Charleston International Film Festival: Saturday, Block 3
Shorts Program

UNE LIBÉRATION

Drama (16 mins.) SC Premiere

Director: Brian Crewe
Writer: Marion Kerr
Producers: Brian Crewe and Hugh O'Brien
Cast: Mark Jaeger, Marion Kerr, Ross Marquand and Matthew Temple

Synopsis: On the eve of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation during World War Two, Juliet (Marion Kerr - DARK SKIES, CRIMINAL MINDS), an American resistance member, risks her life descending into the city's underground tunnels to deliver a secret message to fellow fighter Jean (Ross Marquand - THE WALKING DEAD, MAD MEN). However, a final deadly encounter with a pair of German deserters threatens to destroy the very thing she's been fighting for.

THE TUGBOAT CAPTAIN'S BALL
Romance/Drama/Comedy (13 mins.) SC Premiere

Director/Writer: Rick Moore
Producers: Jack Carpenter and Daniel Lugo

Cast: Allyn Rachel and Tom Lipinski

 
Synopsis: Acts of courage come in all sizes: A lonely, persistent woman flirts with the most handsome men at the ball.

COSMIC KIOSK
Comedy (17 mins.) SC Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Chip Hackler
Cast: Nick Basta, Belinda Keller and Nicholas Pryor

Synopsis: One week from retiring, security guard Hank Goodman stares at blank monitors and a bleak future. Trapped in his little booth, he yearns for adventure and true love. He’s smitten with Donna, who parks in his lot each day, but so is the dastardly Rizzo. Will the cosmos conspire to help out poor Hank?


SELLING ROSARIO
Drama (16 mins.) Southeast Premiere

Directors/Writers: Iana Simeonov and Michael Winokur
Producer: Emily Miller
Cast: Robert Renderos, Cristina Valle and Mia Xitlali

Synopsis: There’s a deal being set up for Rosario, the twelve-year-old daughter of migrant laborers. Shady characters, hushed phone calls, and wads of cash being passed in a secret rendezvous. It all looks pretty grim.

I AM SAMI
Family/Drama/War (15 mins.) UK, SC Premiere

Director/Writer: Kae Bahar
Producers: Kae Bahar, Mark Blaney and Jackie Sheppard
Cast: Nick Court and Bawar Landon

Synopsis: Living in a war zone, ten-year-old Sami is forced to take decisions beyond his understanding; decisions that could deprive him of his childhood and change his life forever.


GRAPE SODA
Drama (17 mins.)

Director/Writer/Producer: Justin Robinson

Cast: Mark Ashworth, Rachel Hendrix, Cranston Johnson, Isaiah Stratton and Jay C. Russell

Synopsis: A marriage, broken by death, is kept alive by the memories held through grape soda.