Films I watched at Palm Springs ShortFest 2014
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- DirectorFlavio AlvesStarsBurt YoungSally KirklandJacques MitchellFor 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's long-buried desires, Betty discovers that secrets have been part of their life all along.
- DirectorEric KissackStarsShawn ParsonsScott BeehnerBrace HarrisIn the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.
- DirectorIvan MenaStarsLedicia SolaJulia SánchezMaria FelicesAlice, already a woman, wakes up in a foreign land. She does not remember her name neither how she got there. Evil forces are at work and Alice will have to fight to survive Wonderland and get back to her daughter.
- DirectorGiacomo CiminiStarsLambert WilsonSamuel JoslinDarrell D'SilvaSomehow, an unforeseen malfunction in a man's spectacles blurs the frail bounds between reality and parallel reality, allowing instances of a dark and dystopian future to seep into his world.
- DirectorKevin LacyStarsStevie Lynn JonesMatthew Van OssMichelle BernardOn the verge of aging out of foster care, 17-year-old Mercedes Harper needs money, and she needs it now. She manipulates Denver Thomas, a former high-school classmate who happens to have a massive crush on her, to help her plan and execute a bank robbery.
- DirectorBen AstonStarsSebastian ArmestoAnna MaguireSarah BarkerA simple, domestic love story about a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend, and why it probably wasn't the best idea...
- DirectorWu TsangStarsCarolina EspiroLaura PatalanoHarmony SantanaA grieving Chicana mother confronts an uninvited family member before her Día de los Muertos celebration.
- DirectorMarcelo MitnikStarsValeria BlancJeremy GlazerMartín PiroyanskyEN LAS NUBES (In the Clouds) explores the complicated, and often comedic, space between how we think romance should work and how it actually does. Set all around Buenos Aires during one momentous week in the lives of Mariela, an Argentinean illustrator, and Oliver, an American dog food executive working abroad, the film takes a look at conflicting cultural disagreements about intimacy and the way the once-simple idea of a marriage proposal has taken on an increasingly public, and sometimes ridiculous, weight in this golden age of YouTube.
- DirectorCasper AndreasStarsTomas von BrömssenIwar WiklanderLiv MjönesAn alternative family drama about life and death.
- DirectorLee CroninStarsOwen McDonnellSteve WallMatthew DillonOnce a year, estranged brothers Michael and Peter make a reluctant pilgrimage to the old fairground yard where their friend Sam went missing when they were boys. Both men's' lives are colored by what happened the day their friend was sucked inside the Ghost Train, never to return. This year, Michael has something to tell Peter that will cast fresh light on the incident, something that will change their lives even more than that fateful day 30 years ago...
- DirectorMischa JakupcakStarsChaske SpencerNikki HahnRussell HodgkinsonMia is eight years old and wants to do anything but hang out at her dads house trying to sell a car that doesn't run. Her father, Joe has real concerns he's grappling with. The Hero Pose is a story about Joe and Mia, father and daughter, and those precious moments when two people are able to pause and connect.
- DirectorBella KingStarsCaitlin CarmichaelAleks PaunovicCathy PodewellA young girl's spirit is tested.
- DirectorGoran StankovicStarsRavil IsyanovIrina DubovaSasha FeldmanDuring the German invasion of Soviet Russia, a humble farmer and his wife must protect a crate of five priceless paintings evacuated from Leningrad while waiting for news from their son, a soldier fighting on the Eastern front.
- DirectorBrett SøremStarsSunah BilstedSarah PaulsonNathan ParsonsA dark comedy about how a life can be ruined in 140 characters.
- DirectorCristian SulserStarsAlbert TannerNikola WeisseTrapped in a dull and loveless marriage, a few magical letters turn Theo's darkest fantasies into reality. Suddenly, the elderly couple is playing a board game of life and death.
- DirectorVanessa HopeStarsJerome A. CohenLeading United States legal expert on China, and the first American lawyer there after normalization of US-China relations, Jerome Alan Cohen, tells the harrowing tale of how and why his China studies prepared him to rescue his college classmate, Jack Downey, from 'behind enemy lines' after Downey's CIA mission to infiltrate communist China went awry in the 1950s.
- DirectorNtare Guma Mbaho MwineStarsCharlotte CornwellNtare Guma Mbaho MwineAnania NgoligaA conflicted African priest wrestles with his conscience.
- DirectorNick RowlandStarsJoe ColeStephen BentElliott TittensorA teenage boxer searching for self-definition gives in to his true colours at the risk of losing everything.
- DirectorIman NazemzadehStarsShohreh AghdashlooNelson DelrosarioAnnie McCain EngmanTwo strangers receive test results from the hospital: A young, up-and-coming sports agent has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, while a grim old loner, anticipating his own death, is sentenced... to live. We follow these two men as they are forced to leave behind their old lives and face the deep yearning in their hearts. By chance, they each confide in the same woman. She is the mother of one of the men, and the salvation of the other. Then the hospital calls again, with some unexpected news.
- DirectorSimon WeberStarsThom Straumann-LachappellePatric GehrigFabienne LachappelleTen-year old Finn takes a mystical journey into nature and discovers a whole new world.
- DirectorAndrej LandinStarsPeter ArpesellaAleksandr KhachatryanTatiana NevaAlexander, a lone cosmonaut, is adrift in orbit around Earth. He has lost communications and life-support systems are dwindling fast. At the same time in Italy, a radio engineer is working the night shift. He discovers a voice amidst the empty static. It is Alexander's emergency transmission, carried across space from his dying capsule. Over one night these two men are bonded, but their new found friendship, might not last the night.
- DirectorThierry LorenziStarsCarole BranaArben BajraktarajPatrick NoerieObsessed by a mysterious voice message, astronaut Meredith will face its paradoxical condition in order to stay connected to his humanity.
- DirectorChristopher CaldwellZeek EarlStarsThomas CastleTony DoupeCallie HarlowProspect is the unusual coming-of-age story of a teenage girl on a toxic alien planet. She and her father hunt for precious materials aiming to strike it rich. When the father is attacked by a roving bandit, the daughter must take control.
- DirectorEvan MatthewsStarsJames Arnold TaylorJohn RubyJohn BobekWhen discovering a deep space distress call from his estranged brother, Marshall must choose to save himself or venture into the unknown for a chance at redemption.
- DirectorLynne Vincent McCarthyStarsGrant CartwrightEamon FarrenEryn Jean NorvillA simple test drive turns sinister when Sadie gets trapped in the back seat of her own car, captive to two volatile brothers whose relationship is set to explode.
- DirectorLuke PattonStarsJessica PohlyDevorah Lynne DishingtonJonathan SalisburyIn a dystopia where a person's social class is determined by their theme song, Louise wants to change her tune.
- DirectorTrilby GloverStarsTrilby GloverJayma MaysIan BrennanBased on surprisingly real events, like people making telephone calls.
- DirectorBrian PetsosStarsOscar IsaacTim RockErika RankinA wealthy and powerful man is betrayed by those closest to him, and under the guidance of his trusted confidant, devises a fiery requital.
- DirectorClaire FowlerStarsMorfydd ClarkBen DillowaySophie Kennedy ClarkWhen their car breaks down in isolated woodland close to the scene of a recent murder, two teenage girls are forced to accept the help of a stranger.
- DirectorDan FernbachStarsTopher CollinsJessica WebberPriscilla GrayTongue Tied is the story of love, train stations and misadventure.
- DirectorLara GallagherStarsOona LaurenceAimee LaurenceNina HellmanJean's little sister, Mae, may be sick, but Jean is sick of it...Mae is a bully and gets everything she wants, including Jean's pennant flag.
- DirectorRose McGowanStarsTara Lynne BarrReiley McClendonHannah MarksDawn is a quiet teen-ager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.
- DirectorFrank MeliStarsBarry BostwickRob RiggleMissi PyleA high school senior who overcomes his emotional dysfunction and self-esteem issues when he unwittingly meets Dragula.
- DirectorPing-Wen WangStarsShannon Gayle HurdSierra FiskRichard HandleyIn the midst of a passionate affair with a married woman, arts teacher Ariel must choose between sating her sexual desires or living an open life free of broken promises.
- DirectorMatt WinnStarsTom BurkeNatalie DormerRufus SewellA thirty something couple, concerned that they're out of touch and no longer fashionable, decide to rectify the situation by dragging themselves to the latest hip brunch eatery. As they journey through London, they discuss the idiosyncrasies of their friends and the ups and down of their aberrant relationships. However, when they bump into Tom, an uber-hipster friend of theirs, what he reveals puts their quest into a thoroughly different light.
- DirectorPéter VáczStarsDániel CzupiAdrienn MóroczThe friendship of Rabbit and Deer is put to the test by Deer's new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension...
- DirectorJoseph OxfordStarsKeiko AgenaWill ChoiFarah GriffinCreating a universe between two small pieces of Cardboard. When Jack and Jill of Cardboard City are separated by Jill's torrid illness, Jack must think outside the box to assure they will be together again.
- DirectorMarkus EnglmairStarsHannes Óli ÁgústssonGuðmundur ÓlafssonKjartan BjargmundssonA lactose intolerant dairy farmer takes revenge on his overbearing father after being wrongly accused for breaking the milk tank.
- DirectorJoshua HinksonStarsJoshua HinksonSteven RobertsA lifelong friendship is set ablaze when two friends confront their past unveiling a provocative secret.