SHORTS: About People
September 8, 2010 No CommentsScreening: Thurs. Sept 9 at 10am
Total Runtime: 100 mins.
The Pressman Negatives (9 mins — USA)
Senorita (14 mins — Thailand)
Laura, a transgendered woman, is a reformed sex worker living a quiet life in the country. But she can’t seem to shake off the lure of the big city. A consummate actress, she manages leads a double life but as her lies begin to unravel, will she be able to keep her two worlds separate?
Derniere Demarque/Last Markdown (14 mins)
George, a man whose lack of imagination only equals his lack of ambition, is arguing with his wife. Fighting against both his despair and his midlife crisis, he is wandering in the streets of Paris when a curious vintage car runs over his dog. The driver, a strange unsympathetic old man, suggests him to go to old Said’s minimarket to get that tragedy fixed. In such a magical place, it seems like you can find everything. Everything indeed. Literally speaking. Even happiness?
The Art of Suicide (27 mins — France — Student: Columbia University)
A dark tale about a suicidal man who meets the devil incarnate.
Copper Penny (6 mins)
A desperate man searches for help and hope from a prostitute that he pulls from the street.
Mother, Mine (16 mins)
“Hello Mum. My name’s Alison. I was born on the sixth of June, 28 years ago. But you know that already, don’t you?”
Liminal (14 mins — USA)
INA and JOY are naked and locked in a battle of elimination—all over a sweater which INA thinks makes her look good and JOY thinks makes her look too good. INA must reverse the power to survive. Are they lovers or is JOY the “killer-within”?
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