Inseparable
Dir: Nick White
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Hobbit) in an festival-award-winning performance. Inseparable is the story of two people: Joe, a young father who discovers he is dying, and Charlie, a drifter who is given a unique opportunity to turn his life around in this short film.
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BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT - Benedict Cumberbatch
Happy Hour
Dir: Gretl Claggett
Featuring Oscar© Nominated actress Julianne Moore, Happy Hour takes us on a journey alongside a woman meeting her boyfriend for a romantic night out, when a martini triggers childhood memories of sexual abuse by a family friend. Facing the girl she was, and the secret that has threatened her ability to love and trust.
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Frank & Azalee Austin
Dir: Zachary Kerschberg
Frank, a native New Yorker and Azalee, a Nigerian nursing student, have their first immigration interview after getting married, but when their stories break down, deeper truths are revealed, changing all three lives in this short comedic film from the graduate film and acting programs at NYU.
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Renai no Daikyouen (Banquet of Love)
Dir: Haruka Mitani & Michael Lyons
Insects in their final moments chatter noisily, displaying extravagant colors and patterns. It is their great feast of love. And they speak even by means of light! What should they regret, when they could die the next day? This work was made by scratching and painting directly on overexposed 8mm film.
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Husk
Dir: Paul Howel
In this animated short, Husk, a spirit collecting paper scraps for her den has a shock encounter with some feral fairies in the urban environment of Melbourne, Australia. Nothing is as it seems as this hypnotic story unfolds.
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The Toothfairy
Dir: Rachael Sonnenberg
In this school short film, 8 year old Luke believes in the Toothfairy….do you?
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Detention
Dir: Anna Latzer
School detention is interrupted by some friendly visitors in this animated short set to music. Aliens crash a session of school detention with a surreal dance party.
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Brutal
Dir: Michael Patrick Stevens
Starring A. Michael Baldwin, star of the PHANTASM films and featuring an Award Winning score from Alan Howarth the HALLOWEEN theme composer and electronic music and movie soundtrack innovator.
Directed by Oregon local Michael Patrick Stevens, this feature film is a tight, complex, psychological, horror ride. BRUTAL is the story of a normal man, a family and business man who becomes ensnared in the evil web of an unstable manic.
It asks the questions; What would you do? How would you escape? Ultimately, how would you survive?
BEST HORROR FEATURE
BEST SCORE
Well Now You’re Here,There’s No Way Back
Dir: Regina Russell
The story of the formation, rise, and rebirth of metal band Quiet Riot and a surprisingly personal narrative of overcoming the loss of a friend.
The career of Frankie Banali, drummer of Quiet Riot, took a sideswipe when his singer and best friend Kevin DuBrow died. Today, at a crossroads in his life, Banali has to forge ahead for himself and his daughter. At times utterly tragic, and downright hilarious, this OIFF Award Winning documentary follows Frankie getting the band back together.