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Shifter Director: Matthew MarderRuntime: 12 minutes When an agent infiltrates a Russian Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia and steals mysterious files, the Russians kidnap a woman they believe to be the culprit. But it may be a case of mistaken identity… The Hour After Westerly Director: Nate Bell & Andrew MorehouseRuntime: 24:44 minutes Davis Harwell (Peter …
The Worry Doll Director: Brandon C. LayRuntime: 110 minutes After a series of unexplainable night terrors Tess (Syd Stauffer) becomes obsessed with finding her estranged sister, Janie (Karisa Hope). Tess and her best friend Ashlyn (Kate Huges) enlist her sister’s ex girlfriend Tick-Tick (Jenna McBreen) to help search for her in the drug underworld. Screening …
A Day in the Life of Kik Pool Director: Danny KimRuntime: 33 minutes Beginning in the quiet, pre-dawn hours, a public pool provides a place for the community to gather: to stay in shape, to learn an important skill, and to simply have fun. But as the day progresses, it becomes clear that a public …
Film block sponsored by UNSOLICTED Director: Meg Cook Runtime: 1 minute A woman’s initial excitement at getting a message quickly turns sour. Based on the all too common experience of receiving an unsolicited ‘dick pic’. CRADLE OF SILENCE Director: Mostafa Mehraban Runtime: 10 minutes Rasoul has to deliver a cradle to his martyr friend’s widow. …
Are You Volleyball?! Director: Mohammad Bakhshi Runtime: 15 minutes A group of Arabian spoken asylum seekers arrive to an English spoken country border and can’t keep going. They conflict with border soldiers everyday till a deaf-mute baby becomes a catalyst for better communication between two groups. Elephantbird Director: Masoud Soheili Runtime: 15 minutes A mini-bus …
Nineteen Ninety Nine Director: Grace UtherRuntime: 12:40 minutes When a teenage girl starts to feel unsafe at a party on New Year’s Eve, 1999, she wants to get out of there. Amongst the hype of the new millennium dawning and the fear of Y2K chaos, should she trust her instincts, or is she just being …
Midnight Carnival Director: Chung-Wei Huang Runtime: 19 minutes Midnight Carnival tells the story of Andrea Lin, a confused Taiwanese girl in her late teens struggling to find her place in the world. In search of the adventure that is missing from her life, she takes a summer job in America working for a traveling carnival, …
Outside Time (Afuera Del Tiempo) Director: Marco Velez Esquivia Runtime: 90 minutes A man returns to the past to stop his girlfriend from ending their relationship before he can propose to her but every time he comes back she breaks up with him giving him a different excuse. Now he has to change according to …
Cycle Director: Christopher Romano Runtime: 14 minutes A single mother and recovering drug addict is given the chance to use heroin again, after being clean for 8 months. website | watch trailer | facebook Tubgate: Cunningham’s Scrap Director: Fraser Murdoch Runtime: 16 minutes Troopti and Benjy of Tubgate Council are each toiling with the case …
Something Director: Stephen Portland Runtime: 86 minutes A couple, struggling to cope with a new baby, find themselves unraveling when they begin to suspect a mysterious intruder is in their house. website | watch trailer Screening Info Date: Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 6pmVenue: Reading IMAX TheaterAddress: 30 N 2nd St, ReadingTickets: $10
