Filmfest DC - Short Cuts 1

SHORT CUTS 1

Total Running Time: 91 minutes

Bendito Machine VI: Carry On

Jossie Malis

France/Spain, 2018, 14 minutes, animation

An inevitable and enigmatic bio-technological interweaving is just around the corner. What can go wrong?

Into the Blue

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic

Croatia/Slovenia/Sweden, 2017, 22 minutes, narrative

In the wake of her parent's recent separation, a 13-year-old girl has a moment of reckoning on an idyllic Croatian island.

The Good Mother

Sarah Clift

Mexico/UK, 2016, 6 minutes, narrative

A Mexican mother embarks on an epic journey to fulfill her son's singular, albeit timely, birthday request.

Judith Loves Martha

Anna Gaskell

USA, 2017, 10 minutes, documentary 

Renowned for her brilliant, gestural paintings, 87-year-old artist Judith Godwin describes her creative awakening when, as a college student, she had a chance meeting with Martha Graham.

Driving Lesson

Leland Hall

USA, 2017, 6 minutes, narrative 

Learning to drive with dad is a challenging rite of passage in the best of times. These are not the best of times.

Reina

Philip Vickery

USA, 2017, 15 minutes, narrative

A blind date with Michelle goes awry when Seth can’t stop talking about his broken heart. Then the evening takes a notable turn for the worse.

My Burden

Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Sweden, 2017, 13 minutes, animation 

In a suburban shopping center next to a large freeway, low-wage workers channel their existential angst into cheerful musical numbers. The apocalypse is a tempting liberator.

A Brief Spark Bookended By Darkness

Brent Green

USA, 2018, 5 minutes, animation

A hand-drawn animated tale about love in an increasingly dark world.