3:00 PM
Director: Gábor Klacsán
SHORT FILM PROGRAM A-27
Breath Again is a Music Video from artist Garda Együttes.
World Premiere
3:00 PM
Director: Iurii Sumaneev
SHORT FILM PROGRAM A-27
Newport Beach, California, it's early morning and Benjamin, a rich and successful young man, goes jogging through the quiet streets of his new hometown.
At the same time, a mysterious transient Winston, walks along a deserted beach…
World Premiere
3:00 PM
Director: Bejo Dohmen
SHORT FILM PROGRAM A-27
In a mysterious warehouse, Sarah and Michelle's friendship is put to the test as they struggle to break free from an inexplicable loop, unraveling secrets and confronting their own inner demons.
World Premiere
3:00 PM
Director: Carol Del Mar & Paulina Zamorano
SHORT FILM PROGRAM A-27
A grieving teen's sleepwalking disorder spirals into a nightmare.
World Premiere
3:00 PM
Director: Geoff Ryan
SHORT FILM PROGRAM A-27
Viki has been avoiding a phone call that will force her to make a choice between living in fear of her past or risking it all for a new life.
World Premiere
3:00 PM
Director: Maggie Xiong
SHORT FILM PROGRAM A-27
Abandoned by her dad, young River tries to take care of her little sister and help her mom to move forward.
World Premiere
3:00 PM
Director: Yutao Fang
SHORT FILM PROGRAM A-27
This film aims to create an Asian-futurism to merge the tradition and mystics of the Miao people with technology, based on a parafunctional concept that metals have biological qualities.
World Premiere
4:30 PM
Director: Theodore Tang
PROGRAM B-27
A woman walks home alone at night as she leaves a laundromat. Memories brought back as she walks on the street, recalling the melancholy yet unstoppable lost.
World Premiere
4:30 PM
Director: Yabin Wang
PROGRAM B-27
This is a tale of whimsy and adventure, where Zhiyuan, from a widowed family, misunderstood by his mother, runs away after a fight, embarking on a journey. He allies with "false heroes" and is redeemed by "real scoundrels," realizing the world's nuances and human complexity.
Where is his dreamland, and can he be his own hero?
U.S. Premiere
4:30 PM
Director: Morteza Rezvani
PROGRAM B-27
A coming of age story of two hummingbirds from when they're hatched, nurtured by their mother, learn how to fly, and eventually fly the coop into the wild of the city.
World Premiere
5:30 PM
Director: Luke Matthews
A mockumentary utilizing real bystanders to tell the story of an aspiring magician’s journey to the Star Venture Talent Show.
World Premiere
6:45 PM
Director: Mick Davis
Trust in Love tells of the story of Mickey Ferrara whose record-producing career is going down the tubes. His estranged wife wants a divorce and his son is struggling with the reality that he is gay.
But Mickey is a warrior, so he’s about to get in the trenches and Trust in Love to keep his family together and maybe make one more good record.
HRIFF Premiere
8:30 PM
Director: Patrick Skeyhill
Hera has been hidden from the world by her abusive stepfather, until she enters the art department of Stone College and meets her classmates Brad and Yoanna. With the encouragement of her new friends and her newfound confidence, Hera fights to free herself.
Breaking free from traditional horizontal constraints, GoodShort’s vertical films offer a dynamic and intimate cinematic experience, capturing our vertically-oriented digital lives and catering to a generation that craves storytelling that mirrors their scroll-and-swipe reality.
World Premiere
9:45 PM
Director: Bruce Bellocchi
WWhen a boxing trainer's family is murdered, he struggles trying to find a reason to live.
Patch is a story about love, addiction, racism and ultimate redemption.
World Premiere