Congratulations to the San Antonio Film Festival on its 24th Anniversary.
“Best theater in America.” —Entertainment Weekly
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elcome to the 24th SAFILM-San Antonio Film Festival! Have we got a great line-up for y’all this fabulous year, San Antonio’s Tricentennial! Everybody on the team is so excited about this year’s presentation. From our local legend and 2018 Legacy Award Winner, Jesse Borrego, to local cinematic gems and some great treats from across the U.S. and around the world, we have something to please every palate.
Celebrating the best in film from over 24 countries, this year’s five-day festival brings more than
150 world-class movies to San Antonio, including 31 feature films, documentaries and over 120 short films, plus FREE educational panels by industry professionals, filmmaker socials, nightly after parties and celebrity appearances! Some of the highlights for the 2018 Festival include: WORLD PREMIERE! Stella’s Last Weekend new comedy by writer/director Polly Draper (Thirtysomething) starring Polly Draper (in attendance) on Saturday, August 4 at 9 p.m. THE AWARDS CEREMONY at 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 4 with special guest star Jesse Borrego, who makes his directorial debut with the Closer to Bottom screening Sunday, Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. FREE SEMINAR – AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE’s Michael Jablow, AFI professor and film editor (Old School, Throw Momma from the Train) on Saturday, Aug. 4, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. HIGH PROFILE INDUSTRY GUESTS! Fred Roos (Francis Ford Coppola Producer), Robert Deaton (TV & Music Video Producer/Director) HOMETOWN HEROES by local San Antonio filmmakers, Friday, Aug. 3 at 7:00 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS by local San Antonio student filmmakers, Saturday, Aug. 4 at 1 p.m.
Please follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SAFILMFEST for updates and special announcements during the fest! Individual screening tickets are $11-$16. VIP badges with allaccess, WEEKEND and DAY badges also available at www.TobinCenter.org.
This year, our program is color-coded to make it a little easier to figure out where the films you want to see are screening: ALVAREZ, Light Blue | EAST ROTUNDA, Pink | FIEK FAMILY ROTUNDA, Gold Thank you so much for coming out to support all the artists and filmmakers, and remember, the Call for Entries for the 2019 SAFILM-San Antonio Film Festival opens in November!
See you at the movies! ~ADAM ROCHA A message for everyone attending film festival screenings: using any recording device to record films or using a mobile phone during screenings is grounds for removal. We do this to protect the filmmakers at the festival. Thank you for your cooperation.
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“Only A Movie!”
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TECUMSEH, Shawnee Leader, must Unite the Divided Tribes into One People, before Governor William Harrison takes their Land. With Jesse Borrego. 2018 SAFILM Legacy Award Winner.
Dir: Ángel Estrada Soto Runtime: 1 hr 21 min In June 1967, the court of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, was assaulted by armed men under the command of Chicano leader Reies Lopez Tijerina. The outcome of such bold action was the largest manhunt in the recent history of the United States. Tijerina managed to survive prison, a psychiatric hospital, and a several assassination attempts. The Chicano movement faded away, and everyone thought the same of Tijerina. People speaks of him as a saint, a man illuminated, a man that used violence looking for a fair cause. They called him King Tiger; though, King Tiger is alive and he wants to tell his story.
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Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Dir: Larry Elikann • Runtime: 1 hr 32 min
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“Only a Movie!”
Dir: Teddy Cecil • Runtime: 17 mins Guy realizes that life is a terrible movie and searches for a way to rewrite his own ending. FR
#FAFATL
Dir: Sean Osorio • Runtime: 10 mins
Free Art Friday is a worldwide phenomenon that has great positive impact in the lives of those who
participate in it. Atlanta, Georgia happens to have one the largest active communities in the world. Local artists regularly drop pieces of their art around the city of Atlanta for anyone and everyone to find. FR
Into the Ether
Dir: Marc A. Rodriguez Runtime: 16 min The hidden pasts of a recluse and a petty criminal collide in a lost realm. FR Eastpoint: An Art Documentary
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Dir: Abie Axen Runtime: 10 min A man with a beard receives unexpected attention from strangers.
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Witkin & Witkin
Dir: Trisha Ziff • Runtime: 1 hr 30 min This film explores the worlds of identical twins, Joel-Peter, a renowned photographer and Jerome, a painter and life-long educator. We meet the women in their lives who give us access to their worlds. Two artists, brothers, ageing, who shared a childhood but whose lives took different directions. We spend time in their worlds, Syracuse and Albuquerque, snow and desert, locations that couldn’t be less alike. “Witkin and Witkin” documents the changes they experience, the losses and achievements as time tells its own distinct and disparate narrative.
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Dir: Astrid Rondero • Runtime: 1 hr 39 min Ana´s recollection of the day her sister Julia died is a fragmented and foggy image that has haunted her since childhood. Now, Ana returned to Tijuana, her hometown, where she has to face the pain and deal with the darkness of her memories.
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Eleven Hundred to Lubbock
Dir: Luisa Taraz Runtime: 9 min
Dir: Sara Radle • Runtime: 1 hr 39 min
The artist Loudo should have submitted a commissioned work some time ago, but he is in a blockade. When he finally - inspired by his muse - creates a masterpiece, his manager and his muse get into a violent argument over the sale of the work. Only too late Loudo realizes what role he was playing in all this.
After the recent death of her brother, Samantha ‘Sam’ Danzinger just wants to be left alone. Through the encouragement of her brother’s best friend, Ashley, as well as a series of fateful coincidences, Sam finds herself on an unexpected journey. After making unlikely friendships with her brother’s eclectic group of buddies, she and the gang honor his last wishes by relay running his ashes from Los Angeles, California to Lubbock, Texas to spread his remains at Buddy Holly’s grave.
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Benched
Dir: Robert Deaton, George Flanigen Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins Fiery local coaching legend Don needs a new assistant coach. Lonely single dad Michael is new in town and looking for an activity he can share with his son. Don takes on Michael as assistant coach believing Michael’s son is the sensational power hitting phenom everyone’s talking about. Oops. Don’s rare mental error means he’s stuck with an assistant coach who doesn’t know a fungo from a fastball and a right fielder who runs away from fly balls as fast as he can. Over a tumultuous season of heartbreak and hilarity, win-at-all-costs Don knocks heads with just-let-them-have-fun Michael as both of their lives are rocked by change. And somehow a bunch of mismatched kids who lead the league in errors, strikeouts, hurt feelings and tears come together as a team.
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All Light Will End
Dir: Josh Moody • Runtime: 1 hr 25 min Young, successful horror novelist Savannah Martin’s new book is taking the genre by storm. Her father, the police chief of her small hometown, investigates murders and foul play too grim for their bucolic life. As she and her friends settle in for a relaxing weekend at her childhood home, the dark secret at the crux of Savannah’s success stirs in her dreams and seeps into her reality. Amidst sexual tensions and fireside stories, Savannah’s despondency and her father’s case collide with gruesome and horrifying reveals, leaving little distinction between the subconscious and reality.
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The Butterfly Tree
Dir: Priscilla Camero • Runtime: 1 hr 37 min Evelyn, a burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son, Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are compet-
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ing for the affections of the same woman, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin’s mother. Through the vivacious Evelyn, Fin learns the power of forgiveness and relinquishes his goddess in return for a family. In this seductive and heart-warming story, both men will discover the power of selfless love.
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Rodents of Unusual Size
Dir: Chris Metzler • Runtime: 1 hr 11 mins The residents of Louisiana never know what will attack them next: floods, hurricanes, even monstrous swamp rats. Gigantic orange-toothed nutria are eating up the coastal wetlands, destroying the landscape, and threatening the very existence of the human population. This invasive South American species breeds faster than the roving squads of hunters and trappers can control them. But the people who have lived here for generations are not the type of folks who let their land—and their livelihoods—recede into the Gulf without a fight. Meet fisherman turned bounty hunter Thomas Gonzales and a pack of colorful diehards as they defend their land, culture and way of life against the unforgiving forces of nature. It is man vs. rodent. May the best mammal win.
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Fail State
Dir: Alexander Shebanow • Runtime: 1hr 35 min In an expansive documentary exposé, Fail State reveals the dark story behind the rise of predatory for-profit colleges and how a cabal of politicians and unscrupulous business tycoons sold out the dream of American higher education. Fail State is executive-produced by news legend Dan Rather and directed by Alexander Shebanow.
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Tirana 100km
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Elani survived her brutal childhood by carefully watching people. Now she plans to use her relationship with Mikey to get out of Cape Town for good. All she has to do is manage his ego for one more night …
Raw Days
Dir: Shailendra Singh • Runtime: 30 min It’s called the ‘Maximum City,’ but Mumbai is still a work in progress. A migrant drives his taxi through the unfinished, congested streets of the city, barely earning enough to eat. He tries to avoid getting involved with his passengers – a gossiping school teacher, a father dropping his daughter at school, a smooth-talking man guiding a reluctant woman – but simply observing something can change its reality. He knows that his passengers are just trying to make their own way in life, same as him. Just like the city they live in, they’re all still a little bit raw. FR
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Sitting around the table at the backend of a big night, three men prepare for a weekend getaway the only way they know how – with plenty of booze, cards and puff. But as the saying goes, things only go downhill after midnight.
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Tía Chuck
Dir: Angela & Mark Walley Runtime: 1 hr 3 min
Passion Gap
Dir: Matt Portman & Jason Donald Runtime: 20 min
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Dir: Ashley Harris • Runtime: 13 min
Linda’s sweet life ends when Stefan, a married businessman who took care of her, dies. Now his family and her so-called friends are turning their backs on her. Caught up in an aggressive and hostile situation, she decides to go back to her birthplace, a small village far away from Tirana. FR
Agron, horrified by his brother’s actions, confronts Bujar and asks him to return to Kosovo. Agron tries to prevent Mimoza from going to Syria hoping to convince his brother to return, while his brother pressures her to join him in Syria.
Forgive Me
Tía Chuck is a captivating feature length directorial debut by filmmakers Angela and Mark Walley chronicling the life and work of the late artist Chuck Ramirez (19622010). Ramirez’s artworks investigate everyday life and are charged with metaphors of cultural identity, sexuality, and mortality. Ramirez was a charismatic and integral part of a flourishing contemporary art scene in San Antonio and saw his HIV+ diagnosis in the early 1990s as motivation to pursue his dream of becoming a successful artist. Before his untimely death in 2010, Ramirez became one of San Antonio’s most beloved artists and exhibited his artwork nationally and internationally.
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Sunlit
Dir: Besim Ugzmajli Runtime: 15 min
Dir: Gerry Melendez Runtime: 9 min
Bujar, a youngster, is manipulated by an Imam to join terrorist groups fighting in Syria. He secretly joins the war and then asks his older brother Agron to send Bujar’s wife Mimoza to Syria, too.
This film will take you on an emotional journey through the memories of three residents at a rundown housing complex: a guilt-stricken father, his steely daughter and her somber best friend from across the way.
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Thanks for Everything
Dir: Frank Aron Gardso • Runtime: 30 min
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Dir: Michael Oblowitz • Runtime: 1 hr 44 min
After a series of coincidences two strangers happen to meet on a deserted bridge at night. They have little in common, but they do share one thing. ER
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Legacy
Dir: Mark Casadei • Runtime: 9 min Tom never had a chance to hold his son before he passed. Haunted by the decision to leave, Tom struggles to come to terms with his decision and the death of his infant son. But when another man interrupts his conversation at his son’s grave, he finds it hard to concentrate and is determined to confront the intruder who is ruining his moment with his only son. ER
SNAFU
Dir: Mark Datuin • Runtime: 10 min Strangers sitting at opposite ends of an upscale bar are obsessed with misperceptions of each other. ER
Passenger Man
Dir: Scott Cassidy • Runtime: 15 min After the sudden death of her husband, a young mother of two deals with her grief in unexpected ways. ER
Unlucky’s Luck
Dir: Felipe Holguin • Runtime: 16 min
This film covers the tempestuous relationship between Hollywood icons Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner in the ‘50s, their multi-year love affair and subsequent marriage. A downcast Frank, his career on the wane because of problems with his voice, a failing marriage, and a tarnished reputation falls in love with rising star, Ava, admittedly the most beautiful woman in movies. As a couple, they were hapless: reporters pursued them everywhere, even playing them off against each other, initially casting Frank as an adulterer and Ava as a home wrecker.
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Follow Me Home
Dir: Peter Bratt • Runtime: 1h 40min Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with the intent of painting their images on the White House. Along the way they meet a mysterious Black woman. Together, these four men and one woman encounter racism, sexism, internal conflicts and finally redemption as they discover their common humanity and their internal ability to conquer the societal ills that affect them all.
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Silica
Dir: Eliaz Rodriguez • Runtime: 12 min Pellito lives in a small Caribbean town in Colombia. Abandoned by his wife, with no job or money, he feels “cursed”. His friend Antonia gives him a ticket of the Fortune´s Raffle which ends up being the winner. After much celebration, Pellito will confirm the saying: from luck and death, no one is safe.
“Silica” peers into our relationships as our cellphones peer back at us. Chris is looking for solace from the combative text messages he’s receiving from his mother about his girlfriend. A chance conversation with his weird neighbor, Mike, may help Chris to drop his problems.
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Terrorist Number Four
Dir: Bentley Brown c/o Nathan Danskey Runtime: 6 min
Blue Sweep
In a film industry in which actors of Arab or Muslim origin are routinely cast as terrorists, one man stands a chance to wrong the rights, er, um, right the wrongs.
A forensic detective contemplates the historical implications of truth, justice, law and faith after totemic clues from a strange new case unearths the dark history of a city.
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Here Comes the Neighborhood
Dir: Brian Adamkiewicz • Runtime: 14 min
Dir: Michael Charron • Runtime: 10 min
Build Ramps Not Walls (BRNW) documents a project that began with a tight knit Mexican and American skate community on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The two main characters, a young American-Mexican skater, Nat and an older Mexican skater, Emilio, are looking for a positive response to the negative rhetoric between Mexico and the United States of America after the U.S.A. 2016 Presidential Elections.
Yuppie investor scouts real estate opportunities in an “up and coming” part of town, where he encounters a series of begrudging locals.
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I Want to See Some I.D.!
Dir: Daniel Jenny • Runtime: 14 min What can one do without a valid ID? Based on true events, the journey of our hero begins when he tries to get a parcel at the post office without any valid ID, and ends within the walls of the police precinct, dealing with dirty cops. ER
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Dir: Alex Ramirez Runtime: 6 min Based on true events, a young Syrian immigrant must build herself back up after the new “Muslim ban” threatens her entire way of life. ER
Marmatuille
Dir: Alejandro Saevich • Runtime: 12 min The President of Mexico is in the last period of his term and only counting the days before his retirement. It appears to be a quiet adieu, until an international conflict has him treading murky waters.
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Contractor 014352 Dir: Simon Ryninks Runtime: 14 min Real and imaginary worlds collide when a lonely data entry clerk reaches through his computer screen, in search of a genuine connection.
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The Russian Doll
Dir: Isaac Rodriguez Runtime: 36 min A young Russian bride comes to America and gets stuck in nightmarish marriage FR
A Sweet Man
Dir: Javier Chavanel Runtime: 10 min For the sorrowful Gustavo, it was an ordinary night: an uninspiring, silent night. But suddenly, fun knocked on his door… and it wouldn’t leave until it had run its course. FR
Sweetheart
Dir: Jérémie Seguin • Runtime: 17 mins Overtaken by his childhood memories, a teenager finds out the emotional gap that séparâtes him
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Thursday, Aug. 2 Schedule (Continued) from his mother, who has never showed any sign of affection towards him. Closer to his father, he fears his own mother, who for him is responsible for the stormy climate present in the family. Step by step, he will realize that his parents are not quite those he has imagined. FR
LUSH
Dir: Justin A. Rodriguez Runtime: 16 mins On a summer night in Texas, we follow a group of girls who are not what they seem. LUSH shines a flashlight on our current hyper gratifying culture and explores the psychological consequences of our internet hookup culture. FR
The Girls Were Doing Nothing
Dir: Dekel Berenson
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Cowboy’s Heart
Dir: Guilherme Pereira • Runtime: 1 hr 55 min Lucca is a struggling country singer who is forced by his manager Iolanda to record cheesy pop-country songs. Upon a disagreement during a studio recording section, Lucca returns to his hometown to find inspiration for his music.
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Dir: Dan Levy • Runtime: 1 hr 23 min Just as she is recovering from a breakdown, Anna’s world is rocked when her younger sister gets engaged. She teams up with the alcoholic best man to break up the engagement; convinced they are trying to save her sister, his best friend and themselves from a lifetime of misery.
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The Girls Were Doing Nothing is a study into the conflicting nature of love and the human soul – our basic needs for stability, comfort and routine which clash with equality strong desires for novelty, variety and freedom. Marta and Jake are a married couple in their late 30’s. Working in senior professional positions, they are very wealthy: living together in a luxurious cosmopolitan home while spending much of their free time eating at expensive restaurants and exercising at private gyms. Their idealistic lifestyle is a grandiose means of concealing and deflecting the strains of their spousal dynamic. For Jake and Martha, communication has become an obligation; intimacy has become a rarity; and love itself has become a cliché. All of that is about to change when Andrea, their attractive and affable neighbour, asks Jake and Marta for a favour while she goes on holiday. FR
Beth’s Three O’clock with Dr. Harlow
Dir: Emma Penaz Eisner • Runtime: 3 min Beth discloses a recent dream to her analyst. A vivid study of casual brutality and failed empathy, this surrealistic film intermixes stop motion animation with live action sequences.
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The Best People
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Rosario
Dir: Marlén Ríos-Farjat • Runtime: 10 mins Rosario sees her days go by as caregiver for her ill husband. Silently, she bears the burden of a marriage that has dried up. No one in her family knows how she feels; everyone keeps up appearances. But a struggle has begun between her duty and her own desires. ER
First Feature
Dir: Bentley Brown • Runtime: 13 min Shot through a lens of our past yet focusing on the future of filmmaking, First Feature introduces us to the challenges faced by a team of mostly women working on the set of their first feature film in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The narration, contributed anonymously by members of the crew, asks questions of confidence, belonging and future in a country where societal restraints are a constant threat to the budding cinema industry.
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Dir: Ryan Allsop • Runtime: 14 min
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Flavor of Life
To provide for his family after his father’s murder, a 15-year-old boy must lie about his age to enlist in the Navy during WWII. Based on a true story.
Dir: Rajesh Golla • Runtime: 1 hr 28 min
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Dir: Rodrigo Moreno Fernandez Runtime: 20 min A famous 80-year-old female model reveals her torturous past. ER
Relax
Dir: Matthew Herbertz • Runtime: 7 min Soon after the 2016 U.S. election, an anti-Trump activist waits outside a supporter’s home considering something that could result in deadly consequences. ER
Last Words
Dir: William Dixon • Runtime: 10 min On the day of his father’s funeral, Zach has decided not to go despite his family’s wishes. However, in his attempt to avoid going to the funeral, he must confront his past and come to terms with the potential consequences of his decision. ER
What Do You See
Dir: Joseph Tefaye • Runtime: 14 mins A true story about the moments leading up to a black kid’s arrest. ER
When You Leave
Dir: Jenny Stark • Runtime: 12 min Against the backdrop of Sacramento– San Joaquin River Delta, the film tells the story of a 12-year-old boy Rowan and his mom as they struggle financially during the region’s off-season.
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A weary Latino chef (legendary Latino actor Pepe Serna, Scarface) and his estranged grandson must reconcile in order to save their beloved Mexican restaurant.
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Stay Woke
Dir: Langston A. Williams Runtime: 25 min On the eve of an election, the lives of a politician trying to reconnect with the people he once represented, two African American youth frustrated by a recent police killing, and a police officer who desires to do the right thing will all collide. AS
Loop
Dir: Vamsi Kothipalli • Runtime: 7 min Running, punching, and looping all over again. A man has to reach his destination, but another tries to stop him at every turn. AS
Ablution
Dir: Omar Al Dakheel
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The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion. AS
Junction
Dir: Alexia Salingaros • Runtime: 5 min An exploration of love riddled with pain, JUNCTION reminds us all of what it means to care for someone, as two women must learn what it means to love amidst the clash of idealistic conceptions and reality. AS
Distance
Dir: Jesse Bennett Runtime: 9 min A girl’s interest in an urban legend makes her determined to discover the truth.
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emotional memory of a childhood spent contending with men created and shaped by the frontier myth.
Chelsea International
Dir: Paul Adelizzi • Runtime: 17 min
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Dir: Jazmin Aguilar Runtime: 14 min Marcela, 12 years old, finds an airmail letter that she suspects may be from her absent father, who left Mexico to go to the U.S. Her brother, Rogelio, betrayed by his father’s absence, takes the letter from Marcela. To learn more about her father, she must convince Rogelio she is ready to read what’s inside the letter and shares her secret scrapbook containing naïve scenarios and clues to her father’s silence.
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The Old Men
Captain Justice and his team of great heroes were once the protectors of Cosmopolis and adored by all citizens. After having put in jail their sworn enemy, the Scarman, they decide to put masks and capes in the wardrobe to retire. Now 70 years old, Captain Justice is leading a normal life. But this old hero intends to resume service proving to all that his age is not an obstacle! ER
Adam
Dir: Raymond Ramos Runtime: 12 min Inspired by true events about a suicide caused from bullying. ER
Represent
Dir: Miguel Contreras IV • Runtime: 22 min Growing YouTuber Ricky and his financially and emotionally struggling best friends Luis and Maria, who have a daughter, work through their everyday lives in San Antonio trying to find success in entertainment.
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A Long Way
Dir: Kevin Gibson • Runtime: 5 min A young man is struggling from depression and thoughts of suicide from his back injury and recent breakup. His older brother is trying to figure out how to help him get through it. He discovers what’s important is less complicated than he thought. ER
Yellow and Red Make Orange
Dir: Jay Hollinsworth • Runtime: 5 min An illegal prairie cockfight is the setting for an autobiographical reminiscence about the struggle to find place and peace in the rural west of the 1970’s. Yellow and Red Make Orange exists as the
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In My Father’s Name
One night, while the Upenda family is together for dinner. Isaac, faithful and caring father for his children, stands up to announce something. Then, he looks for an envelope where “Upenda” is written. In vain, he falls.
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Dir: Matt Ryan & Amparo Bueno Runtime: 6 min A man indulges in his most favorite of pastimes... going to the movies. From buying concessions to picking the perfect seat, he revels in every moment of his sacred cinematic routine before settling
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in for what can only be described as an emotional rollercoaster.
Dir: Cathy Lynn Yonek Run time: 12 min
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Average Mom
An unconventional single mom raises her son to be an exceptional young man.
Super Dad!
Dir: Maria Pretzl • Runtime: 11 min
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Holy Ground
Dir: Kaitlyn Rosas • Runtime: 5 min
All Toby wanted was one normal day. Turns out that proves to be too much to ask for when your dad is Captain Chaos, the super villain of Milwaukee! FR
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Gamers Anonymous
A self-help group for video game addiction must deal with the greatest challenge of all...a beautiful stranger.
The Pickle
Dir: Kyle Kleinecke • Runtime: 14 min In a small town, a long-time feud between two neighbors has reached a fever pitch. The laid-back sheriff and his wisecracking sidekick try to keep everything from getting out of hand but this proves harder than they expected. FR
Aunt
Dir: Brian Carmody • Runtime: 13 min Ed Fairbanks visits his reclusive Aunt Laura, a physics professor forced into sabbatical due to concerns about her mental stability and pseudoscientific endeavors into infernal Cosmicism. Ed becomes increasingly disturbed by Laura’s paranoid delusions, the growing incestuous vibe between them, and the haunting suspicions that her darkest of theories may be true.
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Dir: Rey U. Barrera • Runtime: 20 min Legend has it that there exists a hidden underground sport of piñata fighting. This mocumentary follows the exploits of Jose Monte-Dragon in his search for the hidden arena and its participants.
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Aver
Dir: Felicia Villarreal Runtime: 15 min
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A documentary shining a light on the Canary Islander roots of the over 300-year-old San Fernando Cathedral located in the heart of downtown San Antonio, Texas.
A film director organizes a casting call in hopes of finding her brother whom she lost as a child while crossing the Mexican/ American border. AS Con Ganas: Inspiring Male Educators
Dir: Jesus Miguel Garcia • Runtime: 17 min This film presents four inspirational male educators of color, whose motivation to teach are driven by their “Ganas,” their desire to make a difference in their students’ lives. These professional educators serve as role models in public schools to Latino and other underrepresented ethnically diverse students when the majority of teachers nationally are white (80%) and do not reflect the growing diverse student demographics. Promoting teaching as a noble profession among boys and young men is imperative if we want to address the existing teacher shortage, specifically the male of color underrepresentation. AS
Whatcha Worried About
Dir: Patricia G. Fernandez Runtime: 6 min The music video is set in a luminescent urban landscape at the heart of downtown San Antonio.
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Mr. Zoot Suit
Dir: Chan’Cellore Makanjuola Runtime: 17 min A university custodian shares his life as a zoot suit performer. AS
Rio Secado
Dir: Alex Ramirez Runtime: 15 min After being abducted and nearly killed while on assignment, a photographer returns home for a “Welcome Back” party thrown by his understanding girlfriend. However, past traumas resurface at the most unexpected times. AS
Cornyation
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Horse´s Stone
Director: Cynthia Fernãndez Trejo Runtime: 20 min Matilde, a dying little girl, will search for the stone that allow her not only to fulfill her dream of becoming a horse, but also, perhaps, even cheat death. ER
Charlotte and Charlie
Dir: Artemis Anastasiadou Runtime: 10 min When a young woman suffers vision loss, she realizes that she has to give up her beloved car, Charlie. She can’t bring herself to say good-bye until Charlie roars to life and takes her on a final, fantastical journey. Charlotte and Charlie is a sweet, narrative short film that explores loss, disability, and how the things we love define us. ER
Yerma
Dir: Roger Grau & María Medenilla Runtime: 15 min
Dir: Dave Sims Runtime: 21 min
In 1930, Yerma, a young married woman wants to have a child, but her husband, Juan, is not very willing, and people start gossiping.
Cornyation is one of Texas’s oldest and most iconic LBGTQ celebrations. With its roots as a mock debutante pageant in the early 1950’s, Cornyation evolved into a social and political voice for San Antonio’s LGBTQ community through its satirical and theatrical review of current events.
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Dir: Dan Klores Runtime: 7 min From Peabody-Award winning director Dan Klores (Crazy Love, Black Magic), in collaboration with award-winning producer Chris Isenberg (Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No) and award-winning animator Andy Baker, this hilarious short film recreates the last night of the 1978 NBA season, when basketball
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The Forbidden Fruit
One day in October, a woman is walking in the city. A few streets over, a man is also walking. The two Strangers soon cross paths. ER
The Wetback
Dir: A.P. Gonzalez • Runtime: 16 min Ten-year-old Danny and his friends find a body while playing near the L.A. River. An older woman, the neighborhood’s eccentric, eventually claims the body believing it to be her long-lost love. Danny’s grandfather and mother must take the body back and give it a proper burial, realizing that the authorities don’t really care about another
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that the authorities don’t really care about another illegal immigrant, another wetback. In the process, a generation-long secret is revealed in this tale of “magical realism.” ER
Weekends
Dir: Trevor Jimenez • Runtime: 15 min “Weekends” is the story of a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken family in this hand-animated film set in 1980’s Toronto.
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Dir: Jorge Xolalpa Jr. • Runtime: 1 hr 20 min When her daughter is held hostage, Valentina tries to find a way to come up with the ransom money, leading her to fight the system.
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Colossal Youth
Dir: Scott Leisk • Runtime: 1 hr 39 min Set in the senior year of high school, four friends, Ryder, Greg, Erica and Jordan, navigate life and love, while worrying about their unknown futures. That doesn’t stop them from having plenty of foolish teenage adventures. Ryder is a hopeless romantic teen, lacking direction, trying to find his place in the world. When it comes to life, love and making the right choices Ryder is his own worst enemy. Ryder’s dream girl Siobhan comes back into his life. Their relationship is full of ups and downs. It’s not until Ryder hits rock bottom that he realizes the true girl of his dreams has been there all along.
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American sculptor James Surls may very well be an artist at an end of an era — his venerable methods for creating sculpture heading toward extinction as computer design further infiltrates the visual art world. The documentary follows Surls through 2015 as he tirelessly works to create new large-scale bronze, steel and wooden sculptures and travels around the world to install them. The film depicts not only a slice of that artist’s life but also a glimpse into the psychology behind his monumental artwork and the legacy he hopes to leave behind.
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Dir: David Bellarosa • Runtime: 1 hr 48 min Andy Moretti, a young writer and talented underachiever, is looking to get away, strike out on his own and see what else his life and this great country has to offer him. Especially after his sign language interpreter girlfriend Haley leaves him for a hotshot Deaf guy. “I left home so I didn’t become a townie there, I’m not trying to become one here... no offense.” But with a broken-down RV and a growing debt to his landlord older brother Ben, the Gordon Gecko of Craigslist wheeling and dealing, hitting the road seems impossible. Until he hears of a way to make some long money fast at a pharmaceutical testing facility as a human lab rat. And so, Andy takes the only opportunity he sees and checks in, submitting himself to a week and a half in a research facility, taking experimental drugs and having his blood constantly taken from him. There, among even more lovable losers, he finds Misty, a mysterious human being with whom he has a true connection. However, their pasts and personal fears threaten to wreck a good thing before it even begins. If Andy can survive the testing and maintain a cool head despite his intense feelings for Misty, he may have just found the co-pilot on the road of life he’s been looking for all along.
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Shattered
Dir: Evan Hadd Runtime: 7 min A high school boy is dealing with rejection, making him depressed; and only one person can save him.
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Vela
Dir: Nathaniel de Los Santos • Runtime: 9 min In the near future, the United States government collapses and rebels take over the Texas government. Fear and agoraphobia take over the public and a Tech company produces live avatars so people never have to leave their homes again. This produces a conformed society. Teenagers must choose higher learning or military life to obtain citizenship or face exile or arrest. Nura, the daughter of freedom fighter parents is forced to join a citizenship program and enroll in a digital campus, VELA. She reflects on her parents, their fight and what it meant to be a US citizen before the collapse. She is faced with a decision to do what is necessary for survival or do what is right in her heart. AS
Smile
Dir: Jackson Yeomans • Runtime: 2 min A girl who hides behind a smile meets a kindred spirit. AS
The Lost Culture is a short documentary examining the lives and histories of six Mexican and Mexican-American artists, each story focusing on culture and how it is lost or continued from generation to generation. This film is a collaboration between the artists of SAY Sí (San Antonio, US) and FARO de Oriente (Mexico City, MX).
A young boy escapes his boredom by unlocking the magic of reading with the help of his big sister. Together, they both venture into a world that only literature can unlock for them and are shown a glimpse of the world bound in the pages of wonderful books. They escape from the clutches of a monster and battle it to their freedom, challenging their imaginations to follow along with the book.
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When a teenage boy can’t decide what to do for a date he’s having later that night, figments of his imagination appear to help him figure out the perfect date idea. Things take a turn for the worse when none of them can agree on a single idea, which leads to him learning to have confidence in himself, and his own decisions. AS
The Audition
Dir: Andrew Kim • Runtime: 7 min A high school student encounters a problem at an orchestra audition. Directed and Written by Andrew Kim, age 16. AS
Total Solar Eclipse
Dir: Mathias Foster • Runtime: 3 min The total solar eclipse in Madras, Oregon is captured by drone, camera and phone. The beauty of nature leaves everyone awestruck.
Secret Santas
Dir: Bella Marco • Runtime: 10 min Kris, not at all thrilled by Christmas, get sucked into the school’s secret Santa program and struggles with finding the gift that’ not just a thing, but something that tells her long time love how she feels. AS
A Taste of Home
Dir: Zach Ramirez • Runtime: 4 min
The Magic of Reading
Dir: Claudia Moysset Runtime: 3 min
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Dir: Shayne Holava Runtime: 4 min
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Dir: Elias Flores III • Runtime: 12 min
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A documentary introducing a small gelato shop that has a big impact in the local area of San Antonio, Texas. Their Italian origins provide a local hub for other Italian speakers to feel comfortable and a place for local artist to show and sell their art. This power-house couple tells the story of how they came to San Antonio, how they advanced in the gelato business and their influence on the local art scene in the Blue Star art complex. Their award-winning gelato shop is known all throughout the downtown San Antonio.
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Glass Parachutes
This film follows Maria as she learns to embrace and accept her differences. After being enticed by a man and a world of color, she crawls through the TV and into a world of color and freedom.
Like Mountain Like Son
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Confession
When his rebellious son disappears on Four Sisters mountain near Tibet, Dorji, a poor mountain guide, takes it upon himself to rescue the only family he has left.
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UC Berkeley ecologist Charles Post decides to transition a vegetarian diet to a diet supplemented by wild game. Through the pursuit of his first buck, he reflects on what it means to be a conscious consumer and what it takes to conserve habitat in the year 2017. ER
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Crosshair Conversation
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Dir: Margaret Ann Owens • Runtime: 6 min
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What Mercy Looks Like
Dir: Lisa N. Alexander & Elgin Alexander Runtime: 25 min Volunteers from across the country help Houstonians start the rebuilding process after Hurricane Harvey.
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The Other End of the Earth
Dir: Jacob W. Madness • Runtime: 5 min Narrated by Diane Lane, The Other End of the Earth is a cinematic celebration of our beautiful world, featuring culture, destinations and quotes from Nellie Bly, who in 1889, courageously traveled around the world in 72 days - setting a new world record. She did so despite extreme resistance, having been told that only a man could accomplish such a feat. ER
Lions of West Texas
Researchers capture a wild mountain lion and put a GPS collar on her to study mountain lion prey, home range size and to get a glimpse into the secretive lives of Texas’ largest apex predator. The data collected only adds to the mystery. How do mountain lions continue to persist in West Texas where they can be trapped, shot, and killed without regulation? ER
Texas Living Waters
Dir: Ben Masters • Runtime: 9 min
People of the Forest: Orang Rimba
Dir: Isaac Kerlow • Runtime: 14 min The ancestral forests of the nomadic Orang Rimba have vanished. In the short span of three decades oil palm plantations have replaced much of the tropical peatland rain forests in Jambi, Indonesia. The People of the Forest, Orang Rimba in their dialect, have nowhere to go.
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Myron Hess has spent his life in court fighting for the health of Texas Rivers and Bays. What will it take to get the needed Environmental Flows?
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Wildlife and the Wall
Dir: Ben Masters • Runtime: 5 min Construction of a USA-Mexico border wall would have huge impacts on wildlife. Migratory corridors would be eliminated, dispersal events could no longer occur, and access to the Rio Grande River would be cut off for both wildlife and humans.
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Thou Shall Not Tailgate
Dir: Greg Hamilton • Runtime: 25 min Documentary profile of art car creator and Portland Cacophony Society co-founder Rev. Chuck Linville. FR
Solomon’s Dilemma
Dir: Michael L. Jackson Runtime: 17 min Two Brothers lead two very different lives and now Solomon has to choose between his future and his brothers. Is blood really “thicker than water” or will Solomon turn his back on the brother that has supported him his whole life? FR
Queen of the Road
Dir: Laura P. Valtorta
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“Queen of the Road,” a film by Laura P. Valtorta, is a glimpse into the life of an independent female truck driver Milica, age 58. We learn about the difficulties and triumphs of a driver – how she got started, her problems with brokers, scheduling hassles, loads that fall through, break-downs, unscheduled stops at the mercy of Walmart, and personal relationships. Many times, Milica has thought about quitting the profession, but the freedom of the job and the beauty of travel keep her going. Nothing stops her! FR
No More Running
Dir: Erik H.Bernard • Runtime: 13 min Hunted by her abusive lover, a woman takes refuge with a gun wielding shop owner with her own sense of justice.
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Dir: Monica Santis Runtime: 20 min A 12-year-old girl confronts her scarring past when she is placed at an immigrant children’s shelter for unaccompanied minors in Texas. As her future hangs in limbo, she embarks on a healing journey to recover her own sense of power through her artwork.
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Up to Snuff
Dir: Mark Maxey • Runtime: 1 hr 20 min Millions have been touched by his music, yet few know the journey, hardships and triumphs of American musician and composer W.G. Snuffy Walden. In this film, friends and collaborators share personal stories, laughs and insights about this generous soul who overcame the excesses of rock and roll to find success as one of the most beloved composers in television history. Infused with Snuffy’s music throughout, the film features luminaries from television, film and music, including Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen, Tom Arnold, Timothy Busfield, Fred Savage, Marshall Herskovitz, Steve Lukather, Chaka Khan and Eric Burdon, and scenes from The West Wing, Wonder Years, and thirtysomething.
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Hermanos
Dir: Laura Plancarte • Runtime: 1 hr 18 min Hermanos portrays immigration between Mexico and the US through the intimate encounter of families who regardless of coming from Mexico or the US face similar troubles seeking the American Dream. The film tells in parallel the story of two Mexican brothers that want to return to the US illegally after being deported for life, and the story of an American woman who lost her house due to the economic crisis and believes she can get it back through Trump’s promises.
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Dir: Tony Perri • Runtime: 48 min Follow legendary filmmaker, David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Elephant Man) as he brings together kids, students and A-list celebrities in a mission to have one million children meditating worldwide. Your journey begins in the small town of Fairfield, Iowa at the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment (highlighted in an OPRAH! show) where thousands of residents and students meditate twice a day in giant Golden Domes that loom up from the Iowa cornfields.
Joe’s sudden success came at a high price – but he didn’t keep up his end of the bargain. And as we know, all debts must be repaid, especially to the forces of evil. ER
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Scarlett-Angelina, pampered daughter of wealthy parents, takes it all in stride when she is kidnapped by Ralph, who poses as the family chauffeur. Ralph finds out the reason for her attitude when the exchange doesn’t go as planned.
From Scratch
Dir: Anthony Almonte • Runtime: 13 min A death row prison chef reflects on his past and perfects an old recipe. Starring Curtiss Cook (House of Cards, Shutter Island, Narcos), Paul Bomba (Gotham), and Robbie Tann (Limitless).
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Dir: Stuart Creque Runtime: 14 min
Discernment
First impressions amidst people watching and the dire situations that lead good people to do bad things.
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Dir: Austin Coombs-Perez Runtime: 17 min ER
In The Trees
Dir: Will Nordstrom Runtime: 8 min Teenagers on a school field trip become lost in the woods and disturbing things start to happen – someone is watching them.
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When Charon arrives in a limo instead of a ferryboat, McInerney isn’t reluctant to leave behind a wasted life. But when Charon picks up another passenger, McInerney discovers that life can be worth fighting for.
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Scarlett Angelina
Dir: Lorette Bayle Runtime: 10 min
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Then Darkness Followed
Dir: Veronica Campbell • Runtime: 3 min
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Prenatal
Dir: Bears Fonte • Runtime: 11 min Mysteriously eight months pregnant overnight, Katie believes the Angels responsible, but her sister thinks differently.
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Artemis and the Astronaut
Dir: Alice L. Lee • Runtime: 13 min
Blindman’s Lane
Dir: Diego Indraccolo • Runtime: 13 min An urban odyssey scattered with supernatural events as real-life character Dave Baby reveals his unusual philosophy.
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The Longest Road
Artemis and Henri have spent a lifetime together, loved one another deeply and imperfectly. Then Henri died and so much was left unsaid as Henri’s mind ebbed away. Artemis hears Henri crying in the next room. Will she get a chance to be with Henri one last time? ER
Istra Bitter
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Dir: Vanja Miljak • Runtime: 7 min
In the Northern Iraqi region known as Kurdistan, there are currently 2 million civilians displaced by the terrorist regime, Daesh -- better known to the World as ISIS. A world away, former army sergeant Richard Campos struggles in the aftermath of serving in an unpopular war. Managing that struggle, he has decided to pick up where politicians have left off. He must return to Iraq. Recruiting fellow heroes and humanitarians along the way, Campos will come to the aid of Syrian and Iraqi minorities, all while battling personal demons from years past -- and serving in the shadow of very present new ones. This is The Longest Road.
“Istra Bitter” is a short black comedy set in the 1950s evolving around a couple from Croatia’s Italian-speaking region Istria. The young Shanto and Domenica are quarrelling about household chores and a chicken. In a manner unusually light, quirky and surreal for the region, director Vanja Miljak portrays married life in the Istrian countryside, showing the beauty of the Croatian landscapes and the Istrian-italian dialect.
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Stella’s Last Weekend
Dir: Polly Draper • Runtime: 1 hr 41 min The story of two brothers whose relationship is challenged when they find they are in love with the same girl, but it is also about the unshakable bond between them. It is in fact about the unshakable bond between all families who have experienced the pain of love and loss together.
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HONEY
Dir: Pedro Moreno del Oso • Runtime: 9 min On a hot summer’s day, a couple is talking about their daughters’ future when a tricky game comes up. ER
Remember Me
Dir: Birgit Schroeder • Runtime: 15 min Young people from different walks of life struggling with self-confidence, who overcome their challenges through passion, hope, determination and love.
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Chroma Blind
Dir: Christian York • Runtime: 11 min After Tommy’s friend Devon lectures him on taking chances with women, Tommy takes a chance with Ashley, a woman who bring color to his life. ER
Lemonade
Dir: Ted James • Runtime: 1 min As a couple watches a silent film, life becomes the movie in this 60-second silent short. ER
You and Me
Dir: Mrigank Dubey • Runtime: 25 min Two college friends embark on a long drive on a Sunday morning, leaving their bustling city lives behind. As they amble through the hilly roads, they reveal their old longings and hidden pasts. Their rose-tinted nostalgia is broken, and they come face to face with their imperfect lives. ER
hello
Dir: Sydney Lloyd Smith • Runtime: 12 min “hello” is a modern fable about an introverted young Brooklynite who spends his days busking as a living statue of The Tin Man, at once immersed in and protected from a disheartening world. His sole companion is his beloved pet fish. When a spirited young woman and her curious pup move into the apartment next door, Herby is roused from his narrow existence.
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Buckshot
Dir: Anthony Pedone • Runtime: 1 hr 37 min
Dir: Joshua J. Smith • Runtime: 1 hr 20 min
An angry, crackling and defiantly disordered underclass of nowheresville punk-rock kids, see their band Surgeon General’s Warning (SGW) as their ticket out of small town Texas, as 1990 comes to a close. The band drops acid, plays gigs and carries out calculated acts of vandalism around town to the television soundtrack of 24-hour newscasts about Operation Desert Storm and devotion to country at any cost. Faced with the reality of a dead-end job at the plastic plant, a life in the oil field, or fighting a war that has no meaning to them, the group’s chaos and imminent adulthood leaves them completely vulnerable to what ensues.
Buckshot is a dark comedy that follows Charlie Stillman, a struggling country singer from New Jersey who journeys to Nashville to follow in his late father’s footsteps of becoming a country star. But when his father’s checkered past derails his chances, his only job offer is to drive Buckshot Thomas, an aging, hard-living, honky tonk legend, cross-country to his final concert. Along the way, the two men forge a rare friendship, which could change both their lives forever.
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Freeword: Moment of Impact
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Dir: Gabriel Retes • Runtime 1 hr 42 min
A future where poetry has been outlawed so people have started selling poetry in the streets like drugs. Moment of Impact picks up when the law changes and we see one poet’s reaction to the law change and his subsequent protest.
During a business trip a married man has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message “Welcome to the world of sida.”
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Dir: Isaac Kerlow • Runtime: 1 hr 10 min The burning of the peat forests throughout tropical Southeast Asia creates significant haze pollution that poses significant challenges to human health and the economies of the region. A government-sponsored transmigration program fueled the boom of oil palm farming and local minorities were displaced. Scientists, government officials, local farmers and displaced minorities present their conflicting points of view.
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Making Babies
Dir: Josh Huber • Runtime: 1 hr 26 min After years of “manually” trying to conceive, John and Katie Kelly put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments.
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Emotional Disease
In a near future, emotions are considered a disease by society. The government and the media run an informative campaign against the pandemic. In this context, Atlas is struggles to keep his secret. AS
Tertium Quid
Dir: J. Matt Wallace • Runtime: 17 min In a seedy bar, a mysterious woman holds court before her drunken congregation. Out back, unique and interesting worldviews are bought and sold on the black market. Into this world falls Gordon, a former minister who has lost his faith, and now hopes to shed his history and identity. His search may lead all parties to the TERTIUM QUID: A mysterious ‘third way’ said to open itself to our awareness when there seem to be no answers to our questions. AS
Population Zero
Dir: Brad Stewart • Runtime: 2 min Hundreds of years into the future, after mankind has left Earth, what happens when we decide to return? Captain Paul Tadalan arrives on the Earth’s surface to find the former home to humanity in ruins. In his exploration, he discovers Earth’s new inhabitants.
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We Have Our Ways
Dir: Dawn Jones Redstone • Runtime: 15 min In a dystopic but recognizable America, street riots are common, tap water is undrinkable, and you’re lucky if you get health insurance. Regina usually keeps her head down to just get by, especially at work. As a customer service rep for Alleviate (“Keeping you healthy tomorrow, today”), she must reject health coverage for desperate callers all day in order to do her job. But when her younger cousin Abigail needs a criminalized medical procedure, she must decide what price she’s willing to pay for justice.
The Masseuse
In a world where cutting edge robots are coveted, a fledgling human technician is torn between pursuing his feelings towards an outdated android and placating his abusive, android-aversive father.
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Dir: Jesse Borego • Runtime: 1 hr 27 min Two brothers, coping with the death of their father, fall for the same girl. Jesse Borrego’s directorial debut!
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SHERATON GUNTER WELCOMES THE 2018 SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL Location Just steps from the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts! Bar 414 provides 1920s prohibition era cocktails stirred with house-made ingredients and bootleg spirits within a speakeasy ambiance. This live music and cocktail bar was created in honor of Blues King, Robert Johnson, who recorded 27 songs in The Gunter's room 414 Offering farm-to-table contemporary American Cuisine made with local and seasonal ingredients - breakfast, lunch and dinner are served daily. Foodie Happy Hour runs Monday-Friday and includes a variety of appetizers and drink specials.
205 E HOUSTON ST SAN ANTONIO
210.227.3241 SHERATONGUNTHER.COM