DC Shorts Film Festival - Washington DC - September 9-16, 2010

Showcase 2

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Thursday, September 9 @ 10:00pm @ Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Saturday, September 11 @ 6:00pm @ U.S. Navy Memorial Heritage Center
(followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers)
Sunday, September 12 @ 4:00pm @ Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Tuesday, September 14 @ 3:00pm @ Landmark’s E Street Cinema

Films

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Lift

10 mins
Comedy
Ann Marie Allison, Director
U S A

A bespectacled filing clerk tries to impress a handsome executive on their daily ride up the elevator.

Chapter 21

11 mins
Drama
Ilya Farfell, Director
U S A

An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian activist journey explore common interests among cultural differences.

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Telemafia

10 mins
Comedy
Diane Namm, Director
U S A

What happens when a telemarketer picks the wrong consumer to call?

Visiting Hours

14 mins
Comedy
Caitlin Byrnes, Director
Canada

A Korean exchange student learns more than the English language when he volunteers in a retirement home.

The Sublet

10 mins
Comedy
Gretchen Olivero, Director
U S A

An elderly woman’s interactions with a mouse, visitors and some tea incite a series of inadvertent deaths.

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Sister Wife

10 mins
Documentary
Jill Orschel, Director
U S A

A plural wife speaks frankly about her commitment to her husband, her sister, God — and herself.

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Worked for Me

6 mins
Comedy
Ken Simpson, Director
Canada

Getting over a relationship does not necessarily require medical attention.

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Baines

20 mins
Drama
R. Ellis Frazier, Director
U S A

A bounty hunter is forced to change his plans to complete a popular mission in Tijuana, Mexico.

Next Floor

11 mins
Experimental
Denis Villeneuve, Director
Canada

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage.

Cupid

14 mins
Comedy
Melvin Montalban, Director
Australia

The god of love discovers it takes more than magic to win someone’s heart.