2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

Saturday Shorts @ Noon

*FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE*

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  • It’s Drizzling
  • Pink Velvet Valley
  • Stream of Doubts
  • Love in Abundance
  • Tilda
  • American Girl

It’s Drizzling

Three teenagers set a beauty trap for a man but failed. They thought they accidentally killed the man! Therefore they decided to abscond to Thailand. Youth is just like a drizzle. When you look back on those days, there was nothing but some ambiguous puzzles…

  • DIRECTOR
    Lien Chien Hung
  • YEAR
    2015
  • RUNTIME
    24 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Taiwan

Lucy in My Eyes

Having lost her father to suicide in college, Lucy has a dream on the eve of her wedding where she reconnects with herself at age six. Given a window to ‘change’ her history, she comes to some poignant realizations about herself and her past.

  • DIRECTOR
    Megan Park
  • YEAR
    2016
  • RUNTIME
    11 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Canada

Pink Velvet Valley

A shithole somewhere in Scotland, a cab falling to bits and Alec Calan facing an acute case of Ray-ban addiction: welcome to Pink Velvet Valley!

  • DIRECTOR
    Sébastien Petretti
  • YEAR
    2015
  • RUNTIME
    5 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Belgium

Stream of Doubts

A young woman needs your help to find her life purpose. Stream of Doubts is a drama short-movie about your place in the cosmos. Sort of.

  • DIRECTOR
    Joseph Catte
  • YEAR
    2016
  • RUNTIME
    10 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    French
  • COUNTRY
    France

The Eliminadora

*FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE*  Ten-year-old Sofia dreams of being a Lucha Libre champion. However, a disapproving mother and over-protective father stand in the way of her plans. So Sofia sets off on a journey that takes her all over the city. Join her adventure as she encounters a colorful cast of characters and learns how to become a real champion.

  • DIRECTOR
    P.J. Gaynard
  • YEAR
    2016
  • RUNTIME
    20 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

The Graeme Watkins Project – “Love In Abundance”

The video for Love in Abundance was shot and directed by Rick Joaquim from Duck Rabbit Studios. The video was shot at 1000 frames per second to portray a concept indicative of the longevity life; you catch yourself blinking and before you know it, it is over.

  • DIRECTOR
    Rick Joaquim
  • YEAR
    2016
  • RUNTIME
    4 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    South Africa

Tilda

Tilda is shy and lives surrounded by her dolls. The only contact to the outside World is Pastor Krause. She starches and irons is ruff but would never dream of looking him in the eye. One day during communion, when the pastor spills wine on his freshly starched collar everything changes.

  • DIRECTOR
    Katja Benrath
  • YEAR
    2015
  • RUNTIME
    14 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    German
  • COUNTRY
    Germany

American Girl

After a U.S. Army soldier is hit by a sniper in Afghanistan, she fights to stay alive by clinging to childhood memories of her dangerous journey through Mexico with a notorious smuggler.

  • DIRECTOR
    Rebecca Murga
  • YEAR
    2016
  • RUNTIME
    14 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States
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