Beam Me Up! – Shorts 2021

Friday, 10/22, 3:00 PM

Loopy
Director: Max Cianci & Anthony Peduzzi, Narrative, USA, 5 mins.
Drawn to a mysterious window, a man decides to investigate a seemingly abandoned building.

With Pleasure
Director: Maxwell Nalevansky & Carl Fry, Narrative, USA, 8 mins.
Cherry Blossom’s burlesque bar is a mystical haven in which people speak in proverb and poetry.

Nero
Director: Jan-David Bolt, Narrative, Switzerland, 9 mins.
Humans spend five years of their lives thinking about food. This film may not change that.

Verdict 30001: The Cookies
Director: Samuel Häkkinen & Henna Välkky, Narrative, Finland, 9 mins.
The average adult makes about 35000 remotely conscious decisions each day. Each decision carries certain consequences – both good and bad.

Your Last Day on Earth
Director: Marc Martínez Jordán, Narrative, Spain, 12 mins.
A Fox-dressed man breaks the spacetime limits with only one goal: to spend some time with his wife.

Wolf in Dude’s Clothing
Director: Solmund MacPherson, Narrative, Canada, 13 mins.
A starving wolf finds the skin of a man and uses it to join society.

Perfect as Cats
Director: Kevin Vu, Narrative, USA, 18 mins.
Inseparable sisters Henriette and Anais find their relationship and lives being torn apart under mysterious circumstances.

Squish
Director: Xavier Seron, Narrative, Belgium, 20 mins.
Flo has to go to Marrakech for work. So, it’s Tom who takes care of Sam, their 5-year-old son. Flo left him a list of tasks to complete during his absence. Despite this, Tom forgot Sam’s guitar course. From his ryad, Flo calls to blame him. Tom hates being caught. He picks up Sam. The car comes out of the garage at full speed. SPROTCH. Tom just crushed something…