2014 Rumschpringe International Short Film Festival | Official Selections دختری-( یک داستان مادرA Mother-Daughter Story) by Farshad Teimoor 15m, Iran, Drama The story of a desperate young mother and her stubborn sulky daughter who have left their home in a huff and are trying to live on their own. However, this change in their life does not seem to be happening easily or smoothly. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center Ballkoni (Balcony) by Lendita Zeqiraj 20m, Kosovo, Comedy Jeton, a 10-year-old boy is sitting on the edge of a balcony on the 4th floor. Neighbors and passers-by, terrified by this situation, call the police and firefighters for help. But the situation quickly becomes unmanageable. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center B-Flat by Mariana Youssef 24m, Brazil, Drama The notice of an old friend that is just about to die brings Amar back to India 40 years after he left, in order to deliver a mysterious box. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center Black Rock Creek by Malone Lumarda 5m, USA, Drama A young girl takes a mystical walk along beautiful Black Rock Creek. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Blue by Katelyn Bianchini, Rena Cheng, Asia Lancaster 9m, USA, Animation In a world where balloons are alive one fearful balloon must learn to put his fragile life in the hands of an unlikely friend. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis Bragg N East by Rob Underhill 24m, USA, Drama Inspired by true events, a life shattering tragedy unites two former adversaries in search of answers: a police officer and a gang-member, both hardened by years of working the streets. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater www.Rumschpringe.com Chypre by Anish Dedhia 15m, USA/INDIA, Drama Chypre focuses on a woman's relationship problem with a hint of fragrance. How a middle class wife who is ignored by her husband finds herself interested in a fellow lady commuter , a mystery of growing silent rendezvous between two women. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Con Quien Sueña Berta? (Who's In Berta's Dreams) by Francisco Moises Escribano Solera 25m, Spain, Drama Jonás and Alfredo have been friends since childhood. Alfredo trusts Jonás and Jonás knows Alfredo well. Alfredo is certain he has something that Jonás does not. Jonás wants everything Alfredo has. Alfredo knows how to love. Jonás does, too. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center Dad by Alexey Sparrow 17m, Russian Federation, Drama Each person wonders what is better: to live with the past where one was happy or with the present where nothing of what you loved has left. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Dad In Mum by Fabrice Bracq 6m, France, Comedy The middle of the night. Moans are heard behind the parents' door. Two young sisters are asking questions. 1 November 2014 & 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Destiny Jones by Lesley Steele 6m, USA, Drama NYPD Detective Destiny Jones faces her childhood abuser - her stepfather - in the midst of solving a case that hits close to home. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Digz by Nate Minier 7m, USA, Comedy Check out the Hollywood lifestyles of the Van Ness Boyz. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater. www.Rumschpringe.com Disposable by Andrew Bailey 20m, USA, Drama This story follows a struggling couple who plan a get-a-way weekend to work things out. When an unexpected event happens, they must put their differences aside to conceal a secret. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center DVR by Dave Rock 8m, USA, Comedy A couple of self-obsessed, emotionally stunted narcissists nearly come to blows during a heated discussion about cookies, fonts and who exactly erased GAME OF THRONES off the DVR. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Eat Pussy Not Cows by Nate Minier 4m, USA, Music Video A vegan anthem with Jesse Vital's clever and irreverent wit. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Edward Lee's The Bighead by Michael Ling 25m, USA, Horror Based on the cult-horror novel by Edward Lee, The Bighead is a story of a creature returning home to settle a score. An extreme horror story that gave birth to the 'Splatterpunk' movement and a film that will have people talking. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater Entertainer by Rob Underhill 11m, USA, Comedy Witnes a prime-time TV interview with Bob about life, coping with loss, love, and the contents of his coffee table. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Eye of The Strorm by S. Kramer Herzog 15m, USA, Documentary S. Kramer Herzog's Eye of the Storm takes a harshly real view of the media and the circus that it can create. The documentary was shot during the hours leading up to the 2005 execution of Crips founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams at San Quentin State Prison. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center www.Rumschpringe.com Fanny Pack by Devon Unrau 30m, Canada, Comedy Sam finds a bracelet in her husband's pocket with an engraving of the name, 'Sophia.' Startled and confused, Sam spends the day contemplating the situation before having to confront her husband about a possible affair. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Рыбный День (Fish Day) by Natasha Novik 7m, Russian Federation, Drama A story about the food and politics. The setting: the fall of the Soviet Union. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center Friends Like Mine by Nicole Kovacs 19m, USA, Drama Lewis is an endearing shut-in who always strives for perfection and finds his joy in pleasing those around him. Every night, he meticulously prepares a beautiful meal for his dinner party, though the guests aren’t quite who you’d expect. After his mother sets him up on a date, Lewis’ awkwardness causes things to go awry and he is left alone again. 1 November 2014 & 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Gitchy by Thomas Norman 32mn, USA, Horror David is tormented by the horrifying image of a 6'5', 400 pound clown named Gitchy. Soon everyone around him will see his reality. Gitchy the killer tickling clown --He’ll make you laugh, until you die 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater In Capricious Hands by Stephan Larson 5m, USA, Animation Living in a box, life is pretty bleak and boring -and then a window opens. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis & 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center In The Blood by Morgan Chase 13m, USA, Drama She has her mother's eyes... Is family a choice? 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center www.Rumschpringe.com I Owe You by Mike McNeese 13m, USA, Drama When the best friend he betrayed returns with a body in his trunk, seemingly perfect Cam must cover up a murder or risk having his own dark secret revealed. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater I Won't Fall Down by Rob Underhill 3m, USA, Music Video Stand up for love, your friends, and what you believe in.... entirely on roller-skates! I WON'T FALL DOWN is from solo artist, Brandon McClean's debut album, Young and New. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis Le Cri du Homard (The Lobster's Cry) by Nicolas Guiot 30m, Belgium/France, Drama Recently arrived in France with her parents from their native Russia, Natalia, six years old, has been impatiently awaiting her brother’s return from fighting in Chechnya. D-day has come and so has disillusion for the little girl. Is this man really the brother she used to know? 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center Life Stats by Jason Bartch 6m, USA, Comedy Life isn't as well-calculated as it seems for Elliot, who wears a device around his wrist that compiles statistics for everything he does. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis Love Thy Neighbor by Mika Boorem 15m, USA/France, Drama A troubled wife waits for the return of her husband from Afghanistan. The neighbors are watching. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater M is for Malnutrition by Peter Czikrai 3m, Slovakia, Horror In a world full of walking dead, a fight for a can of food becomes a fight for life. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater www.Rumschpringe.com M'aidez by Jesse Trumbill 8m, USA, Animation A stop motion animated short that follows an astronaut stranded in space. What will happen as his oxygen, body, and mind begin to dwindle in the infinite void? M'aidez is filmmaker Jesse Turnbull's first movie. He created this project completely on his own combining sculpted figures, handmade miniature sets, and digital effects. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis Money 1955: The Emmett Till Murder Trial by Rob Underhill 15m, USA, Documentary International press descend on a remote Tallahatchie County, Mississippi courthouse and draw the world’s attention to the murder trial of two white men accused of the horrific lynching of a 14-year old black boy from Chicago named Emmett Till. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center Musings by Jason Prugar 11m, USA, Comedy A writer looking for one last great story finds himself at odds with his muse. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Opening Night by Daniel Finkelman 15m, USA, Drama Forced to confront his past, Mark finally finds the courage to break his silence, open up to his son, and embrace his lost passion. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Pause by Terrence Raper 4m, USA, Music Video As with all stories, there is more than meets the eye, this tale is told from the perspective of each character to get the full account. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater ( زهريPink) by Arkus 8m, United Arab Emerates, Drama Khadijah, a middle aged Arabic woman is suffering from depression and low self esteem after her divorce. The divorce has scarred her and led her to believe that she is not beautiful. She begins a quest to look beautiful once again. 6 November 2014 at The Ware Center www.Rumschpringe.com Poustinia by Kristian Berg 27m, USA, Documentary Gendron Jensen draws bones. Detailed, meticulous, wondrous images of bones. Kicked out of a monastery in his 20's, Jensen retreated to the north woods of Minnesota and into a singleminded lifelong pursuit of work that compels to look beyond the ordinary to a deeper, more spiritual realm. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center Run Out by Andre Gaumond 5m, Canada/USA, Drama An homage to an event that has happened and that we always have to remember. A dramatic flashback to a life that has ended before its time. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Running in Place by Rob Underhill 4m, USA, Music Video “Running in Place” is a story of a child overcoming the hardest of beginnings in life: parents separated, separation from one’s mother by social services, parents lost to drug abuse and mental illness. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Snowflake by Francesco Roder 15m, Italy/USA, Drama Aurore is dying and Claire is at her side, waiting for the end to come. But Aurore has written a diary about them and in their last night together, Claire will finally look at their love story through the eyes of her beloved. 8 November 2014 at The Ware Center Solo by Lex Sadasivan 20m, USA, Drama A mother and son mourn the loss of an experimental aircraft pilot and uncover a mystery surrounding his last flights. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis Sophia by Jaime Lee 14m, USA, Drama Sam finds a bracelet in her husband's pocket with an engraving of the name, 'Sophia.' Startled and confused, Sam spends the day contemplating the situation before having to confront her husband about a possible affair. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater www.Rumschpringe.com Special by Mikeal Burgin 11m, USA, Horror When their daughter is kidnapped by human traffickers, a mother and father desperately struggle against revealing an important family secret to investigators, that could ultimately lead to her safe return. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater Sweetness Follows by Christopher O'Brien 13m, Canada, Drama. Earl returns home to his wife after serving three years in prison for a vicious assault. 8 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Tasha & Friends by Greg Kovacs 14m, Canada, Horror Local children's show host, Tasha, decides to shut the show down. Her puppet co-stars, however, want to shut her down –permanently. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater. The Amautalik by Neil Christopher 7m, Canada, Animation A neglected orphan and a kind little girl come across one of the most dreaded land spirits. From Inuit oral history: the Amautalik. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis The Cameraman by Rob Underhill 24m, USA, Horror In The Cameraman, a wannabee movie-maker's documentary turns into a real life horror story. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater The Dawn by Sara McDermott Jain 13m, USA, Drama A five-year-old boy, despite his sheltered point of view, is able to piece together the fact that his mother has killed his father. 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater www.Rumschpringe.com The Orphan and the Polar Bear by Neil Christopher 9m, Canada, Animation An orphan is adopted by a polar bear elder, who teaches him the skills he will need to survive and provide for himself. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis There Is No God And We All Die Alone by Harrison Givens 21m, USA, Comedy A neurotic young man embarks on a whimsical journey to find the meaning of life and conquer his fear of death. 6 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater Tice by Kathryn Mallinson 30m, USA, Horror Cunning serial killer and notorious 'escape artist' Albert Tice has disappeared en route to a maximum security prison, turning the usually peaceful and quaint Topanga Canyon into grounds for terror. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater White Summer by Qing Mei 13m, USA, Drama Anna meets an old lady on the street, who performs a 'snow dance' to praise her husband to come back from Vietnam. She finds a friend in this woman while the conflict between Anna and her father was getting worst. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis Witness Monitor by Edward Worthy 8m, USA, Horror Witness Monitor tells the story of Christian Harris who works as a bartender for an exotic night club. Witness Monitor tells a story of voyeurism, an obsession to watch that plagues us all. 30 October 2014 at The Green Room Theater Young Hearts by Tim Hodgson 8m, Australia, Comedy A comedic drama formulated around the premise that 'friendship should come before anything else'. Can they forgive each other and move on, or has their friendship been compromised by the rivalry? 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis www.Rumschpringe.com Zugzwang by Yolanda Centeno 9m, USA, Comedy Zugzwang in German means obligation to move. Life and chess are not so different. Often times in life, you know you have to make a decision, but the best thing to do would be not to make any. However... you must. We simply call this being screwed. In chess, it's called Zugzwang. 1 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater & 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis 2014 Rumschpringe International Short Film Festival | Special Selection Alone in North America by David Hilbert The Morning After Girls survived break-ups, break-downs, departures, arrivals and deportations. When the smoke cleared, they toured North America - playing music to gather people together. The ensuing miles would be their greatest test. As individuals and as a band, they found themselves on the wrong side of the law, the wrong side of the clock, and the wrong side of the wheel. 7 November 2014 at Zoetropolis & 7 November 2014 at The Green Room Theater www.Rumschpringe.com
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