Swedish forest, yet High Chaparral and its second life as a refugee camp feels strangely appropriate. With so much immigration in a short amount of time, Sweden has had a lot of logistics to work out - like where to put them all. When asked about his decision to allow his theme park to become a camp while closed for the winter, Emil Erlandsson said that he knew his grandfather would've done the same. "He built this place with the philosophy of the American settlers." While many refugees take shelter in tents and athletic stadiums, this bizarre and unexpected American West setting in the middle of a Swedish forest in the middle of winter has become one of the better refugee camps in Sweden. And for 500 refugees, one of the most unique camps in the world, and a safe place far away from home.
- DirectorKatherine RoselliStarsBetty LadukeRenowned Ashland artist Betty LaDuke's recent work honors farmworkers as they plow, prune, weed and harvest our food. This 10- minute short documentary, set in Southern Oregon, provides a glimpse into Betty's creative process and the people she so colorfully captures. At the same time Betty's work honors the timeless and universal process of growing food and flowers.
- DirectorRyan ScafuroA crowd gathers until the early morning to watch the 2016 US presidential election at a pub in London. As dawn breaks, things take a turn for the worse.