OPENING FRIDAY NIGHT

7PM-9PM

Stories of Transformation: Sam Juan

Director Stephen Apkon

US, 8 min

A veteran recalls her struggle with PTSD and healing thru Ayahuasca.

In C, Too

Directors Dean Winkler, John Sanborn

United States, 5 min

"In C, Too" illuminates how close our dreams are to a common reality. Through structured visual improvisational techniques, the work explores how humanity survives because of our imagination and desire to transcend. "In C, Too" is also an origin story, operating in renunciation to mortality, focused on life’s essentials – existence, exploration and how entropy ignites evolution.

The Crooner

Director John Earling

United States, 17 min

The Crooner is a satirical and absurdist musical comedy following an eccentric college student who attempts to replicate the smooth persona of a mid-20th-century crooner to combat his raging anxiety and insecurities. In his journey of self-illusion, he'll find himself at odds with a gallery of college life's most exaggerated student tropes.

The Entropy of Truth (nv)

Directors jing wang, harvey goldman

United States, 6 min

Entropy of Truth is a poetic work reflecting upon our search for “truth” while meandering through the universe on this stone we call earth. It is also a meditation on the “permanence of impermanence”.

Trace

Director Olivier Kazuma

Japan, 16 min

A beach off the coast of Japan. A man awakens, then reunites with the woman he loves. But is it really a reunion? A unique cinematic experience: A reflection on time, life and the reality of things, the film consists of a single take entirely shot and played backwards.

Turkey Medicine

Director Joshua Mesnik

United States, 10 min

When offered a rare psychedelic turkey gravy, a troubled man seeking healing is propelled on a surreal journey to end his cycles of despair and discover his true turkey call.

Savior ( music video)

Directors Zack Bauer, Zoe Larsen

United States, 5 min

Button Buddy hears a mysterious knocking from within. With microscope in hand, he searches throughout the forest looking for the answers. He meets many kindred spirits along the way, including but not limited to: slug, caterpillar, creek, amanita, and winged woman. With a little help from a small mushroom, BB discovers that the answers were in himself all along.