Event

SFWFF - Shorts Program

Film Line-Up:

Push On directed by Lares Feliciano
(USA, 2009, 9 min, Narrative Fiction)
Gillian is on the road to spread her mother's ashes. Sadie is hitchhiking on the road to anywhere. In PUSH ON these two strangers find their loneliness interrupted when they meet on the open road.

As They Fade directed by Jenna Lyng
(USA, 2010, 12 min, Narrative Fiction)
After discovering old artifacts at the bottom of a lake, a young girl witnesses forgotten stories and uncovers her mysterious past.

Lay Me Down directed by Shinako Sudo
(USA/Japan, 2008, 14 min, Narrative Fiction)
A boy needs a heart transplant and discovers his clone that his father has raised secretly for replacement organs.

Sombras En El Viento directed by Julia Guillen-Creagh
(Spain, 2009, 20 min, Narrative Fiction)
New York, 1905. Sue and Johnnsy are two painters who share a studio. Sue has to take care of Johnsy who is sick with pneumonia and convince her that she won't die when the last leaf of an old ivy vine falls off.

This Way Up directed by Sarah Punshon
(United Kingdom, 2008, 9 min, Narrative Fiction)
A little boy's misunderstanding and his mother's address book contribute to a heavenly journey.

Speed Grieving directed by Alysia Reiner
(USA, 2009, 17 min, Narrative Fiction)
Is it possible to process grief through a whirlwind scientific study? Malia attempts to answer the question in record time.

Procession directed by Beth Spitalny
(USA, 2009, 17 min, Narrative Fiction)
When Shayna, a Jewish Orthodox teenager, stows away in and hijacks the hearse of her deceased boyfriend between services at the synagogue and the burial at the cemetery, she comes face to face with Tim, a loner hearse driver. Can two strangers from different worlds help each other move on?