‘Film Imitates Life’ Shorts
*FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE*
Every film was once a story waiting to be told. Whether they come from a lived experience or the mind of a writer, these shorts hold up a mirror that lets us learn more about ourselves and each other.
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DATE
Friday, April 4, 2025 -
TIME
6:00 PM -
VENUE
Stage One -
FILMS RUNTIME
91 Minutes -
TICKETS
$5 -
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An Old Friend
An imaginary friend (Jason Faunt) finds out his sole purpose is to bring happiness to his child, only to discover his child is a 90 year old man (Tom Skerritt) on his death bed
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DIRECTOR
Joel Rodgers, Patrick Marsh, Wesley Kersey, Nathan Thompkins, Isaac Maas -
YEAR
2024 -
RUNTIME
3 Minutes -
LANGUAGE
English -
COUNTRY
United States
Lumen
Claude, 70 years old, lives alone and compulsively buys lamps online, almost daily. An obsession that leads her to want, at all costs, a small Victorian porcelain lamp, a bit kitsch. But just when she thinks the deal is done with the saleswoman and she is about to brave the bad weather to go get it, the unthinkable happens: the object has been sold to someone else. Claude sees red. The lamp is hers and she is determined not to let it fall into the hands of other buyers, and consequently lose her chance to be around people, even briefly, in her dreary day.
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DIRECTOR
Stéphanie Bélanger -
YEAR
2023 -
RUNTIME
13 Minutes -
LANGUAGE
French -
COUNTRY
Canada
Domestic Help
Thomas, a timid clown who wasn’t funny enough to make it in entertainment, gets placed in a domestic help position for Jennifer, a woman who needs assistance managing the day-to-day as she works on a never ending to-do list. Thomas is good at taking orders, but his job performance begins to suffer once he ‘notices’ the abandoned children in Jennifer’s backyard.
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DIRECTOR
Raveesh Jaiswal -
YEAR
2023 -
RUNTIME
20 Minutes -
LANGUAGE
English -
COUNTRY
India
Jedo’s Dead
When a young middle-eastern girl finds her grandfather dead, she is forced to grapple with the earthly rituals and spiritual loose-ends of loss.
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DIRECTOR
Sara Nimeh -
YEAR
2023 -
RUNTIME
12 Minutes -
LANGUAGE
Arabic, English -
COUNTRY
United States
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- The Robin Theatre
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