CEN1-07. Short Films 1
Dream on Leon
Canada, Short Film, 2022, 8 min
Colorado Premiere
Leon is old and his body is failing. He sleeps and dreams of love, freedom and sausages. A real dog’s life. Subtitled.Directed by Roger Gariépy
Stained Skin
Germany, Short Film, 2021, 9 min
Winner at Palm Springs Shortsfest
Colorado Premiere
To help her friend cope with the endless factory work, Alba tells the beautiful story of a sea-girl who was forced to make seaweed dresses because the rulers had stolen her voice.Directed by Adam Graf, Mandy Peterat
High Noon on the Waterfront
USA, Short Documentary, 2022, 14 min
Boulder Premiere
Elia Kazan (voiced by John Turturro), the informer who “named names” to Congress of suspected communists in Hollywood, directed On the Waterfront. Carl Foreman (voiced by Edward Norton), who was blacklisted and had to move overseas, wrote High Noon. This film imagines a conversation between the two using their own written words, as the film commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist.Directed by David Roberts, Billy Shebar
The Originals
USA, Short Documentary, 2022, 10 min
Winner at Palm Springs Shortsfest and many others
Boulder Premiere
The Union Street Boys were the meanest, mightiest child gang of 10-year-olds in South Brooklyn. Or at least that’s how they remember it.Directed by Cristina Costantini, Alfie Koetter
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Iran, Short Film, 2022, 17 min
Winner of the Busan IFF Grand Prize
Colorado Premiere
A nine-year-old effeminate boy, Shahrokh, humiliated by his family and friends, decides to adapt to his new identity in an inspiring way. Subtitled.Directed by Mehrdad Hasani
An Irish Goodbye
Ireland/UK, Short Film, 2022, 23 min
Nominated for a 2023 Academy Award
US Premiere
In this funny and touching short, Turlough and his brother with Down Syndrome, Lorcan, reunite following their mother’s death. But when the pair discover an unfulfilled bucket list belonging to their late mum, their pained reunion takes an altogether different course. Subtitled.Directed by Tom Berkeley, Ross White
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