ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Shorts Festival - Aug. 13/14 event
New Releases
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BETSY, 4min., USA
Directed by William Richard Beachum
Dylan decides to ask the effortlessly cool Betsy to the homecoming dance. In this queer short film, she learns the power of persistence.
GOODBYE FREYA, 11min., UK
Directed by Bensalem Mitchell
Rob organises a surprise leaving party for his best friend Freya but it may be the last opportunity to confess his true feelings.
https://www.instagram.com/bensalem007
GOOD TO SEE YOU, 14min., USA
Directed by Jarett Evans Malouf
A pair of exes bump into each other while on first dates at the same restaurant.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22485894/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1
https://www.instagram.com/goodtoseeyoufilm/
RUMI'S RUMBA, 19min., USA
Directed by George Kostopoulos
Professor Johnson, a college poetry professor, lectures his students on a poem by Rumi. When class finishes, one of the students, Olivia, approaches the professor with a question about the poem. This leads into a romantic fantasy musical sequence. Conflict arises soon after when Dean Cox and his secretary, Miss Flannigan, accuse Professor Johnson of exploiting Olivia.
KIDS CAN REALLY FUCK UP A MARRIAGE, 8min., USA
Directed by Julie O'Hora
A suburban supermom and her career-driven husband are learning the hard way that love does not conquer all.
http://www.imdb.me/julieohora
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Directed by Vincent Alain Lecompte
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Directed by Morteza Rafiei
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PADDLE TRIBAL WATERS, 9min., USA
Directed by Paul Robert Wolf Wilson, Rush Sturges
When the largest dam removal project in history begins, a group of indigenous youth learn to whitewater kayak in hopes of becoming the first people to paddle the restored river from source to sea.
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