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Short Program II

By 33rd Boston Film Festival (other events)

Sunday, September 28 2014 12:00 PM 1:45 PM EDT
 
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The Man From The City (11 min)

A mysterious businessman visits a small town with questionable intentions as he contemplates leaving his big city life behind. Starring SAG award winner Robert Clohessy ( Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, Wolf of Wall Street ) and Sean Young ( Blade Runner, Ace Ventura, No Way Out). Directed by Elias Plagianos.

 

Tobacco Burn (17 min)

Based on an oral history from the W.P.A. Writers, Tobacco Burn is a story set thirty-five years before the Civil War at the height of American slavery. Our story follows a slave community on a Kentucky tobacco farm as they struggle with the arrival of a brutal overseer. When two of the enslaved weigh the complexities of killing the man, each develop a different understanding towards violence, acting on which could cost all of them their lives.

The Unremembered (13 min)

Ray's quiet farm life is interrupted when a stranger appears from the future asking for help. But when another time-traveler arrives to hunt down the stranger, Ray must decide whether to protect the stranger or save himself.

Marie (12 min)

Marie is a classic beauty who longs for the one man she cannot have, and is willing to give up anything - even her identity - to elicit his affection.

 

A Man On The Edge (12 min)

When a troubled man on a cliff top is on the verge of committing suicide, he is interrupted by a young vivacious woman. Through a series of heart wrenching flashbacks he reveals to her how he killed his wife. As he tries to come to terms with his grief, the Woman offers him hope in a manner he never expected.

The Bath (25 min)

A woman with Alzheimer's raises havoc with her family, but manages to bestow a blessing on both her burned-out caregiver husband, and on her overtaxed adult daughter, even though she doesn't know who either of them are.

Bis Gleich (20 min)

An unspoken connection between two elderly neighbors, who share a daily ritual but who have never actually met, deepens when they face the inevitable...together.

Sogni Doro (20 min)

Inspired by dresses in the local dress shop, a young girl is transported from her mundane life into a world of dreams and possibilities.  Sogni d'Oro (Dreams of Gold) is an old fashioned fairy tale about a young girl growing up in relative poverty on a farm with her father. Every Friday at 5pm the local dress shop changes its window display and she rushes to see what imaginary delights each new dress will conjure...