Shorts Competition Program 3: Escape

Running time: 126 mins

People?s innate desire for escape is one thread woven through each of these insightful short films. Many of the colorful characters here possess a strong desire to break away from poverty, loneliness, or a mundane existence, and move toward some imagined, happier place. Sometimes simply having their world crumble around them is enough to shake their foundation and get on to a better life.

Among the subjects is an impoverished young Brazilian boy building a boat to get to the next island; a young exterminator delving into a fantasy that becomes more and more real; a Southern California bride-to-be is shaken out of her privileged tunnel vision by a quick street crime; and two neighboring music lovers find each other through the common wall of their apartments.

Bill Maxey

Bitch - dir. Lilah Vandenburgh
Carjacking - dir. Danny Passman
Dinner for One - dir. Anita McGee
Happiness - dir. Sophie Barthes
Ilha do Rato - dir. Bernard Attal
Love & Pesticide - dir. Evan McNary
Phobias - dir. Bert & Bertie
A Supermarket Love Song - dir. Daniel Outram
Ten to Two - dir. Mathijs Geijskes