Lifelines 2023
Two friends rekindle their connections after years apart.
Two friends rekindle their connections after years apart.
A blossoming writer learns that his artistic hero isn't all he thought he was in this satirical exploration of how one separates the art from the artist.
Two brains in jars exist exclusively in a game of PONG, oblivious to the world falling apart outside of their computer.
A young man with trust issues goes on a date with a very supportive young woman.
DEAR ALLIE is a film set in the early 2000s about a college student who works through the abandonment of her sister through Polaroids in a story about relationships, memories, and hope.
A flatulent sketch show that breaks wind on all the cringeworthy situations where you're just desperate to let one rip.
A young poet grapples with his decision to leave society during the end of the world.
A woman is abducted and held hostage, filmed for all to see.
A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. Now alone and without work, just as it seems that things could not possibly get worse, parts of Mamoru's bicycle begin to disappear, one by one. In frustration, Mamoru leaves a note for the thief, begging him to just take the whole thing. The note left in response is signed God, leaving Mamoru only more confused. At last, when the only remaining piece of the bicycle is a lonely bell, Mamoru receives an envelope, containing addresses at which each piece of the bicycle might be retrieved.
An emerging actor’s big break lands when she’s cast on a 1950s sitcom. Her excitement gives way to dread when she realizes that her director is a fastidious AI that demands perfection – but is unable to articulate what it’s looking for in a performance. Cory Williamson has created a surrealistic, subversive and ultimately nightmarish film that manages to disturb as strongly as it engages.
Nate Bell enjoys his morning cup of tea.
A pensive 11-year-old girl challenges the status quo with a group of misfit friends while attending a religious summer camp.
A man, devastated by the death of his daughter, attempts to recreate her likeness no matter the consequences.
Cicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is infertile, but then is given the gift of clairvoyance and begins to see glimpses of the future. These glimpses lead him to a series of cicada shells, which become symbolic of his desire to shed his old self. Though his lineage ends with himself, Jumpei starts anew as a father-figure to his sister's young son.
Exploring the duality between friendship and loneliness, this intimate narrative short tells the story of David, a bright young boy struggling with a broken home life, as he tries to reconnect with his childhood best friends as they search for something to do in their small suburban town.
Two sisters worlds apart face a decision that will set them both free.
Two national park rangers with differing views on the unknown must put aside their differences when faced with an unexpected encounter in the dead of night.
An ambitious grad student returns to her childhood home to say goodbye to the memory of her late kid sister - only to be shocked when her sister walks through the door and says hello.
A story of two friends that deal with heartbreak.
A violin student wrestles with her motivations for studying what she loves.