POWER PLAYS

SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 5:00 PM

CAMELOT 1, 90 MINUTES

Tense standoffs, risky gambits, and subtle manipulation characterize these stories about the lengths we go to control our own lives—and sometimes those of others.

All Choked Up

USA, Allison Volk, 4 min.

A woman must decide whether to save her husband when he starts choking on a sandwich during lunch.

Astonishing Little Feet

USA, Maegan Houang, 9 min.

Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her from her family only have interest in profiting off of the peculiarities of her body.

Poolside Inn

USA, Remington Butler, 11 min.

A woman tries to spend a relaxing evening in a motel hot tub when she is visited by some strange people.

Romance Package For Two

USA, Carlen May-Mann, 13 min.

20-something couple Cleo and Judy run a seedy romance motel, but Cleo is bored. Everything feels colorless and dull until Candy checks in. Cleo is immediately enamored, but Judy’s jealousy could threaten the safety and sanity of all three women.

She Always Wins

UK, Hazel McKibbin, 10 min. When a young woman brings her new boyfriend to his first family visit, a complicated dance of dominance, deference and self-diminishment begins.

GETTING IT ON SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 5:30 PM CAMELOT 2, 91 MINUTES

Including first times, listening in, and an erotic mushroom, a selection of films about love, sex and everything in between. This one’s got a little steam.

Before Madrid

Bulldozer

Denmark, Mads Koudal, 13 min.

Three friends are hanging out at the marina with the adrenaline rushing after they have stolen energy drinks from the supermarket. When they notice an autistic man, Agnes, the “alpha” of the group, starts to exploit the man’s goodnatured way of being.

Galapagos

USA, Kyle Sims, 12 min.

A lonely schoolteacher’s day takes a dark turn when her beloved pet rabbit mysteriously disappears.

Gianna

USA, Kait Schuster, 11 min.

Gina, a Filipina Gemini doing her best, takes the advice of her sliding scale therapist to spend a day with her INNER SABOTEUR. Enter Gianna. Will they make peace, or does Gianna, like, literally want Gina dead?

Misaligned

Poland, Marta Magnuska, 7 min.

A woman and a man are in a room, a gecko sits in a terrarium, several flies are circling a lamp. Gradually we find more and more dependencies, analogies between their activities and observed elements as the rhythm of their universes accelerates.

Uruguay, Nicolás Botana, Ilén Juambeltz, 20 min. Micaela and Santiago are a teenage couple living in a small town in Uruguay. They are very determined to have sex for the first time, or at least try to, before Michaela leaves for Madrid in the morning.

Sorry I Am Late I Was Masturbating

Germany, Alena Shevchenko, 6 min.

Taking her friend’s advice to masturbate in order to relax before an intimidating date, Hanna is in unfamiliar territory. She seeks guidance online, at first stumbling stiffly through instructions and eventually conjuring a vibrant, freeing fantasy.

Troy

USA, Mike Donahue, 16 min.

Troy has loud sex. Troy has loud sex 24-7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives... or is he saving them?

Family Affair

SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 6:00 PM

CAMELOT 3, 89 MINUTES

Irritable grandfathers, prodigal dads, and cute cousins make up some of the familial dramas reminding us of the power of family bonds.

48 Hours

Iran, Azadeh Moussavi, 20 min.

After three years in prison, Nader is given a furlough to go home. He has 48 hours to become a father to his 4-year-old daughter.

All-Inclusive

Colombia, Duván Duque Vargas, 20 min.

Eleven-year-old Fer travels with his family to a countryside resort a few hours outside Bogotá. Although Fer’s father will be doing business, he has promised to make time for family fun, something that has been missing from their lives for a while.

Ecstatic Thing

France, Benjamin Nuel, 34 min.

A couple in crisis finds a strange mushroom in the forest, whose aphrodisiac properties lead them to reconnect to each other. Unfortunately, soon they cannot live without it.

Guilty Pleasures

USA, George Oliver, 15 min. On the eve of their anniversary, Alice and Cam are having difficulty finding chemistry, causing them to look for new ways to spice things up in the bedroom. They are both shocked to discover they have been hiding embarrassing kinks from each other.

The Glasses

USA, Sarah Smith, Frances Chewning, 15 min.

Joseph, a gentle intellectual with a dry sense of humor, has been living with Parkinson’s for two decades. When his beloved only daughter comes home for a visit with her husband and toddler, they visit a new neurologist who has a simple solution for his debilitating wooziness -different glasses.

Nanitic

Canada, Carol Nguyen, 14 min.

While tending to their ant colony, 9-year-old Trang and her cousin Mai gradually become aware of the situation downstairs as the adults care for their ailing grandmother, leaving the two young girls to wonder: What happens to the colony after the queen dies?

The Roof

USA, Alexander Bocchieri, 20 min.

After being sent to stay with his grandfather, a Cheyenne teen uncovers a connection to his family and community in a way he never thought possible.

THRILLS & CHILLS II: BACK FROM THE DEAD SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 8:00 PM CAMELOT 1, 91 MINUTES

Like any good horror villain, this program JUST. WON’T. DIE. Volume II of our genre program with more horrific tales of partners turned against each other, mind controlling bugs, and zombies to keep you up at night.

Dead Enders

USA, Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker, 13 min.

A disaffected, young gas-station clerk on the midnight shift must learn to give a damn about something after malevolent mind-controlling bugs are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers.

Pruning

USA, Lola Blanc, 14 min.

When a far-right political commentator discovers she has inspired a mass shooting, she must contend with her conscience – by any means necessary.

I’m Here

South Korea, Jeong Eun-uk, 27 min.

After 10 years, Sujin’s parents have come home to all live together, but Sujin feels like something is awkward among them.

Prom Car ‘91

USA, Brian Otting, 11 min.

Prom Night, 1991. Carrie and Don plan to have sex for the first time in the back of Don’s dad’s minivan. But when they witness a murder outside the car, their night takes a sharp turn.

Red Rabbit

Ireland, Rory Kerr, 5 min.

An anthropomorphic rabbit struggles to find peace and relaxation at home. These attempts are thwarted by a gleefully destructive shoulder devil who takes pleasure in ruining any chance of tranquility.

Smoking Kills

USA, Dulcinée DeGuere, 12 min.

A casual late-night Tinder date turns macabre when Trey asks Olivia to stop smoking. Fueled by addiction, a desire to dominate, and the dissociative drug GHB, Olivia decides to prove that smoking does, indeed, kill.

Ticks

USA, Sam Max, 9 min.

A drifter, Jenny, encounters a presence in the woods that causes them to turn against their partner and become thirsty for blood.

Awkward

SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1:00 PM

CAMELOT 1, 87 MINUTES

Poor timing, an accidental bluetooth connection, and surprising revelations lead to some cringe inducing – yet often surprisingly touching – moments in these wholly original films.

Accidentally Intentional

Indonesia, Kevin Rahardjo, 14 min.

A 16-year-old teenager is watching porn for the first time when he suddenly realizes the audio is connected to his mother’s car Bluetooth.

Donkey

USA, Matt Kazman, 16 min.

After receiving an emergency call, a struggling actor has to face his family during his lowest moment.

Heritage Day

USA, Lara Everly, 18 min.

After Evie dresses up like her estranged grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, on “Heritage Day” at school, she becomes increasingly obsessed with this dark part of her family history.

Municipal Relaxation Module

Canada, Matthew Rankin, 6 min. Ken has an idea for a bench.

Noodles Forever

USA, McKinley Carlin, 12 min.

On the way to her birthday party, a hapless father accidentally runs over his daughter’s wiener dog.

Shoes Off

USA, Joel Jay Blacker, 7 min.

After a boozy night out, Rick asks his best friend to take his shoes off if he passes out. The night takes a weird turn as his friend obliges and embarks on a bizarre caring spree that seems endless.

Tall Dark and Handsome

UK, Sam Baron, 14 min.

He thought he was her first Indian boyfriend. He was wrong.

Under The Spotlight

SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1:30 PM

CAMELOT 2, 83 MINUTES

Whether for the camera or for an audience, for family and friends or complete strangers, this collection of films digs into what it takes to mount a performance and explores the trials, tribulations and history of show business.

Daron, Daron Colbert

USA, Kevin Steen, 14 min.

Living on the edge of one the most polluted zip codes in the US, an actor prepares for a role.

A Dead Marriage

Poland, Michal Toczek, 18 min.

Filip is a professional dead body movie extra. On set, he meets Lucy, also an extra, playing a dead woman. While laying on top of each other during long hours, a bittersweet relationship develops in these unusual circumstances.

Talk Of The Town

SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2:00 PM

CAMELOT 3, 89 MINUTES

Word gets around fast in these stories about small communities where it’s hard to avoid your neighbors and everyone knows your name.

Ivalu

Greenland, Anders Walter, Pipaluk K Jørgensen, 16 min. Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. The search for Ivalu is on.

CLOSING NIGHT SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 5:30 PM

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Sanctuary

USA, John Haley, Julia Szromba, 15 min. In the first city in Ohio to ban abortion, a lifelong resident grapples with the transformation of her hometown.

High Noon on the Waterfront

USA, Billy Shebar, David Roberts, 14 min.

On the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist, this film explores its impact on two American classics in a visually mesmerizing dialogue between Carl Foreman (voiced by Edward Norton) and Elia Kazan (John Turturro).

Mouthpiece

USA, Graham Goldstein, 10 min.

A distressed actor and her crass dummy quarrel over whether she is settling for her fiancé. In a performance that goes off the rails, the actor must ultimately confront the revealing insecurities that her dummy articulates.

Surprise

Sweden, Laerke Herthoni, 15 min.

Successful actress and unconventional mother Ingrid decides to fly out and surprise her daughter on her birthday. The trip does not turn out as planned and Ingrid is confronted by the consequences of her life choices.

Untitled Movie

USA, Annie Brennen, 12 min.

Zoe is making a movie about a woman who is making a movie. In it, her character has to kiss a woman.

So They Say

Chile, Natalia Luque, 18 min. Rumors spread like wildfire in a small Chilean town as an aborted fetus is found floating on the lake. A single mother’s morals are put to the test when she discovers the culprit to be a young woman she knows.

Tremor

Germany, Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard, 16 min. During water therapy for his chronic spasms, Leon is involved in an incident that gradually disrupts all aspects of his life.

Tskaltubo

Canada, Toby Andris, 24 min. After 30 years of living as refugees in an abandoned sanatorium in Tskaltubo, Nana and Irakli are finally offered a new apartment in the seaside city of Batumi. Is it too late to start over?

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