Discoveries
Shorts Package
Brief Survey
2020, NR, US, Comedy, 3 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Dava Whisenant
Producer: Dava Whisenant, Steve Young, Dave Spalding
Writer: Steve Young
Cast: Steve Young
In this comedy short, written by Steve Young and directed by Dava Whisenant, a good-hearted hiker on a mountaintop finds himself overcome by nature’s majesty… only to be drawn into a cosmic nightmare..
The Criminals
2021, PG-13, France/Romania/Turkey, Drama, 24 minutes
Florida Premiere
Turkish with English Subtitles
Director: Serhat Karaaslan
Producer: Laure Dahout
Writer: Serhat Karaaslan
Cast: Deniz Altan, Lorin Merhart, Erdem Senocak, Ercan Kesal, Cem Baza
Late at night in a small Turkish town, a young couple tries to find a hotel room to spend the night together, but without a marriage certificate, they are rejected by every hotel. After coming up with a trick that they think will work, the situation gets out of hand.
Mutiny!
2021, PG, US, Comedy, 17 minutes
Director: Matthew Gratzner
Producers: Camille Balsamo-Gillis, Matthew Gratzner, Shannon Blake Gans
Writer: Matthew Gratzner
Cast: Terence Rotolo, Robert Chapin, Angie Teodora Dick, Christopher Halsted, Paul Anthony Scott, Peter Bisson
A progressive, swashbuckling captain must deal with a crew set in their old ways, confronting gender inequality and disregard for their own overt masculinity.
Kitchen by Measure
2020, NR, Iceland, Animation, 13 minutes
North American Premiere
Icelandic and German with English Subtitles
Directors, Producers and Writers: Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir, Atli Arnarsson
After seeing his wife struggle with mundane tasks, the inventive Ingólfur gets hooked on the idea of building her the perfect kitchen.
A Roll in the Hay
2020, NR, France, Dramedy, 18 minutes
US Premiere
French with English Subtitles
Director: Geoffrey Fighiera
Producer: Marie Cecile Lucas, Tristan Monclas, Bruno Lecigne
Writer: Geoffrey Fighiera
Cast: Clémentine Verdier, Justine Thibaudat, Eric Perez
Laurent takes his mistress to his country vacation home for the weekend, leaving his wife, Isabelle, bedridden and in the midst of a nervous breakdown. But Isabelle makes a surprise appearance, armed with a revolver and determined to make them face the price of betrayal.