SPOTLIGHT SHORTS! AFTERMATH, USA: Two brothers confront unknown foes in a wintry, dystopian world where it’s every man for himself. Winner of the Silver Hugo for Best Student Short at the Chicago International Film Festival. SOMEBODYS MOTHER, USA: PSSF alum (Killing Vivian, 2012) Previously liberal Maggie finds the tables turned when her newly liberated mother shows up to spend Christmas with Maggie’s husband and kids, and brings an unexpected visitor along with her. SHE WAS SHE, AUSTRALIA: Anna McGrath brings the second of her two new shorts to this year’s event with this moving tale of two long-estranged sisters who reconnect when one confronts a terminal illness. EDDIE, USA: An unexpected visitor comes calling late one night. TROUBLE & THE SHADOWY DEATHBLOW, USA: While in Baltimore at a food science conference with hopes of landing a job and escaping his joke of a life, Jim Funkle (Tony Hale, Arrested Development) learns a simple hand gesture that can give him permanent revenge against his enemies.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 00:45:00 +0000