Shorts #1: Hopelessly Devoted to You
There is a plethora of ways to show devotion. A lifetime shown only through the expressions on a woman’s face. Two sisters healing together after a loss. A woman’s appointment with America. A teen friendship tested by a dark secret. Cousins helping each other after years of absence. A woman’s quest to get her chair. A man rushing to aid his family without changing out of costume. All our stories have a type of devotion: sometimes material, sometimes emotional.
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Shorts #1: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
Gold and Mud
Directed by: Conor Dooley
USA, 2023, 9m
Starring Ana Fabrega (Los Espookys), we’re presented with a sprawling story of love and loss, as reflected on a single face. You know, a comedy.
Shorts #1: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry
Directed by: Luis Fernando Puente
USA, 2022, 13m
In English and Spanish with English subtitles
Maria Luisa has all her paperwork in order. She just needs her green card interview to go well.
Shorts #1: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
Cousins
Directed by: Karina Dandashi
USA, 2023, 13m
In English and Arabic with English subtitles
From the director of “Short Shorts” (FFF 2020), two cousins born in separate countries reunite in Brooklyn when a run-in with an ex turns the night into a mission of revenge.
Shorts #1: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
Donkey
Directed by: Matt Kazman
USA, 2023, 16m
After receiving an emergency call, a struggling actor must face his family without removing his character makeup from a birthday party gig. From the director of “Father Figurine” (FFF 2019).
Shorts #1: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
Take Me Home
Directed by: Liz Sargent
USA, 2023, 16m
After their mother’s death in Central Florida, a cognitively disabled woman and her estranged sister must learn to communicate in order to move forward.
Shorts #1: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
A Real One
Directed by: McKenzie Chinn
USA, 2023, 16m
Lauren and Keisha are 17 and live in a working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Their friendship is tested when Lauren reveals a tightly held secret.
Shorts #1: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
Two Chairs, Not One
Directed by: Austin Kolodney
USA, 2022, 12m
A disgruntled customer (Caitlin Reilly, Barry) confronts a furniture drop-shipper (George Basil, “Training Wheels,” FFF 2022) whom she believes should have shipped her two chairs, not one.