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Charleston International Film Festival: Friday, Block 4
Shorts Program

Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9pm

at Charleston Music Hall
  • 18+
Tickets are available for purchase at the theater box office.

THE ANSWERS
Comedy/Drama (8 mins.) SC Premiere

Director/Writer: Michael Goode

Producers: Michael Goode and Daniel Lissing

Cast: Daniel Lissing and Rose McIver

Synopsis: Upon his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he ever had and some he never asked.


UNBELIEF
Drama/Thriller (13 mins.) SC Premiere

Director: Fabien Martorell

Writers: Fabien Martorell and Michael Marshall Smith

Producers: Fabrien Martorell and Jean-Fracois Dugal

Cast: Tobin Bell, Laura Gordon and Andrew Howard


Synopsis: Unbelief is the story of two men meeting in a park in NYC. It's Christmas Eve. Kane is an assassin, on his way to do a job, which means more to him than the usual killings he is paid to do. This is personal...


HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Western (11 mins.) World Premiere

Director/Writer: Thomas Torrey

Producers: Thomas Torrey and Michelle Wheeler
Cast: Grant Goodeve and Edward James Olmos

Synopsis: When the devil arrives in an old West town, people must choose between the seductive power of evil or the steadfast power for good.


ONE SECOND CHANGES EVERYTHING
Drama (8 mins.) UK, US Premiere

Director: Cristhian Andrews

Writers: Cristhian Andrews and Ruya Koman
Producers: Cristhian Andrews, Ruya Koman and Bill Sullivan
Cast: Gregory Davis and Ruya Koman

Synopsis: A mother and daughter begin their escape from an abusive relationship. The outcome will determine their future. Based on Nicholas Kristof's New York Times article “To End The Abuse” March 8, 2014.


SHITBIRD
Family/Drama (17 mins.) East Coast Premiere

Director/Writer: Bo McGuire

Producers: Roger Gregory, Susan McGuire and Bo McGuire
Cast: Lynsey Buckelew and Megan Stein

Synopsis: Sass and spark light up small-town Alabama when local hairstylist, Lurleen, is forced to reunite with her half sister, Haylee, an up-and-coming country music singer.


THE PAST RECEDES
Experimental (4 mins.)

Director/Writer/Producer: Zachary Breitengross
Cast: Lucia Garcia

Synopsis: All my past life is mine no more,
The flying hours are gone,
Like transitory dreams given over,
Whose images are kept in store
By memory alone.

—John Wilmot


TEXTING: A LOVE STORY
Comedy/Romance (8 mins.) SC Premiere

Director: Jeanette L. Buck

Writer/Producer: Rani Deighe Crowe
Cast: Lisa Bol and Rob Goeller

Synopsis: A short film about love, intimacy, and connection in the digital age.


EDGE OF THE WOODS
Drama/Fantasy (16 mins.) SC Premiere

Director/Writer: Grainger David
Producers: Lindsay Allen, Frank Hall Green and Caroline Oliveira
Cast: Sean BridgersMaria Dizzia, Brad Henson, Kiernan Shipka and Andre Sogluizzo


Synopsis: A short film about a girl who lives on a farm and the strange little monster that lives in her attic.


BREATHE, BITCH!
Comedy (6 mins.) World Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Shanna Micko

Cast: Allison King

Synopsis: When a woman sits down for a peaceful meditation, her mind really fucks with her.


Charleston Music Hall

37 John St.
Charleston, SC 29403