What kind of film could you create if you were given 48 hours, a character, a prop, and a single line of dialouge? And who would be crazy enough to take on the task? Come find out as we screen films from this year's 48 Hour Film Project.
Teams screening during this block:
Buffoonery Films - Sync or Swim
Faded Fisticuffs - Indemnify
Herbert Brothers - The Fourth Degree
In Cahoots - The Plumber
Introverse Productions - Some Things Don’t Wash Out
JELCC - Filicide
Open Eye Productions - Fitting In
Outtatime Films - Love, Mom
Team Number 1 - Tom’s Big Day
The Collective Brain - The Tornado
Thomas Films - Madigan
Ton Rehtar - Chronesthesia
What kind of film could you create if you were given 48 hours, a character, a prop, and a single line of dialouge? And who would be crazy enough to take on the task? Come find out as we screen films from this year's 48 Hour Film Project.
We will announce the award winners following the screening of these films:
Amateur Hour Productions - Fresh Start
Blue September Films - Rusty Pipes
caMEMEra crew - The Final Plunge
Disturb the Production - Scratch
FairCreekFilms - Synesthesia
Manmauji Films - The Detour
MUTT - Small Beans
RaaenFilms - Social Roulette
Short Bus Talking Pictures - Plumber’s Apprentice
Team 13 - Vicious Plunge
Team Dharma - Knock Knock
The Randoms - UnRefined.
WeRoll4Reelz - Loose Ends
A teenage girl from New Orleans is torn between family loyalty and doing what she knows is right after discovering her cousin has become a criminal.
A teenage girl from New Orleans is torn between family loyalty and doing what she knows is right after discovering her cousin has become a criminal.
Three Brazilian chefs travel to discover their culinary roots in France, Italy and Japan. A road movie full of flavors and gastronomic stories.
The spiritual journey of a 90 year old atheist, played by Harry Dean Stanton, and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town.
Awards Night Film LUCKY and Party
Harry Dean Stanton and David Lynch?!?!? Bingo. Let's party! LUCKY follows the spiritual journey of a 90 year old atheist, played by Harry Dean Stanton, and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having outlived and outsmoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment.
This is our juried award winning short and feature in the American Spectrum category.
In this Program
- Monday
- Dinh Thai19mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Shorts
- Signature Move
- Jennifer Reeder1h 20mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Features
This is our juried award winning short and feature in the World Cinema category.
Following PAWO we will also show THE TRANSFER, which is the winner of the Year of Vonnegut Common Decency Award.
In this Program
- Nicole's Cage
- Josef Brandl15mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Shorts
- Pawo
- Marvin Litwak1h 57mGermanyEnglish, Tibetan (English Subtitles)World Cinema Features
- The Transfer (Die Überstellung)
- Michael Grudsky23mGermanyHebrew (English Subtitles)World Cinema Shorts
This is our juried award winning short and feature in the Documentary category.
A stray dog from the alleyways of New Delhi finds itself transported to Sweden, where she is thrust into a series of interactions with some pretty colorful people.
Aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$ is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Groom's Block is slang in Turkey for prison sections holding those accused of serious sex crimes. Where men judge each other and lash out justice daily.
25 million dollars. 8 safety deposit boxes. A perfect getaway... But someone killed their pilot.
25 million dollars. 8 safety deposit boxes. A perfect getaway... But someone killed their pilot.
Mark, an unemployed photographer around 30 living in Vienna, comes back home to the countryside for his sister’s wedding.
Eszter, her husband, Farkas and their five-year-old son, Bruno are paid an unexpected visit in the middle of the night.
Henry, a talented but socially inept student, arrives at a boarding school dedicated to
teaching music.
This is the story of the men and women at the time of the German attack on Russia in 1941.
This is the story of the men and women at the time of the German attack on Russia in 1941.
Stories about life both inside and outside of the ring, as told by those who call the circus home.
Ever since they were kids practicing in the snow in Iceland, they were told they would never play in a major football tournament.
Ever since they were kids practicing in the snow in Iceland, they were told they would never play in a major football tournament.
A graduating senior befriends his Commencement Speaker in the last few days of college.
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Narrated by Martin Sheen, tells the little known story of Mark Twain as a young reporter taking a bold journey to the Holy Land Jerusalem.
There are promises that are impossible to keep. My uncle José made such a promise as a child in 1963 to my mother Ana Luisa.
A reckless loner sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. Her journey splinters into a surreal nightmare.
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
A reckless loner sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. Her journey splinters into a surreal nightmare.
Midnight Feature: Like Me
We've decided to give LIKE ME a second screening at a more reasonable hour!
A chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American.
Opening Night Film WIND RIVER and Reception
Last year, we brought you "Hell or High Water" (along with special guest Gil Birmingham). This year, we're pleased to open this year's festival with the final installment of filmmaker Taylor Sheridan's Frontier trilogy, WIND RIVER. It's a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American Reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death.
BONUS: Actor Tokala Clifford will be in attendance! He will be answering questions and participating in a discussion with our friends at the Eiteljorg Museum of the film's Native American themes immediately following the film before our Opening Night Reception.
After the death of his father, young Dorjee realizes what it means to be Tibetan in his own country, which is now called China.
A comedic and heartfelt look at modern families and the complexities of love in its many forms.
A comedic and heartfelt look at modern families and the complexities of love in its many forms.
STEP documents the senior year of a girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.
It's the story of a small town gorilla, Sylvio, who is stuck in his job at a debt collection agency.
Also in this Program
- Cold Storage
- Thomas Freundlich9mFinlandno dialog World Cinema Shorts
It's the story of a small town gorilla, Sylvio, who is stuck in his job at a debt collection agency.
Also in this Program
- Cold Storage
- Thomas Freundlich9mFinlandno dialog World Cinema Shorts
John Ubaldo trades his Wall Street career for life as a farmer. Confronted with Big Ag’s toxic food system, the he becomes a passionate activist.
Oliver and Cassi spend the day meandering NYC, each with their respective best friends, trying to decide whether or not they should stay together.
Oliver and Cassi spend the day meandering NYC, each with their respective best friends, trying to decide whether or not they should stay together.
While the world is racing towards new technology these gentlemen are stepping backwards embracing and racing the old style of traditional hot rods.
Also in this Program
- Deaners
- David Garry20mUSAEnglish Documentary Shorts
A boy searches for his fugitive father in a town struggling to survive.
A boy searches for his fugitive father in a town struggling to survive.
We Are EC tells the story of East Chicago and its passion for high school basketball. We Are EC is a story of history, heartbreak, and triumph.
A comedy about two estranged sisters who are thrust back into each other's lives by the impending death of their grandmother.
A comedy about two estranged sisters who are thrust back into each other's lives by the impending death of their grandmother.