Welcome to the inaugural ShortFest Online Film Festival!
Ten films have been chosen to represent the festival online, and will play on this special section from today, through two months following the close of the 2011 Palm Springs Int'l ShortFest. ONLINE VOTING IS CLOSED - THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED! The ShortFest Online Audience Award will be posted here on the web site after it's announced at the Festival Award Ceremony on Closing Night of the festival.
Full List of Online Films (in alphabetical order)
Bad Dads | Bottle | Eye of the Storm | The Heist | John G. Morris: 'Eleven Frames'
Method Actor | Sign Language | Son of Macista | Stephany + Me | Tell-Tale
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofBAD DADS
Click here to find out more about the film's screening schedule in the festival itself.
Director: Derek Westerman
Screenwriter: Derek Westerman
Editor: Jason Mann, Derek Westerman
Cinematographer: Jason Mann
Principal Cast: Michael Cera, Will Hines, Maria Blasucci, Amanda Lund, Brian Gallivan, Justin Johnson, Dustin Sterling, Cecily Lynn
Cory (Michael Cera) has a major problem: the worst father in the world. Can his dad’s inappropriate behavior be fixed with just a little more father/son interaction? RT - 14 minutes, 49 seconds USA / 2010 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofBOTTLE
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Director: Kirsten Lepore
Screenwriter: Kirsten Lepore
Producer: Kirsten Lepore
Editor: Kirsten Lepore
Cinematographer: Kirsten Lepore
Two lovers from opposite sides of the world find love when their messages–in-a- bottle cross the oceans. But when Snow and Sand meet, will their love survive? RT - 5 minutes, 25 seconds USA / 2010 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofEYE OF THE STORM
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Director: Christopher Alender
Screenwriter: Christopher Alender
Producer: Kris Eber
Editor: Erni Walker, Wes Ball
Cinematographer: Craig Kief
Music: Lovett
Principal Cast: Lovett
A navigator on an airship steers his plane into the eye of a storm in order to release a captive demon in this impressively animated ‘steampunk’ video. RT - 5 minutes, 35 seconds USA / 2011 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofTHE HEIST
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Director: Thomas Hefferon
Screenwriter: Troels J. Hundtofte
Producer: Crawford Anderson-Dillon, Gary Sugarman
Editor: Kevin McDonald
Cinematographer: Glenn Warrillow
Music: Louise Heaney
Principal Cast: Sean Flannagan, Sean McCarthy, Donal Gallery, Mary Anne Hughes
Three yahoos are out to rob a bank, but these three guys haven’t got a clue about proper robbing etiquette. RT - 8 minutes, 44 seconds
United Kingdom / 2011 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofJOHN G. MORRIS: 'ELEVEN FRAMES'
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Director: Douglas Sloan
Screenwriter: Douglas Sloan
Principal Cast: John G. Morris
Robert Capa shot six rolls of film of the D-Day landing but only eleven frames survived. In this fascinating portrait, John G. Morris, ‘the world’s most influential photo editor,’ shares stories from his 70 years in photojournalism. RT - 7 minutes, 54 seconds
USA / 2010 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofMETHOD ACTOR
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Director: Justin Stokes
Screenwriter: Glenn Smith
Producer: Daniel Carter
Editor: Simon Hargood
Cinematographer: John Lynch
Principal Cast: John Shrapnel
What makes a great actor great…or merely mad? RT - 4 minutes, 04 seconds
United Kingdom / 2011 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofSIGN LANGUAGE
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Director: Oscar Sharp
Screenwriter: Stephen Follows
Producer: Tiernan Hanby
Editor: Oscar Sharp
Cinematographer: Anthony Gurner
Principal Cast: Jethro Skinner
Ben holds up advertising signs on the street to earn his living, and today is his last day on the job. But before he leaves, he’s got a sign of his own that he wants to bring to a certain someone’s attention... RT - 4 minutes, 57 seconds
USA / 2010 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofSON OF MACISTA
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Director: Emile Bokaer
Producer: Emile Bokaer
Editor: Emile Bokaer
Cinematographer: Jason Sussberg, Maria Fortiz-Morse
Principal Cast: Emile Bokaer,Tsvi Bokaer
Looking back on a sudden episode of serious mental illness, the filmmaker challenges his father to revisit a painful, and, ultimately bonding, moment in their relationship. RT - 6 minutes, 52 seconds
USA / 2010 / Arabic, Italian, English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofSTEPHANY + ME
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Director: Peter Shanel
Producer: Ben Duhl
Cinematographer: Brian Outland
Principal Cast: Ben Duhl,Tara Summers,Mei Melancon
Ben has no luck at love until he meets a woman in the most unexpected place – a massage parlor! RT - 11 minutes, 05 seconds
USA / 2010 / English
The Palm Springs International Shortfest Presents A Special Online Screening ofTELL-TALE
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Director: Greg Williams
Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez
Producer: Greg Williams, Bob Ford, Carla Gugino
Editor: Amir Heshmati
Cinematographer: Steve Nelson, Greg Williams
Principal Cast: Carla Gugino,Adam Arkin,Jesse Spencer,Clifton Collins Jnr
Carla Giugino and Adam Arkin star in this noirish mystery about a young couple who may or may not be involved in the murder of an undercover cop.
RT - 8 minutes, 31 seconds
United Kingdom / 2010 / English
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