High Winds

(Drama / France / Digital Beta / 17 minutes)

Chinatown, Los Angeles: a French hit man has just killed someone. Pursued by the people who hired him, he phones his lover to explain that he must escape. He leaves Los Angeles with nothing but his car, his gun, and his dog. High Winds is the story of a man on the run whose past is closing in, a man who can’t afford to look back.

Director / Producer / Writer: Vanessa Ly

Contact: vanessaly@nyc.rr.com

Nostalgia Boy

(Drama / Canada / Digital Beta / 19 minutes)

A young man adrift in a dream world of Nostalgia confronts his arch nemesis in order to save a life and ultimately creates a new world out of what he loves most—his past.

Director: Michael Meinhardt

Producers: Michael Meinhardt, Julian Rosenberg, and Ed Brando

Writer: Jennica Harper

Contact: nostalgicpictures@yahoo.ca

Black Rain

(Drama / Australia / Digital Beta / 6 minutes)

Twenty years after the Chernobyl disaster Masha is still suffering from traumatizing recollections, which the catastrophe and its aftermath have seared into her memory. Pain and fear are materialized in the form of rain for Masha, as it unlocks the most dramatic and horrifying images of her childhood.

Director / Writer: George Garbakadza

Producers: David Opitz, Scott Gusterter, and Lazaro Hernandez

Contact: lazhernandez@aol.com

Take Four

(Drama / United States / Beta SP / 14 minutes)

What could a geeky little boy with an unmatched love of video games, a sexy young wife with a strong need, a punky teenage girl with a rebellious streak, and a lazy, if talented, actor living with his folks possibly have in common with each other? Timmy walks home from school reading his favorite Video Game Tips & Tactics magazine. He's looking for insights on how to beat Space Harrier II.

Directors / Writers: Omar Chavez Jr. and Adrian Orozco

Producers: Marlon Johnson and Jamie Martinez

Contact: o.chavez@cinfinity.net

Giving Her Away

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 11 minutes)

Risking her comfortable suburban marriage and family, Molly Harris sets out to confront her painful past by locating the daughter she gave up for adoption years earlier.

Director / Writer: Andrew Stanfield

Producers: John Donley and Andrew Stanfield

Contact: stanfield76@gmail.com

The Last Harvest

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 16 minutes)

A career focused young man upon returning to the family farm learns a hard lesson about the precious commodity of time but re-discovers his spirit in the process.

Director / Producer / Writer: Alastair McGibbon

Contact: almcgibbon@yahoo.com

Eiswind (Icewind)

(Drama / Germany / Digital Beta / 9 minutes)

Germany 1941. In a time of a growing atmosphere of segregation and hatred, HANNAH (10) and SUSI (10) have kept their own little world, hardly known to anyone else, even their parents. When reality hits, symbolized by the yellow star that appears on Hannah’s fairytale coat, they naturally include it into their games unaware of the brutality it represents..."

Director / Writer: Christoph Silber

Producers: Martin Lehwald

Contact: FRadtke@schiwagofilm.de