Portraits – 2018

Tuesday, April 10, 3:00 PM

I Will Not Write Unless I Am Swaddled In Furs
Director: Wade Shotter
Narrative
6 minutes
New Zealand

A fussy writer battles his large ego and high expectations to create a work of art.

Salon Elvis
Director: Anthony Khawand
Documentary
11 minutes
Lebanon

Welcome to the Elvis Salon, where the King is none other than Maroun, the salon’s legendary owner.

My Name Is Marc, And You Can Count On It
Director: Lindsey Phillips
Documentary
14 minutes
USA

Everyone has that local commercial. You know the one. Late at night. Weird. Hilarious. Legendary. Who made that?

Deux Champs (Two Fields)
Director: Kevin Obsatz
Experimental
8 minutes
USA

A reflection on the distant memory of a day in 1953, and everything that has happened since.

Heaven
Director: Miguel Anaya
Animation
12 minutes
Mexico

A shipment of sick cattle has arrived, but in order to bring the vaccine to the most isolated areas, some pilots have to risk their lives by landing on makeshift runways.

The World’s Greatest Storyteller
Director: Horatio Baltz
Documentary
17 minutes
USA

T-Berry, a Harlem based street performer and self-described ‘World’s Greatest Storyteller’, struggles to find relevancy and place in a rapidly changing city seemingly apathetic to his craft.

The Sandman
Director: Lauren Knapp
Documentary
19 minutes
USA

A doctor walks the line of his own morality as he participates in executions, while personally opposing capital punishment.