4:00pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Slide

Dir: Bill Plympton

TICKET: Slide 9-A

A mythical cowboy named "Slide" appears in a corrupt 1940's logging town and with the aid of his slide guitar and a giant Hellbug, he's able to battle the evil mayor and his equally selfish twin brother to clean up the logging town of Sourdough Creek. At the Luckybuck Saloon and Bordello, where Slide performs with a three-piece cowboy band playing music akin to Hank Williams and Patsy Cline.

Soon a Hollywood film company arrives to shoot a movie there, and this is where the twins go from bad to evil. They're forced to build a dam in one week, and the rushed schedule leads to a slipshod piece of engineering - and that builds to an amazing climax of horror, bravery and retribution.

WINNER: Best Animated Feature Film

5:30pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Queen of Bones (Canada)

Dir: Robert Budreau

TICKET: Queen of Bones 9-B

A folktale about twin siblings who suspect their father is hiding secrets to their deceased mother's connection with the supernatural.

WINNER: Best Actor - Martin Freeman

WINNER: Best Actress - Taylor Schilling

7:10pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Hunky Dory

Dir: Steven Vander Meer

TICKET: Shorts Program 9-C

Hunky Dory juxtaposes scenes of animal life with images of human existence, observing the quirky and unexpected ways in which we are similar. The meticulously hand-drawn animation is a visual smorgasbord, moving and morphing in perfect time to the banjo music of Béla Fleck and his bandmates in My Bluegrass Heart.

WINNER: Best Music Video

7:10pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

L'équipe

Dir: Lilian T. Mehrel

TICKET: Shorts Program 9-C

What happened when an award-winning NYC filmmaker coincidentally stumbled upon a rising-star Scottish musician and his Mexican manager in a Brooklyn park with a Super8 camera? They started talking about their love for film, music, and soccer* (*football), got drinks, and came up with this music video. An accomplished animator (who also plays soccer with the producer on that Brooklyn team) joined the team for hand-drawn titles and touches. The result is a labor of love, an international collaboration, a global story, about solo vs team, the ball and the birds, the game and the people, the people, the people.

7:10pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

definitions (Taiwan)

Dir: Bella Shih

TICKET: Shorts Program 9-C

The essence of a fulfilling life lies in deeply understanding oneself and recognizing one's unique mission. This mission, inherently invaluable and irreplaceable, is a singular calling that only you can fulfill. Reflecting on my personal journey, I urge those who feel adrift in the currents of conventional society to introspectively explore their true values and purpose.

7:10pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Swell (Australia)

Dir: Stuart Spoard

TICKET: Shorts Program 9-C

Slow and calming. Intense and dreamlike. Like the swell of a single, unbroken wave raising you up then back down. Showing the magic and beauty in nature and more specifically rivers and the ocean.

7:10pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Les Bêtes

Dir: Michael Granberry

TICKET: Shorts Program 9-C

A mysterious rabbit with a set of magic keys summons a host of strange creatures to entertain a wicked king and his decadent court in this dark stopmotion animated fantasy inspired by the works of Ladislas Starevich.

7:45pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

This Land is Our Land

Dir: Grace Schuessler

TICKET: Documentary Program 9-D

This Land is Our Land is a documentary film which tells the story of Public Land Stewards and their fight against misuse of public lands.

There are roughly 250 million acres of public land in the United States, and these federal public lands are held in trust for all Americans. The majority of these lands can be found west of Colorado, and are considered multi-use properties including everything from recreation to timber.

Every American has a say in how these places get used, however one of the greatest threats our public land faces today, is closures due to misuse. Public Land Stewards is on a mission to keep our public lands accessible and protected.

WINNER: Best Documentary Short

7:45pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

My Body Is

Dir: Jamie Leigh Lorente

TICKET: Documentary Program 9-D

My Body Is follows the journey of a poem and explores the healing modality of poetry for veterans and military sexual assault survivors. Footage of Veterans reading poem excerpts written by other veterans interweaves with the filmmaker exploring the journey of her poem, "My Body Is," which took 25 years and 15 minutes to write.

8:20pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Gambier (Japan)

Dir: Kotaro Sato

TICKET: Drama Program 9-E

Lewis and Jason, two old friends, reunite in Gambier, Ohio.

Jason, who still has feelings for his ex-lover Carol, decides to surprise her. However, Lewis lies to Jason and, for some reason, tries to stop him from meeting her. This lie leads Jason to question his own identity.

8:20pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Everything Will Be Okay

Dir: Lassen Anderson

TICKET: Drama Program 9-E

A young woman who has recently lost someone important to her. She moves through grief. Reliving memories, struggling to find a way to live in the present.

Luckily she has help, a glowing figure guides her through the healing process as time moves strangely around her.

8:20pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

The Eyes of the Beholden

Dir: Luka Blakeslee

TICKET: Drama Program 9-E

Franz is a troubled man. Today he is alone, but a week ago he wasn’t. In another week, he may be with someone else. But does he really deserve it? And does it even matter anyway, or is it just easier to focus on things outside of our control?

8:20pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Now or Never (Germany)

Dir: Ruben Meier, Leonel Dietsche

TICKET: Drama Program 9-E

In a world teetering on the edge, two New York teenagers find a fleeting moment of love on a rooftop, when chaos explodes beneath them in a heist gone wrong.

Unsure if they're hallucinating or if reality's harshness is closing in, they must hold onto their fragile connection before it's too late.

9:00pm - Wednesday, Oct 9th 2024

Intersection

Dir: Jason Rosenblatt

TICKET: 9-F

Over the course of a single day, the lives of innocent and not-so-innocent individuals collide in a web of misfortune and redemption.

All over the city, people are making plans to change their lives — only to see those plans get derailed by others doing the same.

One thing is certain: The trajectory of their lives will be permanently altered.

WINNER: Best Drama Feature