Competition 2020

We Revolve – 2020 Shorts

Friday 10/15 3:00 PM Century Director: Kevin Obsatz, Narrative, USA, 7 min. A listless suburban matriarch has a torrid affair with a punching bag, upsetting the delicate ecosystem of electronic ennui in her household. Write Me Director: Pearl Gluck, Narrative,

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Uncomfortable Laughter – Shorts 2020

Saturday, 10/16, 9:15 PM Dad Joke Director: David Abramsky, Narrative, UK, 16 min. A disabled comedian performs a make-or-break gig on the night his first child is born. The Last Adjunct Director: Dorothea Braemer, Experimental, USA, 6 min. An adjunct

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The Beat Goes On – Shorts 2020

Tuesday, 10/19, 3:15 PM Last Supper Director: Piotr Dumała, Animation, Poland, 13 min. A tragedy of a group of men sitting at a table and moving to the rhythm. Island (Chapter One) Director: Mark Madel, Experimental, Netherlands, 11 min. Our

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Swipe Right – Shorts 2020

Monday, 10/18, 9:15 PM Mer Bleue Director: Cecilia Araneda, Experimental, Canada, Chile, 4 min. A pathway through time captures the changing of seasons and the evanescence of love. Alarm Director: Hannah Espia-Farbova, Narrative, USA, 9 min. An invisible poison invades.

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Supergay – Shorts 2020

Sunday, 10/17, 9:15 PM Wishes Director: Amy Jenkins, Documentary, USA, 6 min. The secret yearnings of a child for an alternate identity are traced through a decade of birthday wishes filmed by their mother. Baby Steps Director: Kira Findling, Experimental,

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State of the Union – Shorts 2020

Sunday, 10/17, 9:30 PM Hand in Hand Director: Ennio Ruschetti, Narrative, Switzerland, 4 min. Two politicians shake hands. The Situation gets out of hand. Confirmation Bias Director: Theodore Collatos, Experimental, 7 min. With corruption in the USA at an all

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Saturday Morning Cartoons – Shorts 2020

Saturday, 10/16, 10:00 AM Yellow Jubilee P260-5 Director: Kate Lain, Experimental, USA, 3 min. Paint sample cards normally trapped in a rigid grid of capitalism find new life when freed to dance across time. Hot Dog Directors: Flore Burnab, Logan

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Postcards – Shorts 2020

Friday, 10/15, 7:00 PM Statue Island Director: Princess and The Cowboy, Documentary, USA, 3 min. A fascinating tour of statues around the New York City borough of Staten Island. At The River Director: Angelo Madsen Minax, Documentary, USA, 10 min.

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Panorama – Shorts 2020

Tuesday, 10/19, 3:00 PM When It Is Still Director: Anna Kipervaser, Experimental, 10 min. An enactment of transmutation, of the animation of the previously inanimate, the dead, the unborn. A rebirth of the self. Scenes from the Periphery Director: Derek

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Over the Line – 2020 Shorts

Friday 10/15, 3:15 PM Song Sparrow Director: Farzaneh Omidvarnia, Narrative, Iran, 12 min. People of different color and race and culture, old and young, embark on journeys, eager to find some place they can call home, or just some place

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