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

Showcase 3

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Friday, September 10 @ 7:00pm @ Landmark’s E Street Cinema
(followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers)
Saturday, September 11 @ 3:00pm @ U.S. Navy Memorial Heritage Center
Sunday, September 12 @ 7:00pm @ Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Wednesday, September 15 @ 3:00pm @ Landmark’s E Street Cinema

Films

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God of Love

15 mins
Comedy
Luke Matheny, Director
U S A

A lounge singer finds his prayers are answered when he receives a mysterious package of love-inducing darts.

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After Dinner

5 mins
Comedy
Jason Mayland, Director
U S A

Don’t you hate splitting the restaurant check?

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Frances and Frankie

8 mins
Documentary
Dean Hamer, Director
U S A

Developmentally disabled twins Frances and Frankie struggle for the right to self-determination and a family life.

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Skylight

6 mins
Animation
David Bass, Director
Canada

While we cook up ideas to fix the hole in the ozone layer, the hole is cooking something else.

Quality Time

15 mins
Drama
Colin Marshall, Director
U S A

Estranged brothers are forced to spend Christmas afternoon together while their father lays comatose in a hospital bed.

Niño Balcón (Balcony Boy)

9 mins
Comedy
Pilar Palomero, Director
Spain

Poor Balcony Boy: His fault is having big ears; His bad habit is putting his head where he shouldn’t.

Cigarette Candy

13 mins
Drama
Lauren Wolkstein, Director
U S A

A traumatized teenage Marine is forced to play the role of a hero at his homecoming party.

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Snowpocalypse: Day 6

1 min
Experimental
Rob Parrish, Director
U S A

One family copes with the forced confinement by last winter’s snowstorms in a unique way.

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Two

17 mins
Drama
Ryan Gielen, Director
U S A

When love peeks through her window, Sara finds the courage to reveal why she has never been intimate.

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The Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park

10 mins
Drama
Emmy Grinwis, Director
U S A

While taking her picnic lunch, a lonely woman is confronted by a strange and scruffy boy.

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Me Time

11 mins
Comedy
Matt Schuman, Director
U S A

Steve’s social calendar is getting full.  It’s about time he emptied it.