INDIE SHORT FEST

Red Eleven: Starry Eyes

She’s the girl with starry eyes, about to do a sacrifice. Can’t find a cure for her blackened heart because there ain’t no man under her umbrella. Crawling through the dark room, she begins to smile. Her luck is about to change.
Directed by Jesse Haaja (Finland)

Loop

A fugitive finds himself the subject of an intense pursuit. What’s in the briefcase? The truth will surprise you, as you take a dive into the first installment of this enigmatic trilogy!
Directed by Ivan Mbakop (USA)

Right Livelihood A Journey To Here

In this short documentary, we go behind the scenes with Buddhist Chaplain, Justin Von Bujdoss as he shares the complex and important role he plays in holding space for the correction officers during meditation at Riker’s Island one of the most dangerous prisons in the country.
Directed by Tricia Brouk (USA)

The Coat

A homophobic, racist man, learns to love his gay son, when he buys a coat at a thrift store, which contains the spirit of a young gay man, killed in a hate crime. When the father wears the coat, he begins to see, through the eyes of the spirit, the joys of Christmas, and his sons lifestyle preference.
Directed by Sean Waldron (USA)

Coda Sacra

A small group of people are determined to protect their way of life. They know they are exposed to the worst stalking, because their enemy is nature dressed in Satanism and witchcraft. They will have to face that darkness only with the help of their faith, and fight against the unknown until their last breath.
Directed by Pol Barrós (Spain)

Damaged

Screenwriter faces his inner demons as he comes face to face with the characters he creates. He sinks deeper into the darkness of his mind before he realizes his own mistakes in his life.
Directed by C.J. Guerrero (USA)

Our Price

An armed guy enters a rich man mansion looking for his bag. Inside the house he’ll be surprised with what he founds.
Directed by Rodrigo Urriolagoitia (Bolivia)

Riding With The Rabbi

“Riding with the Rabbi” is the story of two most uncommon people, Sam a good old southern Jewish “boy” and Rabbi Stan, a misplaced mohel. Brought together by a chance encounter at a bus stop, the two develop an incongruous friendship.
Directed by Yvette M. Hochberg (USA)

An Extraordinary Journey

Ding Guanjia, a student who graduated from Gao San, is bent on freedom, while his father is a very strong and strict person. Ding Guanjia, who has always been in a high pressure, is unwilling to accept his father’s choice. He has always lived with a tenant. Named Liu Seike, he longed for Liu Seike’s free and happy personality, liked his lifestyle, and was curious about the film. He went to Tibet with Liu Seike, but Liu Seike was leaving, Ding Guanjia was forced to repeat the remarks. He chose to break free from the state of high pressure and forced to try to go straight to Tibet with Liu Seike. Can they reach the heart?
Directed by Ding Yi (China)