ANIMATION
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Produced and Created by Larry Lauria
Savannah, Georgia
Creator Larry Lauria wanted to see what animators had to say about the world. This animation relay moves between stories told by animators from Savannah, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Cologne, Germany; and Provence, France.
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DOCUMENTARY
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Directed by Phoebe Brown
Atlanta, Georgia
In the summer of 2005, doctors said they were 99% sure that filmmaker Phoebe Brown did not have ovarian cancer. She turned out to be part of the 1%. “99 to 1” is a quirky, funny self-portrait of a cancer survivor.
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Directed by Rebecca Parrish and Brooke Bassin
Atlanta, Georgia
Three weeks before the 2008 Mississippi presidential primaries, filmmakers Rebecca Parrish and Brooke Bassin interview subjects about national political issues that cut across boundaries of race and class in Clarksdale, Mississippi, a small Southern town on the Mississippi Delta.
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Directed by Conni Castille and Allison Bohl
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
This short documentary follows four dynamic Cajun women in Southwestern Louisiana as they go about their daily lives, showing us how ironing is part of their regular routine and social identity.
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EXPERIMENTAL
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Directed by Dave Greber
New Orleans, Louisiana
When a nameless narrator embarks with his companion on an excursion from the Big Apple to the Big Easy, the two revelers are met by a small entourage of like-minded friends for a psychotropic tour of post-Katrina Mardi Gras celebrations.
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Directed by Bob Barancik
St. Petersburg, Florida
This experimental video creatively explores the increasingly frayed American psyche.
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FICTION
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Directed by Verena Faden
Miami, Florida
This narrative short tells the story of a Cuban-American family weathering their stormy relationships and a hurricane.
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Directed by Sean Heyboer
Winter Park, Florida
A young deaf man is on his way home to take care of his severely ill grandmother when a chance encounter with a young woman promises to change the course of his life.
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Directed by Elizabeth Strickler
Atlanta, Georgia
In a future memory, a young couple desperate to find their lost son crosses paths with something altogether different in this Ballardesque parable of parenthood.
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Directed by Greg Thompson
Atlanta, Georgia
When burned-out rock star Orion Gold puts the moves on successful journalist Dana Long, neither of them knows how to brace for the impact. Someone is going to fall . . . hard.
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Directed by Art D’Alessandro
Maitland, Florida
A man comes home from a hard day at the office to find his home in a terrible mess. He explodes into a violent rage, calms himself, cleans the house and has a long talk with his wife. But she didn’t make this mess all by herself.
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Directed by Joel Rodriguez
Miami, Florida
Immigrant parents prepare for their daughter’s quinceañera, but their plans are abruptly interrupted by an event that could jeopardize the whole family.
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