Frictions develop when Yisroel "Izzy" Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish-born Catholic friend Marek Wisniewski with the intent of discovering why a Bay Area art-world iconoclast named Harry Kierk seeks to destroy a lifetime's worth of his own work. As the visit progresses, Izzy and Marek discover for the first time that complex historical baggage impinges on their curious friendship and, soon, they begin to understand why Kierk is driven towards destruction. Continued encounters with Marek's vaguely anti-Semitic cousin Irek (who is their only gateway to contact Kierk) only compound these tensions.
2017
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
40 minutes
Director:
Daniel Kremer, Deniz Demirer
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
9 minutes
Director:
Matt Hartley
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
5 minutes
Director:
Steven Phalen
Before Erik leaves to get a gallon of milk, a future telling device arrives at his doorstep telling him he needs to change his path.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
7 minutes
Director:
Jason Gibson
A day in the life of a soldier.
Winner of the 2017 Paducah 48 Hour Film Project.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
19 minutes
Director:
Nicole Triche
Near the southern tip of Topsail Island, NC you'll find a typical small town post office. But, if you climb the stairs to the second floor, you'll find a roller skating rink that is over 50 years old. Behind the counter of both the post office and the rink you'll find Miss Doris. ALL SKATE, EVERYBODY SKATE is a portrait of a woman in her late seventies who has known hard times and met them head-on with grit and an extraordinary work ethic that has kept her climbing that wooden staircase each evening to rent and repair skates, spin vintage 45s, and weave smoothly in-between the tourists in her white skates with the red wheels.
Narrative Short
United Kingdom
Runtime:
22 minutes
Director:
Dougie Irvine
NOW I AM is a short film which explores what it means to grow up, how our number defines us and ultimately how small stories shape our lives.
Narrative Short
Rwanda
Runtime:
20 minutes
Director:
Rebecca Ocampo
After being abandoned by his mother at the village medical clinic, a young boy spends his days making the best of his new living arrangement. A volunteer nurse takes interest in him and fights local bureaucracies that force patients to stay if they cannot pay their bill.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
11 minutes
Director:
Adam Roffman
Two friends stumble upon the holy grail of movie memorabilia in the most unlikely of places.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
29 minutes
Director:
Brenna Malloy
ROCKET tells a bittersweet fairy tale set in the world of 1950's dirt track racing. With a legacy traditionally passed down from father to son, Annie Pankratz strives to build a destiny all her own.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
55 minutes
Director:
Steven Middelton
BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE COMMONWEALTH examines the tale of Indian Head Rock, a 6-ton boulder that resided in the Ohio River near South Shore, Kentucky, hidden 16 feet below the waters surface for 87 years. The rock earned its name from the crude carving of a face on its surface. From some of the earliest media documentation it appears the rock drew travelers from far and wide to witness the local landmark. The creation of the lock and dam system on the Ohio River in the 20th century caused the water levels to rise and the rock to disappear. In 2007 a team of Portsmouth Ohio historians located the rock and removed it from the river with hopes that its rediscovery would celebrate the history of the region. To their surprise many Kentuckians felt as though the rock belonged to them, thus beginning a battle between two states, which captivated the nation, over the ownership of Indian Head Rock.