Charleston International Film Festival: Saturday, Block 6
Shorts Program
Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 8pm
LUSCIOUS LIPS INSPIRES LADYBUG TIPS
Animation (3 mins.) East Coast Premiere
Director: Rusty Mills
Writer: Jane May Graves
Producers: Jane May Graves, Drea Bauer and Jonathan Dracup
Synopsis: Ladybug Jane goes on her first adventure when her best friend Andy the Aphid finds a pair of magical glasses. These magical glasses open their eyes to the human world for the very first time.
SETH
Comedy (15 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer: Zach Lasry
Producers: Dash Arnott and Arianna Lyons
Cast: Logan George and Emmett Smith
Synopsis: There comes a point in every young man's life where he must rise to the occasion or admit defeat. For Seth, impressing his father is his only goal, his greatest test, his Everest. Today is the day.
PARDON THE INTRUSION
Drama (19 mins.) UK, SC Premiere
Director: Louise Galizia
Writer: Harry Chadwick
Producers: Xavier Santiago and Tim Willrich
Cast: Pat Garrett, Sara Kestelman, Grace Monroe and Alice Ryan
Synopsis: Housebound after a stroke, elderly Betty Wallis receives her basic needs through daily carers. Soon, however, Betty finds she is not alone, as an intruder inhabits her home. Can Betty find peace in this new environment?
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Comedy (7 mins.) Australia, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Burleigh Smith
Producers: Burleigh Smith and Rob Viney
Cast: Amara Harnisch
Synopsis: Jemimah wants Tilly to have puppies. At any cost.
A SAILOR'S SONG
Drama (4 mins.) World Premiere
Director/Writer: Shea Sizemore
Producers: Shea Sizemore, Thomas Torrey and Michelle Wheeler
Cast: Danny Vinson
Synopsis: A weathered sailor finds hope in a new beginning.
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EN LAS NUBES (IN THE CLOUDS)
Romance/Comedy (21 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Marcelo Mitnik
Producers: Dave Kajganich, Paula Manzanedo-Schmit and Marcelo Mitnik
Cast: Valeria Blanc, Maria Canale, Javier Drolas, Jeremy Glazer, Veronica Hassan and Martin Piroyansky
Synopsis: The difference between how we think romance should work and how it actually does is at the comedic heart of En Las Nubes, an exploration of cultural disagreements about intimacy, love, and marriage proposals in the age of YouTube.
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THE PARKER TRIBE
Narrative Dramady (25 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer: Jane Baker
Cast: David Koechner, Paula Pell, Cassandra Beske Dunn, David Baker, Jonny Flood, Colin Hinckley, Aja Selbach-Broad, Sam Freitas-Eagan and Alanna Ward
Synopsis: Living life in suburban Philadelphia in the late 1970s is both comical and heartbreaking for Mary “Jo” Parker, a thirteen-year-old tomboy in a large Irish Catholic family. When Jo questions her feelings for another girl, she ponders the possibility that she will be the freak in her already bizarre family.
HUNTER'S FALL
Drama (14 minutes) Ireland, East Coast Premiere
Director: Peter J McCarthy
Writers: Ben Conway, Kevin McCarthy and Peter J McCarthy
Producers: Ian de Bri, Richard Bolger and Francois Farrugia
Cast: Ben Condron, Sam Smith, Patrick Gibson, Clara Harte and Ryan McParland
Synopsis: Sam is invited into the mountains by Emma, a childhood friend. Arriving at the camp, he meets her new friends and is immediately subjected to taunting and bullying. Sam soon realizes that Kyle, Emma's new boyfriend, has it in for him and when the gang find out that he and Emma were previously dating the situation turns nasty.
