Made for Each Other
Shorts Package
Collage
2024, PG, Spain, Romance, 10 minutes
Florida Premiere
Catalan with English Subtitles
Director: Màrius Conrotto
Producer: Màrius Conrotto
Writer: Màrius Conrotto
Cast: Nur Costa, Luna Calero
Two museum employees, intrigued by a couple of patrons, embark on a “scientific” experiment to determine whether they’re flirting. What they uncover is a universal truth about love.
Catherine & Michael
2023, PG-13, US, Dramedy, 15 minutes
Director: Kathy Fusco
Producer: Sheree Shu
Writer: Peter Grosz, Kathy Fusco
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Peter Grosz, Sipiwe Moyo, Zack Robidas
An unhappily married couple’s weekend at their friends’ idyllic country home leads them to an unexpected — and unconventional — way to reignite their fading spark.
Yuck! (Beurk)
2024, NR, France, Animation, 13 minutes
French with English Subtitles
Director: Loïc Espuche
Producers: Juliette Marquet, Manon Messiant
Writer: Loïc Espuche
Cast: Noé Chabbat, Katell Varvat, Enzo Desmedt, Camille Bouisson, Hugo Chauvel, Roman Freud, Mattias Marcussy, Mokhtar Camara, Olivia Chatain, Théo Costa
In Yuck!, an animated short from France, little Léo plays along with his friends at summer camp. He says kissing on the mouth is gross, but secretly he wants to give it a try.
SilverSizzle
2024, NR, US, Dramedy, 14 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Brian Russell
Producers: Lisa DeTullio Russell, Brian Russell
Writer: Brian Russell, Ross Popick
Cast: Boyd Gaines, James Naughton, Mike Boland, Kathleen McNenny, Sara Sessions
Widower Buddy meets Jamie at his late wife’s graveside, and their unexpected connection pulls Jamie out of his loneliness. As Buddy reflects on aging — “the options are not kind: loneliness, irrelevance, invisibility” — SilverSizzle embarks on an absurd and heartfelt exploration of older people living life fully, right up until the end.
Hearts of Stone
2024, G, US, Belgium/Croatia, Drama/Fantasy, 30 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Tom Van Avermaet
Producer: Katleen Goossens
Writers: Tom Van Avermaet, Alison Kathleen Kelly
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Jessica Barden, Jan Bijvoet, Nabil Mallat, John Last, John Niyibizi, Marie Nguyen De Buck
In the heart of a bustling metropolis, an impossible love blooms between Paula, a lonely street artist who entertains people as a living statue, and the silent stone statue she stands beside each day.