SHORTS PROGRAM 2: RETURN TO SENDER

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TOTAL RUNNING TIME:  94 MINUTES
 
Asshole.jpgASSHOLE
USA, 2008, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY CHADD HARBOLD
East Coast Premiere
 
A patient.  A doctor.  A diagnosis.
 
 
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CROSSROAD
USA/AUSTRALIA, 2008, 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY MAZIAR LAHOOTI
Southeast Premiere

A freak accident suddenly changes the path of a bystander's life at a lonely rural crossroad.
 
 
TheLonelinessOfThe.jpgTHE LONELINESS OF THE SHORT-ORDER COOK
USA/POLAND, 2008, 22 MIN
DIRECTED BY MARCEL SAWICKI
In Japanese, Spanish, English with English subtitles
Southeast Premiere
 
A melancholy story of life without roots, love without language, and leaving Los Angeles.
 
 
AbbieCancelled.jpgABBIE CANCELLED
USA, 2009, 16 MIN
DIRECTED BY DUMB BUNNY (JESSICA BURSTEIN & ROBBIE NORRIS)
East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing

Director Jessica Burstein expected to be in attendance.
 
Stood up at a dinner party by their mutual friend, two couples who have never met endure an evening of social embarrassment, inappropriate behavior, and hidden agendas.
 
 
OfficialSelection.jpgOFFICIAL SELECTION
USA, 2009, 10.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY BRIAN CRANO
In English and Aramaic
East Coast Premiere
 
A satire of short experimental and art films in festivals. Or a film about Emily Dickinson having psycho-sexual fantasies about Jesus being waterboarded by a butcher. 
 
 
WaterPills.jpgWATER PILLS
USA, 2008, 27 MIN
DIRECTED BY BLAKE SENNETT
East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
 
Winona Ryder delivers a riveting performance as a pill-popping, emotionally off-balance stage mother trying to break her daughter into film. Fortune strikes when they get a screen test for a film starring Elisha Cuthbert, but the biggest hurdle may be closer to home than they realize.