Shorts program, 95 min, Not rated
This program presents a mixed group of narrative shorts, animations, and music videos. We end with an animation that celebrates the theme we started with, diversity.
Music Video, Germany, 2018, 5 min, Color
A bird flies through a growing town made entirely of packaging material. On his way he gets to know a sparkle and they start a little love story.
Animation, Belgium, 2017, 9 min, Color, Student Project (ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium)
In a town where supernatural beings are part of everyday life, two roommates face a recurring problem: an unknown creature devours their house spirit overnight. They search for a replacement spirit and a solution to their pest problem.
Music Video, United States, 2018, 4 min, Color
A sci-fi horror music video for Synthwave act Facexhugger, featuring Glitbiter and The Encounter.
Arvin Bautista returns to the Soo Film Festival this year. We previously screened two of his music videos, Sight of the Sound and I Will Steal Your Heart (Lila Cheney) in 2016's Tunes and 'Toons shorts program.
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Audience Choice Award - Best Music Video
Music Video, France, 2018, 4 min, Color
You've always wanted to reach the moon. Step by step, you climb mountains, always higher. An eternal leap towards the moon, an eternal downfall into darkness. You fail, you fail, always to start over!
Audience Choice Award - Best Student Narrative
Narrative Short, Spain, 2017, 11 min, Color, Student Project (University Camilo José Cela, Madrid, Spain)
A young woman about to start her first year of college hopes to be part of the 'Party People' generation.
Narrative Short, United States, 2017, 15 min, Black & White
After being kidnapped and locked away with a bickering couple, a young woman quickly realizes her captor may be the least of her worries.
Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Illinois with a cast and crew made up entirely of Illinois and Michigan natives.
Narrative Short, United States, 2017, 11 min, Color
When a woman gets a comforting call from an old friend, she finds out that not everything is as she remembers it.
Music Video, United States, 2017, 3 min, Color
An actress lives a life dictated by the pressure of the entertainment industry. But on the day of the premiere of her newest film she experiences a breakdown that eventually leads her to a path of liberation and freedom.
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Music Video, United States, 2018, 4 min, Color
A music video for singer/songwriter Alex Mendenall about a journey between a young wife and husband trying to reconnect.
Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot entirely in Michigan. All of the cast and crew are Michigan natives and most, if not all, are still residents of the Mitten.
Michael McCallum returns to the Soo Film Festival for the third year. We previously screened his short narrative Sure Thing and music video We Are All Alone in This Together (Graham Lindsey) in 2014. In 2015 we screened his narrative feature Buffalo and music video One Thing.
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Music Video, United Kingdom, 2018, 3 min, Color
A music video for the band Nervus.
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Music Video, Israel, 2017, 3 min, Color
Eden Ben Zaken (Israel's top singer) is a romantic bar singer. As the cowboy of her dreams walks into the bar, she's falling in love. Will the cowboy notice what happens on stage when a villain decides to show up?
Narrative Short, United States, 2018, 8 min, Color
A Southern belle hosts a twisted tea party for the classmates who tortured her in high school.
Narrative Short, United States, 2017, 10 min, Color
Detroit, 1928: When disputes in a loveless marriage escalate, a young medical student prescribes a solution with questionable side effects.
Great Lakes Connection: The film was created, filmed, produced, and edited in Michigan.
Animation, Italy, 2018, 4 min, Color
An apartment house in Italy is crowded with people of different ethnic groups. One night, a war of traditional ethnic music takes place. Eventually, the people realize that they can turn noise into music by playing together.
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