Fri 29, 9:00 p.m. – MORRI29LN - Library Center Theatre, Park City
U.S.A./Germany, 2016, 89 min., color English and German with English subtitles Thirteen-year-old Morris, a hip-hop loving American, moves to Heidelberg, Germany, with his father. In this completely foreign land, he falls in love with a local girl, befriends his German tutor-turnedconfidant, and attempts to navigate the unique trials and tribulations of adolescence.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Chad Hartigan PRINCIPAL CAST: Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, Jakub Gierszał, Levin Henning
Fri 29, 12:15 p.m. – SPANI29CD - Eccles Theatre, Park City Sat 30, 3:00 p.m. – SPANI30RA - Redstone Cinema 7, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 93 min., color, English and Korean with English subtitles Los Angeles’s Korean spas serve not only as meeting places but also as a bridge between past and future for generations of immigrant families. Spa Night explores one Korean American family’s dreams and realities as each member struggles with the overlap of personal desire, disillusionment, and sense of tradition.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Andrew Ahn PRINCIPAL CAST: Joe Seo, Haerry Kim, Youn Ho Cho, Tae Song, Ho Young Chung, Linda Han
Sat 30, 11:15 a.m. – SWISS30MD - The MARC, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 95 min., color Hank, a hopeless man stranded in the wild, discovers a mysterious dead body. Together the two embark on an epic journey to get home. As Hank realizes the body is the key to his survival, this oncesuicidal man is forced to convince a dead body that life is worth living.
DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert PRINCIPAL CAST: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Fri 29, 11:30 a.m. – AUDRI29PD - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sat 30, 2:30 p.m. – AUDRI301A - Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 90 min., color & b/w After two high school girls in different towns are sexually assaulted by boys they consider friends, online bullying leads each girl to attempt suicide. Tragically, one dies. Assault in the social media age is explored from the perspectives of the girls and boys involved, as well as their torn-apart communities.
DIRECTORS: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
Frid 29, 9:30 p.m. – BADKI29RN - Redstone Cinema 1, Park City
U.S.A., 2016, 100 min., color At a remote Mojave Desert high school, extraordinary educators believe that empathy and life skills, more than academics, give at-risk students command of their own futures. This coming-of-age story watches education combat the crippling effects of poverty in the lives of these so-called “bad kids.”
DIRECTORS: Keith Fulton, Lou Pepe
Thurs 28, 7:00 p.m. – HOLYH28RE - Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Fri 29, 9:00 a.m. – HOLYH29LM - Library Center Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 100 min., color Just out of college, a young filmmaker joins a loving, secretive, and spiritual community led by a charismatic teacher in 1980s West Hollywood. Twenty years later, the group is shockingly torn apart. Told through two decades of the filmmaker’s archival materials, this is their story.
Thurs 28, 2:15 p.m. – HOWLE28MA - The MARC, Park City Sat 30, 2:15 p.m. – HOWLE30PA - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2016, 125 min., color English and Spanish/Mandarin with English subtitles Do we have a chance to stop the most destructive consequences of climate change, or is it too late? Academy Award– nominated director Josh Fox (Gasland) travels to 12 countries on six continents to explore what we have to let go of—and all of the things that climate can’t change.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Josh Fox PRINCIPAL CAST: Josh Fox, Bill McKibben, Michael Mann, Mika Maiava, Ella Chou, Aria Doe
Fri 29, 4:00 p.m. – JIMMM29RA - Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Sat 30, 2:15 p.m. – JIMMM30MA - The MARC, Park City
U.S.A., 2016, 120 min., color The public execution of American conflict journalist James Foley captured the world’s attention, but he was more than just a man in an orange jumpsuit. Seen through the lens of his close childhood friend, Jim moves from adrenaline-fueled front lines and devastated neighborhoods of Syria into the hands of ISIS.
DIRECTOR: Brian Oakes SCREENWRITERS: Chris Chuang, Heather MacDonald, Brian Oakes
Thurs 28, 5:30 p.m. – LIFAN28PE - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sat 30, 11:30 a.m. – LIFAN30ED - Egyptian Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 91 min., color Owen Suskind, an autistic boy who could not speak for years, slowly emerged from his isolation by immersing himself in Disney animated movies. Using these films as a roadmap, he reconnects with his loving family and the wider world in this emotional coming-of-age story.
DIRECTOR: Roger Ross Williams SCREENWRITERS: Roger Ross Williams, David Teague PRINCIPAL CAST: Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Cornelia Suskind, Walter Suskind
Thurs 28, 10:00 p.m. – SUITE284N - Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City Fri 29, 2:30 p.m. – SUITE29PA - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2016, 78 min., color Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company, makes custom suits for a growing legion of gender-nonconforming clients.
DIRECTOR: Jason Benjamin PRINCIPAL CAST: Rae Tutera, Daniel Friedman, Derek Matteson, Everett Arthur, Mel Plaut
Fri 29, 9:00 a.m. – MALEJ29TM - Temple Theatre, Park City
China, 2015, 101 min., color Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles Two separate but connected stories begin this exploration into the endless cycle of love, as a young man and young woman experience passion for the first time with older lovers.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Yao Huang PRINCIPAL CAST: Nan Yu, Daizhen Ying, Xiaodong Guo, Yi Sun
Thurs 28, 8:30 p.m. – WILDD28PN - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sat 30, 9:00 a.m. – WILDD30TM - Temple Theatre, Park City
An anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Nicolette Krebitz PRINCIPAL CAST: Lilith Stangenberg, Georg Friedrich
Thurs 28, noon – ALLTH28YD - Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Fri 29, 11:15 a.m. – ALLTH29ED - Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Poland, 2015, 100 min., color & b/w Polish with English subtitles What does it mean to be awake in a world that seems satisfied to be asleep? Kris and Michal push their experiences of life and love to a breaking point as they restlessly roam the city streets in search of answers, adrift in the euphoria and uncertainty of youth.
DIRECTOR: Michal Marczak PRINCIPAL CAST: Krzysztof Baginski, Michal Huszcza, Eva Lebeuf
Fri 29, 4:00 p.m. – HOOLI294A - Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City
China/U.S.A., 2016, 84 min., color Chinese with English subtitles Traversing southern China, a group of activists led by Ye Haiyan, a.k.a. Hooligan Sparrow, protest a scandalous incident in which a school principal and a government official allegedly raped six students. Sparrow becomes an enemy of the state, but detentions, interrogations, and evictions can’t stop her protest from going viral.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Nanfu Wang PRINCIPAL CAST: Haiyan Ye, Yu Wang
Thurs 28, 3:30 p.m. – SKYLA28RA - Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Fri 29, 3:00 p.m. – SKYLA29TA - Temple Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2016, 75 min., color English and Chinese with English subtitles Having reached the pinnacle of the global art world with his signature explosion events and gunpowder drawings, worldfamous Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang is still seeking more. We trace his rise from childhood in Mao’s China and his journey to attempt to realize his lifelong obsession, Sky Ladder.
DIRECTOR: Kevin Macdonald
Fri 29, 12:15 p.m. – SETTL292D - Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City
France/Canada/Israel/Germany, 2015, 110 min., color English and Hebrew/Arabic with English subtitles Since Israel's Six-Day War victory in 1967, legions of Israelis have established residence in the West Bank’s occupied territories. With unprecedented access to pioneers of the settlement movement and today’s diverse settlers, religious and secular alike, The Settlers explores the communities influencing the sociopolitical destinies of Israel and Palestine.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Shimon Dotan
Fri 29, 6:30 p.m. – SONIT29RE - Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Sat 30, 9:15 a.m. – SONIT302M - Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City
Germany/Iran/Switzerland, 2015, 91 min., color English and Farsi with English subtitles If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she’d be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami PRINCIPAL CAST: Sonita Alidazeh
Sat 30, 9:15 p.m. – LOAND302N - Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 98 min., color Does the internet dream of itself? Explore the horizons of the connected world.
DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog
Fri 29, 2:30 p.m. – MICHA29MA - The MARC, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 110 min., color Catapulted by the success of his first major solo project, Off the Wall, Michael Jackson went from child star to King of Pop. This film explores the seminal album with rare archival footage and interviews from those who were there, and those whose lives its success and legacy impacted.
DIRECTOR: Spike Lee
Sat 30, 6:00 p.m. – NORMA30RE - Redstone Cinema 7, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 91 min., color How did a poor, Jewish kid from Connecticut bring us Archie Bunker and become one of the most successful television producers ever? Norman Lear brought provocative subjects like war, poverty, and prejudice into 120 million homes every week. He proved that social change was possible through an unlikely prism—laughter.
DIRECTORS: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady PRINCIPAL CAST: Norman Lear, George Clooney, Bill Moyers, John Amos, Alan Horn, Russell Simmons
Sat 30, 5:30 p.m. – RESIL301E - Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 60 min., color This film chronicles the birth of a new movement among pediatricians, therapists, educators, and communities using cuttingedge brain science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction, and disease. These professionals help break the cycles of adversity by daring to talk about the effects of divorce, abuse, and neglect.
DIRECTOR: James Redford SCREENWRITER: Jen Bradwell PRINCIPAL CAST: Nadine Burke Harris MD, Robert Anda MD, Jack Shonkoff MD, Laura Lawrence, David Johnson PhD, Victor Carrion MD
##Richard Linklater – dream is destiny
Sun 31, 10:00 a.m. – RICHA311M - Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 93 min., color & b/w This is an unconventional look at a fiercely independent style of filmmaking that arose in the 1990s from Austin, Texas, outside the studio system. The film blends rare archival footage with journals, exclusive interviews with Linklater on and off set, and clips from Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Boyhood, and more.
DIRECTORS: Louis Black, Karen Bernstein
Sat 30, 6:00 p.m. – UNLOC30YE - Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 91 min., color Follow animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. By filing the first lawsuit of its kind, Wise seeks to transform a chimpanzee from a “thing” with no rights to a “person” with basic legal protection.
DIRECTORS: Chris Hegedus, Donn Alan Pennebaker PRINCIPAL CAST: Steve Wise, Natalie Prosin, Liddy Stein, Mary Lee Jensvold, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Justice Barbara Jaffe
Thurs 28, 11:59 p.m. – ANTIB28LL - Library Center Theatre, Park City
U.S.A./Canada, 2016, 90 min., color In a desolate community full of drug-addled marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wildeyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Danny Perez PRINCIPAL CAST: Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Mark Webber, Meg Tilly, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Thurs 28, 11:30 a.m. – BLACK28PD - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 80 min., color A group of friends discover the dark underworld of the ultra-scary, psychosexual horror experience called Blackout. But what starts as a thrill ride through the unknown becomes deeply personal, developing into an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy.
DIRECTOR: Rich Fox PRINCIPAL CAST: Josh Randall, Kristjan Thor, Russell Eaton, Bob Glouberman, Allison Fogerty, Abel Horwitz
Sat 30, 11:59 p.m. – CARNA30LL - Library Center Theatre, Park City
U.S.A., 2015, 86 min., color The year is 1978. A team of wannabe crooks botch a small-town bank heist and flee with their hostage deep into the California desert, where they inexplicably find themselves in a harrowing fight for survival against a psychotic ex-military sniper.
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Mickey Keating PRINCIPAL CAST: Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, Alan Ruck, Darby Stanchfield, James Landry Hebert, Larry Fessenden
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Fri 29, 6:15 p.m. – CAMER292E - Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City
U.S.A., 2016, 95 min., color English/Arabic/Bosnian/Dari with English subtitles By exposing her role behind the camera, Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage that she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation into the power of the camera.
DIRECTOR: Kirsten Johnson
Sat 30, 9:00 p.m. – NOTES30TN - Temple Theatre, Park City
United Kingdom/France, 2016, 90 min., color After losing his sight, John Hull knew that not understanding blindness would destroy him. In 1983, he began to keep an audio diary. His recordings represent a unique testimony of loss, rebirth, and renewal, excavating the experience of blindness and documenting his discovery of “a world beyond sight.”
DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS: Peter Middleton, James Spinney PRINCIPAL CAST: Dan Skinner, Simone Kirby
98 min. Sat 30, 7:00 p.m. – SHRT1304E - Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City
DIRECTOR: Duke Merriman U.S.A., 2015, 10 min., color In this darkly comic take on the dual realities of friendship, a dinner party goes painfully sour.
DIRECTOR: Matt Kazman U.S.A., 2015, 20 min., color When Dusty masturbates for the first time, something terrible happens.
DIRECTOR: Caroline Monnet Canada, 2015, 3 min., color Guided expertly by those who live on the land and are driven by the pulse of the natural world, this story takes us on an exhilarating journey from the far north to the urban south.
DIRECTOR: Don McKellar Canada, 2015, 13 min., color Relationships can be an endless cycle of breakups.
DIRECTOR: AJ Schnack U.S.A., 2016, 12 min., color This film always begins in the present day. A scene of tragedy unfolds, accompanied by fear, chaos, and disbelief. As it rewinds into the past, retracing our memories, it tells a cumulative history that is both unbearable and inevitable.
DIRECTOR: Maïmouna Doucouré France, 2015, 21 min., color French with English subtitles Life is disrupted for eight-year-old Aida when her father returns with a young Senegalese woman, Rama, whom he introduces as his second wife. Sensitive to her mother’s distress, Aida decides to get rid of the new visitor.
DIRECTOR: Mickey Duzyj U.S.A., 2016, 19 min., color Japanese with English subtitles Haru Urara, a Japanese racehorse, became a national icon after enduring a losing streak of epic proportions. Dubbed “The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere,” she was a symbol of perseverance and inspiration during a time of economic crisis.
90 min. Thurs 28, noon – SHRT228TD - Temple Theatre, Park City
DIRECTOR: Bridey Elliott U.S.A., 2015, 16 min., color This comedy about isolation and loneliness follows a young woman who is adrift and seeking intimacy in the most unlikely places.
DIRECTOR: Darius Clark Monroe U.S.A., 2015, 7 min., color Some things must die to live.
DIRECTOR: Andrew Laurich U.S.A., 2015, 9 min., color A desperate son reconnects with his estranged father to ask an unspeakable favor that will change both of their lives forever.
DIRECTOR: Eleanor Mortimer United Kingdom, 2014, 17 min., color English and Spanish with English subtitles This warm and lyrical film follows a group of unruly monkeys in Gibraltar and the people employed to control them with peashooters.
DIRECTOR: Fyzal Boulifa United Kingdom, 2015, 17 min., color & b/w A portrait of a teenage escort named Coco.
DIRECTOR: Sebastian Silva U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., color & b/w What begins as a love story becomes an existential crisis when filmmaker Sebastian Silva flies to Miami to fulfill his lifelong dream of swimming with a dolphin.
DIRECTORS: Daniele Anastasion, Nathan Golon U.S.A., 2015, 16 min., color English and Yup’ik with English subtitles A 16-year-old Yup’ik Eskimo leaves his tiny village and travels across the frozen tundra to compete in an all-Yup’ik basketball tournament and bring pride to his village
95 min. Sat 30, 5:30 p.m. – SHRT330PE - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
DIRECTOR: Benjamin Berman U.S.A., 2016, 6 min., color & b/w Losing weight and getting fit has never been easier! Shed those unwanted pounds with these simple tricks your gym doesn’t want you to know about. You won’t believe what happens next!
DIRECTOR: Ziya Demirel Turkey/France, 2015, 13 min., color Turkish with English subtitles This ordinary day of a teenage girl in Istanbul follows her encounters with three different men as she goes to school, plays basketball, and takes a bus home.
DIRECTOR: Jack O’Shea Ireland, 2015, 10 min., color Two burglars strike it rich after stealing a mysterious coat. So begins this darkly comic tale, in which Midnight, an anthropomorphized dog, and his human servant Peter struggle for power, courtesy of the coat.
DIRECTORS: Verónica Jessamyn López Sainz, Andrea Fuentes Charles Mexico, 2015, 10 min., color Spanish with English subtitles Isabel, a young woman from the Sierra mountains of Guanajuato, is motivated by the love of her family, and she has learned that she must sacrifice her present in order to value tomorrow’s success and achieve her dreams.
DIRECTOR: Asantewaa Prempeh U.S.A., 2015, 13 min., color French with English subtitles The lines between trust, betrayal, and forgiveness are intertwined for two Senegalese vendors as they try to make a living on the streets of New York City.
DIRECTOR: Ben Petrie Canada, 2015, 17 min., color A boyfriend’s jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom.
DIRECTOR: Katarzyna Gondek Poland/Belgium, 2015, 9 min., color A gigantic figure emerges from the snow and sits on a hill with spiders, saints, and bumper cars in this surreal tale about creating myths, religious kitsch, and the desire for greatness. Meet the world’s largest sacral miniature park resident.
DIRECTOR: Brett Weiner U.S.A., 2015, 17 min., color Unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Using court transcripts from the case, this short film juxtaposes the reenacted testimony of two key witnesses: Dorian Johnson and the police officer himself, Darren Wilson.
100 min. Thurs 28, 4:00 p.m. – SHRT4284A - Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City
DIRECTOR: Kim Sherman U.S.A., 2015, 12 min., color This dark comedy adventure is the story of a young dog walker after the unexpected death of her favorite client.
DIRECTORS: Manuela Martelli, Amirah Tajdin Chile/France, 2015, 13 min., color Spanish with English subtitles Laura, a heartbroken teenager from Santiago, is on holiday in the southern Chilean archipelago, Chiloé, with her friends. As she wanders the lonely island seascapes, she encounters a group of women who are seaweed collectors and shares stories with them.
DIRECTORS: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher U.S.A., 2015, 15 min., color Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is home to both the largest outdoor Passion Play in the United States and an important vote on LGBT rights. This film follows the town’s inhabitants as they prepare for the historic vote.
DIRECTOR: Nina Gantz United Kingdom, 2015, 9 min., color Edmond’s impulse to love and be close to others is strong—maybe too strong. As he stands by a lake contemplating his options, he reflects on his defining moments in search of the origin of his desires. MeTube 2: August sings
DIRECTOR: Daniel Moshel Austria, 2016, 5 min., color After Elfie and her nerdy son August successfully proved themselves on their home webcam in MeTube 1, the odd pair venture onto the street to present the biggest, boldest, and sexiest operatic flash mob the internet has ever witnessed!
DIRECTOR: Frankie Shaw U.S.A., 2015, 19 min., color After becoming pregnant from a sexual assault on campus, a young woman goes on a journey to find out if the rape was “legitimate.” This film was inspired by the statements of Senator Todd Akin.
DIRECTOR: Ondřej Hudeček Czech Republic, 2015, 27 min., color Czech/German with English subtitles A twisted queer romance set in picturesque 19th-century Bohemia tells the true story of the birth of one of the nation’s most influential writers, with suspense, laughter, violence, hope, nudity, sex, and a happy ending—mostly a happy ending.
110 min. Fri 29, 3:00 p.m. – SHRT529YA - Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City
DIRECTOR: Jörn Threlfall United Kingdom, 2015, 14 min., color What has happened in this quiet suburban neighborhood? Has there been a murder, a hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is both profound and deeply unexpected.
DIRECTOR: Joey Ally U.S.A., 2015, 7 min., color Work and life partners Kate and Leigh share everything, from their apartment to the bar they co-own. When a sex-life slump forces them to reconsider their relationship, they must confront how intertwined their lives have become, to humorous ends.
DIRECTOR: Jason Reitman U.S.A., 2016, 14 min, B&W The most bigoted room is the least bigoted room. One night at the Comedy Store’s Roast Battle.
DIRECTOR: Jim Cummings U.S.A., 2015, 13 min., color Officer Arnaud loved his mom.
DIRECTOR: Lovisa Sirén Sweden, 2015, 19 min., color Swedish with English subtitles Mika is auditioning male actors for her first feature, and they are all wellestablished alpha dogs in the film business. The situation turns more sour as their confidence in her reaches new lows.
DIRECTOR: Elnura Osmonalieva Kyrgyzstan, 2015, 14 min., color Kyrgyz with English subtitles Seide lives in a snowy mountain village with her humble family and her beloved horse. When she’s forced into an arranged marriage with a man from a wealthy family, she fights to save her horse from being slaughtered for food for the wedding.
DIRECTOR: Callum Rice United Kingdom, 2015, 11 min., color Robert, an ex-shipyard welder from Govan, Glasgow, reflects on how his life experiences have influenced his newfound compulsion to write.
DIRECTOR: Dubravka Turic Croatia, 2015, 18 min., color Croatian with English subtitles Three women of different ages and backgrounds meet in an ophthalmologist’s waiting room. The mention of a tragedy that left one of them nearly blind suddenly bridges their differences and creates a possibility for closeness and connection.
91 min. Sat 30, 8:30 p.m. – ANIMA301N - Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City
DIRECTOR: Steve Warne United Kingdom, 2015, 12 min., color A distant father is forced to confront a heroic but troubled past life as ‘80s TV character Pombo.
DIRECTOR: Ely Dagher Lebanon, 2015, 15 min., color Arabic with English subtitles Disillusioned with life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar’s discovery lures him into the city. Immersed into a world that is close yet isolated, he loses track and finds himself struggling to keep his attachments and sense of home.
DIRECTOR: Chenglin Xie China, 2015, 3 min., b/w The phenomenon of increasing smartphone addiction can be attributed to today’s cuttingedge technology. Staring at glowing screens instead of exploring the vast expanse of life, people are gradually alienating themselves from the richness, depth, and loveliness of life.
DIRECTOR: Dianne Bellino U.S.A., 2016, 15 min., color In this parable, a shy wolf tries to connect with a group of hip, party-loving bunnies but finds her body is in revolt.
DIRECTOR: Caveh Zahedi U.S.A., 2016, 6 min., color Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.
DIRECTOR: Kangmin Kim South Korea/U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., color & b/w Korean with English subtitles Dujung, an elementary school student, goes to a farm in the suburbs with his parents. While his parents believe the expensive and rare specialty from the farm will strengthen their son’s body, Dujung suffers side effects.
DIRECTOR: Michelle Derosier Canada, 2015, 11 min., color American-Indian dialect with English subtitles As the balance of the world turns upside down for the Anishinabek people, the elder Naamowin builds a healing drum to save his grandson and his people.
DIRECTORS: Daniel Cloud Campos, Spencer Susser U.S.A., 2016, 4 min., color A damsel in distress gets undressed when a man from the Midwest puts to rest a world that’s obsessed with “the priceless,” also known as “the shiny.”
DIRECTORS: Zsuzsanna Kreif, Borbála Zétényi France/Hungary, 2014, 17 min., color In a country where men seem more interested in their electronic gadgets than in their peers, a group of lonely and disillusioned women take the Limbo Limbo bus. Off to a far exotic country, they hope to find happiness.
102 min. Thur 28, 9:00 p.m. – DCSH128YN - Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City
DIRECTOR: Sol Friedman Canada, 2015, 9 min., color & b/w A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.
DIRECTORS: Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan U.S.A., 2015, 13 min., color Emboldened by a giant block party on the evening of their high school prom, a group of students enter the night with the hope of transcending their rural town and the industrial landscape that surrounds them.
DIRECTOR: Karen Vazquez Guadarrama Belgium, 2015, 23 min., color Spanish with English subtitles Flower of a Thousand Colors shows an intimate slice of the life of Emiliana, a loving mother who struggles every day with her rough environment—a Bolivian mining camp.
DIRECTOR: Khaldiya Jibawi Jordan, 2015, 9 min., color Arabic with English subtitles Filmed during a media workshop for Syrian girls in Jordan’s Za’atari Refugee Camp, 17-year-old Khaldiya meditates on how the camp has opened up new horizons and given her a sense of courage that she lacked in Syria.
DIRECTOR: Sky Hopinka U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., color English and Ho-Chunk with English subtitles Against landscapes that the artist and his father traversed, audio of the father in the Ho-Chunk language is transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet, which tapers off, narrowing the distance between recorder and recordings, new and traditional, memory and song.
DIRECTOR: Razan Ghalayini U.S.A., 2015, 12 min., color The FBI claimed it exposed a dangerous group of men in a massive entrapment operation over an alleged plot to attack a U.S. Army base in New Jersey. But were they really terrorists?
DIRECTOR: Loïc Darses Canada, 2015, 28 min., color French with English subtitles December 31, 2003: Lucie decides to write a letter to the man who abused her from the age of 8 to 12 years old and resolves to personally bring it to him, wherever he may be.
95 min. Fri 29, 1:00 p.m. – MIDSH294D - Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City
DIRECTOR: Calvin Lee Reeder U.S.A., 2015, 4 min., color A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.
DIRECTORS: Andres Meza-Valdes, Diego Meza-Valdes, Eric Mainade U.S.A., 2015, 22 min., color Spanish with English subtitles An illegal migrant worker decides it’s time to move on from picking crops and find a better job. Little does she know, insidious supernatural forces have a different plan for her. Some borders aren’t meant to be crossed.
DIRECTORS: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan U.S.A., 2015, 12 min., color During a night at the strangest club on earth, DJ Douggpound learns the very real dangers of texting while DJing.
DIRECTOR: Eddie Alcazar U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., b/w With the ability to travel in time, a girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection, she struggles with her identity, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.
DIRECTORS: Nick DenBoer, Davy Force U.S.A./Canada, 2015, 6 min., color All pork and no chicken makes Jack a dull boy. Luckily, Jack gets a new job as senior chief night manager at Charbay’s Chicken World and Restaurant Resort, the world’s largest fast-food entertainment complex; however, things quickly get very clucked.
DIRECTOR: Simon Cartwright United Kingdom, 2015, 11 min., color When Glen attends primal scream class, he releases something from deep within that knows no limits.
DIRECTOR: Jacqueline Castel U.S.A., 2015, 9 min., color A supernatural killer stalks a young woman and her friends in a seedy, neon-lit dive bar in this short film featuring horror legend John Carpenter.
DIRECTOR: Jason Woliner U.S.A., 2015, 23 min., color Brett Gelman throws his parents a dinner and tribute for their 40th anniversary with the help of legendary actors Tony Roberts and Patti LuPone. The evening soon unravels into a mindmelting comedic orgy of psychological torture and family dysfunction.
81 min. Sat 30, 6:15 p.m. – NFSHO302E - Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City
DIRECTOR: Santiago Menghini Canada, 2015, 15 min., color & b/w Travel along with the Voyager spacecrafts as they traverse the solar system on their planetary expedition, spanning over three decades.
DIRECTORS: IC-98: Patrik Söderlund, Visa Suonpää Finland, 2015, 43 min., b/w In a twilight world long after the age of man, a twisted ecosystem centered around an overgrown fruit tree undergoes parasitic and geological transformations as hours, years, and aeons pass.
DIRECTOR: Terence Nance U.S.A., 2014, 23 min., color This intensely musical film is about the spiritual anchorages of life in and around Miami. The story is drenched in the heat, spirit, and landscape of southern Florida.