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   Sunday, 4-11 6:45 pm
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   Thursday, 4-15 4:00 pm

Competition Narrative Shorts

Shorts Program #3:  Smolder

Ana’s Playground

DIRECTED BY ERIC D. HOWELL
USA, 2009, 20 MIN

In a postmodern war torn city, a little girl and a sniper play a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

The One Last Time

DIRECTED BY SCOTT WEINTROB
USA, 2009, 9.5 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE

A gang of bank robbers confidently walk into one last job, only to find they’ve got company.

Daughters

DIRECTED BY CHLOÉ ZHAO
USA/CHINA, 2009, 9.5 MIN
IN CHINESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
EAST COAST PREMIERE

Maple, a young girl in rural China forced into an arranged marriage to make way for her unborn brother, takes a dangerous path to free herself.

Cigarette Candy

DIRECTED BY LAUREN WOLKSTEIN
USA, 2009, 13 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE

A young, traumatized Iraq War veteran forms an unlikely bond with a rebellious teen at his homecoming party in this striking film.

Waiting Room

DIRECTED BY KATHARINE O’BRIEN
USA, 2009, 9 MIN
WORLD PREMIERE

What price youth? A woman nervously waiting for plastic surgery thought she knew, but now isn’t so sure. The latest work from the director of FFF 2009’s Doppelganger.

Love Bug

DIRECTED BY KAT CANDLER
USA, 2009, 7 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE

Nine-year-old Turtle thinks his bug-loving best friend is the bee’s knees, but can he come out of his shell long enough to ask her to the dance?

Tired Of Being Funny

DIRECTED BY RODRIGO GARCIA
USA, 2009, 30 MIN
FLORIDA PREMIERE

A father (John Mahoney) and daughter (Lili Taylor) have had a 1,000 conversations and trade barbs in this sharp look at what we sacrifice when our lives are changed by just one. A funny, touching, and bittersweet short work from the director of Nine Lives and Mother and Child.