Pass the Past: Narrative Shorts
70 min.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Eyedrum
7:00 pm
Guignol
Directed by: Dana Turken - 22 min. - USA
The line between love and violence is blurred when Renata, the magnetic doyenne of a Grand Guignol theater, forces Mila, her young protege, to participate in her grand exit.
The Harvey Girl From Shanghai
Directed by: Michael Frost - 18 min. - USA
A fictional short documentary about a film Orson Welles started to make with Judy Garland but was stopped mid production. Told through a series of vintage interviews, missing footage, and television reenactments, this short film explores a legendary Hollywood murder that may or may not have happened.
Air Heart
Directed by: Allie Kenyon - 9 min. - USA
After flying through a rip in the time-space continuum, Amelia Earhart is lost. Being randomly thrown through a series of parallel universes, Amelia must find a way to deal with these augmented realities and try to save herself.
The Last Moments of Leopoldo Berenguer
Directed by: Jaime Dezcallar - 10 min. - Spain
Every person is king of his own life. Leopoldo, father or president of a Banana Republic, refuses to see how close he is to losing everything he has.
Elevator
Directed by: Nicole Kemper - 11 min. USA
While en route to an emotional reunion with her friend Kalli, Jenn finds herself trapped in a broken elevator where she is haunted by memories of their bittersweet friendship.
