Full Disclosure

Douglas Horn

18 min. | Comedy | USA

Tired of wasting time on relationships that break up when one person discovers something they can’t stand about the other, Everett decides to reveal every terrible habit, attitude and hang up on the first date. Shockingly, women don’t respond as he’d hoped... until he meets Brinn, who’s willing to play his game and try for FULL DISCLOSURE.

• Winner, Best Short Film: Seattle International Film Festival
• Stony Brook Film Festival
• Sedona International Film Festival

The Wine Bar

Christian Remde | 11:30 | Comedy | USA

When blue-collar Henry orders a beer in a snooty wine bar, he offends everyone and has to defend himself and the woman sitting next to him.

• Heart of Gold International Film Festival*
• Best Narrative: Carolina Film Festival
• Audience Award: Omaha Film Festival
• Best Comedy Short Film: Gem City Film Festival

I Killed Zoe Day

Powell Weaver

20 min. | Dramady | USA

Wyatt and Billy wake up after a wild night out and they can’t remember anything. When they find pop star Zoe Day shot dead in a pool of blood across the room, they begin to uncover an unexpected truth of what really happened last night, and who really did kill Zoe Day. [V]

• Warner Brothers Pictures Film Production Award
• Best Short Film: Dixie Film Fest
• First Place: A Flickering Image Film Fest

Turn

Michael Lucas

10:45 | Drama | Australia

Two drivers find themselves stuck in a side alley whilst trying to turn on to an impenetrable motorway. As minutes turn to hours and hours turn to days, they realize they are completely trapped together and must find a way to survive... [L]

• Heart of Gold International Film Festival *
• Punters Choice Award: Fitzroy Shorts, Melbourne, Australia
• Audience Favourite: Newcastle Film Festival, Australia
• Best Cinematography: Newcastle Film Festival, Australia

Cold Tea

Katie Bowen

10 min. | Comedy | USA

A young man who is very lonely, but who knows what he wants, discovers the woman of his dreams one day in the park. He professes his love and she tells him to come to tea and prove it. When he learns who she really is, that love is tested.

• Heart of Gold International Film Festival
• Sedona International Film Festival 
  Big Island Film Festival
• New York City Downtown Short Film Festival Audience Choice Screening

Jillian’s Vantage

Geno Andrews
23 min. | Drama | USA

A recluse, John Wheeler gets set up on a blind date with a blind woman. During the course of this magical dinner, Jillian teaches John to see this night through the eyes of his heart.

• Best of Show: Damah Film Festival
• Best Drama: Crested Butte Film Festival
• Winner: RAD Film Festival
• Disc 2 Short Films

Fool Me Once

Paco Farias | 12 min. | Drama | USA

Maureen Ackerman, a clever, coquettish housewife, starts her day like any other—the morning paper, laundry, dishes. She sees off her husband with an obligatory kiss and a steaming cup of coffee. Then her lover shows up... What follows is a fast game of deception and greed where tables turn and the betrayer becomes the betrayed.

• Best Short Film, Audience Award: Stony Brook Film Festival
• Best Actress, Sharon Lawrence: Methodfest

Fortune Hunter

Thom Harp

20 min. | Comedy | USA

When Arthur, a writer at a fortune cookie factory, accidentally sends a love letter to his ex-girlfriend into the printing press, suddenly every cookie at every restaurant reveals a piece of his broken heart. [S]

• Golden Space Needle: Audience Award, Seattle International Film Festival
• Best Short Film: Juried Award, Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings

Tackle

Beth Armstrong

8:30 | Drama | Australia

There are codes to football and there are codes to being a man. Fourteen-year-old Ryan Fletcher isn’t up to scratch in either. [L]

• Heart of Gold International Film Festival*
• Classic Cinema Short Screenplay Award: Glen Eira Literary Awards, Australia
• Best Film: Shepparton Shorts Film Festival, Australia

Out Of Proportion

Scott Cervine

12 min. | Drama | USA

Jack Lloyd is face to face with the unthinkable—the utter devastation of no cream at the coffee store, the unbearable agony of no paper towels in the men’s room, the insurmountable odds of trying to park in one of the small, newly painted parking spots. Only the tough love of his best friend can break through Jack’s formidable wall of anger. What’s underneath? You’ll just have to see for yourself. [L]

• Audience Choice: Beverly Hills Short Film Festival
• Mark Goodsen Video Award
• Best Short Film: Cinema City International Film Festival

The Little Creek

Daisy Edwards

3:17 | Animation | Australia

Reflecting on his past, Bill remembers his childhood, the little creek, the games he played and his first love, Mary. But as you grow up things have to change, whether you like it or not.

• Heart of Gold International Film Festival*
• Animation Block Party, NYC USA
• Rome International Film Festival
• Nominated Best Animation: Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Gympie

Wednesday

Rob Sorrenti

21:30 | Drama | UK

Wednesday is the story of a girl and a boy born on the same day at the same time in the same hospital, whose paths cross again years later, in the very same place.

• Heart of Gold International Film Festival*
• Best Short Film: Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Florida, USA
• Grand Jury Prize: Short Cuts Film Festival, Cologne, Germany
• Highly Commended: Turner Classic Movies Short Film Competition, UK
• Best International Short Film: Garden State Film Festival