January 16th, 2012 Program

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The Encounter

Short Film Program #1
Director: Angela Matemotia
Time: 20 Mins. - Country: USA
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The Encounter

A young white woman on a search for inner peace, gets stuck in an elevator with an older African man. Though the residue of apartheid still remains, does he hold the key to her finding inner peace?
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These Empty Streets

Short Film Program #1
Director: Jarrah Gurrie
Time: 30 Mins. - Country: Australia
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These Empty Streets

While on the lookout for her missing son, Susie has an intimate encounter with his friend.
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Being Bradford Dillman

Short Film Program #1
Director: Emma Burch
Time: 11 Mins. - Country: UK
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Being Bradford Dillman

A tale of a Mother and daughter relationship, shadowed by alcohol, loneliness and a dislike of boys.
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Spoiler

Short Film Program #1
Director: Daniel Thron
Time: 18 Mins. - Country: USA
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Spoiler

The job of Coroner has changed since the worldwide infection. Now Tommy Rossman doesn't just come to collect the dead. He comes to make sure you really are dead. Or to help you get there.
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The Promised Land

Short Film Program #2
Director: Vanessa Knutsen
Time: 15 Mins. - Country: Israel
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The Promised Land

Mary, an illegal worker living in Israel must decide whether to uproot her son from the only place he calls home or risk being deported.
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A Scene From A Street In LA

Short Film Program #2
Director: Phillip Montgomery
Time: 29 Mins. - Country: USA
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A Scene From A Street In LA

Two drug dealing brothers, Oliver and BarT wait along a lonely street in Los Angeles as Oliver's recent paramour and prostitute, Samantha, collects her things from her old apartment. When Samantha's cheating ex-boyfriend, Daniel, comes home, all four are confronted by the demons of their past as Oliver and Daniel battle over Samantha.
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Good Cop, (Blank) Cop

Short Film Program #2
Director: Matthew Friedman
Time: 5 Mins. - Country: USA
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Good Cop, (Blank) Cop

(Blank) Cops are like a box of donuts: you never know what you're gonna get.
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¡Una Carrerita, Doctor!

Short Film Program #2
Director: Julio O. Ramos
Time: 11 Mins. - Country: Peru
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¡Una Carrerita, Doctor!
(A Doctor's Job)

A doctor, forced by circumstance to also drive a cab, finds himself challenged by his latest fare.
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William Goes Down

Short Film Program #2
Director: Catherine Licata
Time: 13 Mins. - Country: USA
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William Goes Down

In the midst of a professional and existential crisis, William encounters an unlikely guide.
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Perceptio

Short Film Program #3
Director: Brendan Gabriel Murphy
Time: 14 Mins. - Country: USA
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Perceptio

There Once Lived A Girl Who Died...
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Heist

Short Film Program #3
Director: Brian De Vore & Jeffrey De Vore
Time: 6 Mins. - Country: Netherlands/UK
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Heist

A usual bank robbery, from an unusual perspective.
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Literally, Right Before Aaron

Short Film Program #3
Director: Ryan Eggold
Time: 23 Mins. - Country: USA
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Literally, Right Before Aaron

'Literally, Right Before Aaron' is a comedy about the tragedy of 'what could have been.' When Adam's ex-girlfriend tells him she's getting married (to someone else) and invites him to the wedding; we laugh, cringe and empathize all at the same time as he navigates through the painfully funny awkwardity he now finds himself in.
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Dancing

Short Film Program #3
Director: Keenan Mock
Time: 7 Mins. - Country: USA
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Dancing

A comedy about a couple struggling with jealousy, a lack thereof, and who finally remind themselves of the reasons they are together.
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Carousel

Short Film Program #3
Director: Nicole Owen
Time: 15 Mins. - Country: USA
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Carousel

Two troubled couples from different parts of the world meet by chance at a carnival. Their relationships are put to the test; whether or not they last the night is up to fate.