Director: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack
Screenwriter: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack, Natalia Anderson, Kyle Weber
Producer: Natalia Anderson, Jim Hanft, Kyle Weber, Samantha Yonack
Executive Producer: Clinton Trucks, Mike Zwahlen
Cast: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack
Two recently married musicians embark on a yearlong tour, planning to play a show every day, in an effort to jumpstart their careers.
Director: Yoko Okumura
Screenwriter: Lauren Cannon
Producer: Laura Noxon
Cast: Olivia Castanho, Christopher O'Brien
Cinematographer: Bennett Cerf
Editor: Josh Hegard
Production Design: Johnny Flanagan
Music: Tangelene Bolton
After a night gone wrong, a witch teaches her boyfriend a lesson about consent in relationships.
Director: Hannah Leung
Screenwriter: Christin Smolinski
Animator: Christin Smolinski (LeadAnimator), Hannah Leung (Animation Supervisor), David Barrios, Yuta Higuchi, Melissa Rodarte
Music: Daniel Cooper
Two cherubs with different musical styles get a little out of control while trying to help a plant grow.
Available to stream as part of Give Me Docs or Give Me Death: Portraits at deadcenterfilm.org.
Director: Karen Sztajnberg
Producer: Karen Sztajnberg, Brenden Hubbard
Cinematographer: Basia Winograd
Editor: Marine G. Brun-Franzetti
Sound Design: Ben LeHouillier
Music: Laura Gibson, Nana Carneiro da Cunha & Adios Ghost
The Beholder of the Eye examines the dichotomy between volunteer male models who are unafraid to pose nude and the female crew who find it difficult to understand their comfort.
Director: Tara Norton, Ellie Morlino, Alex Shaulis
Screenwriter: Tara Norton, Ellie Morlino, Alex Shaulis
Producer: The Ringling College of Art and Design
Cast: Lauren Cox, Glen McCready
Composer: Antonious Nazareth
Sound Design: Mike Forst
A paleontologists’ assistant withstands her boss’s belittling treatment of her and then takes matters into her own hands.
Director: Rachel Harrison Gordon
Screenwriter: Rachel Harrison Gordon
Producer: Rachel Harrison Gordon, Alon Gur
Cast: Indigo Hubbard-Salk, Chad L. Coleman, Jari Jones, Mel House, Bill Aiken
Cinematographer: Rashad Frett
Birdie reconnects with her father after spending a day with him before her bat mitzvah.
The Book of Ruth
Available to stream as part of All the Feels Shorts at deadcenterfilm.org.
Director: Becca Roth
Screenwriter: Chen Drachman
Producer: Chen Drachman, Caitlin Gold
Executive Producer: Chen Drachman
Cast: Tovah Feldshuh, Chen Drachman, Monica Wyche, Scott Klavan, Aleksander Varadian, Housso Semon
Cinematographer: Natalia Bougadelli
Margo, Dan, Jordan and Lizzy discover a secret after a Passover dinner with their grandmother Ruth.
Available to stream in Oklahoma as part of Give Me Docs or Give Me Death: Portraits at deadcenterfilm.org.
Director: Antshi von Moos
Producer: Antshi von Moos
Cast: Geeta Kumari, Seeta Kumari
Cinematographer: Rangoli Agarwal
Editor: Antshi von Moos
Sound Design: Zentralton
Music: Alice Phoebe Lou
Geeta, a taxi driver, makes traveling around India alone safe for women and hopes to change Indian society for the better.
Code Red
Available to stream as part of Okie Shorts Mix-Tape Vol.1 at deadcenterfilm.org.
Director: Ella Janes
Screenwriter: Ella Janes
Producer: Amy Janes, Harry Wolohon, Jacob Snovel
Cast: Chole Wyatt, John Finlay Kitchen, Philip Redburn, JJ Arends
Cinematographer: Steven Purvis
Kiara navigates life quietly in rural Oklahoma until she gets her first period.
Cool for 5 Seconds
Available to stream as part of Modern Family Shorts at deadcenterfilm.org.
Director: Dani Wieder
Screenwriter: Calamity West
Producer: Katherine Bourne Taylor, Mary Tilden, Dani Wieder
Executive Producer: Michael Druyanoff
Co-Producer: Dani Wieder, Katherine Bourne Taylor, Mary Tilden
Cast: Katherine Bourne Taylor, Mary Tilden
Cinematographer: Jason Chiu
Editor: Lindsay Rynne
Production Design: Dana Macel
Music: Ohmme
Two estranged sisters reunite and it doesn’t go as planned.
The Drive
Director: Adia Ivey, Jewel Ifeguni
Screenwriter: Adia Ivey, Kia Anderson
Producer: Adia Ivey, Jewel Ifeguni
Cast: Keenan Dailey, Adam Berg, Mallory Robertson, Prince Robertson, Sanaa' Archer, Myles Valentine
A VR film that reenacts a police pull-over from the perspective of a black student, his mother, and the officer.
Director: Julia Jansch
Screenwriter: Julia Jansch
Producer: Roberta Durrant, Julia Jansch
Cast: Nicole Fortuin, Cody Mountain, Soli Philander, David Dukas, Erica Wessels,
Cinematographer: Adam Bentel
Editor: Tricia Holmes
Production Design: Andree Du Preez
Sound Design: Keith Hodne
Music: Ariel Marx
In Southern Africa, a search for water leads to an unexpected encounter.
Director: Imo Rolfe
Screenwriter: Imo Rolfe
Producer: The Ringling College of Art and Design
Cast: Keishen Lloyd, Darryl Johnson
Composer: Daniel Markovich
Sound Design: Bob Pepek
Fierce follows two dinosaurs with very different feelings about their feathers.
Available to stream as part of Outer Limits Shorts at deadcenterfilm.org.
Director: Alison Hammersley
Screenwriter: Brittany Menjivar
Producer: Russell Sanzgiri
Executive Producer: Lena Waithe, Ruth Du
Cast: Carly Stewart, Colin Woodell
Cinematographer: Lauren Guiteras
Editor: April Guangwei Du
A young aspiring actress agrees to cry on a man’s niche website for money.
Director: Maya Albanese
Screenwriter: Maya Albanese
Producer: Valerie Steinberg, Brock Williams
Cast: Adrian Grenier, Chris Parnell, Mindy Sterling, Rick Overton, Nora Zehetner, Kel Mitchell, John Ennis, Queen Jazzmun
Cinematographer: Laura Merians
Editor: Sari Tracht, Julie Gannon
Composer: Ariel Marx
When Joy’s seemingly perfect life falls to pieces around her 35th birthday, she decides to pay an exorbitant amount of money to freeze her eggs.
Director: Natalie Metzger, Robert Allaire
Screenwriter: Natalie Metzger, Robert Allaire
Producer: Matt Miller, Natalie Metzger, Tina Carbone, Robert S. Beadle
Cast: Laura Coover, Meredith Casey, Doug Scroope
A scientific breakthrough by a geneticist could change life as we know it.
Director: India-Inés Levy
Screenwriter: India-Inés Levy
Producer: Zaelo Films
Cast: Isabella Speaight, Samuel Woodhams
Cinematographer: Ola Mesmer
Editor: George Adams
Production Design: Amy Snape
Sound Design: Nick Sounidis
Frederick and Clementine discuss possibilities in seemingly idyllic Berkshire, England in 1783.
Director: Allison Rossi, Ida Zhu, Becky Seamans
Screenwriter: Allison Rossi, Ida Zhu, Becky Seamans
Producer: The Ringling College of Art and Design
Composer: Kevin Smithers
Sound Design: Bob Pepek
Music: Steve Kempter
Grandma Pearl’s knit cats teach her tech-obsessed grandson a lesson.
Director: Jane Chow
Screenwriter: Peter Rafe
Producer: Peter Rafe
Cinematographer: Andy Fronczak
Editor: Jane Chow, Clark Zhu, Yimin Gu, Sam Solino,Mazahery, Ryan Harpole
Production Design: Angela Chiu
Composer: Tav Bartlett
Sound Design: Emily Chan
Students at an international school in Hong Kong navigate the cultural divides between them and try to fit in.
Director: Misha Calvert, Taylor Coriell
Screenwriter: Misha Calvert
Producer: Robin Rose Singer, Kimberly DiPersia
Cast: Misha Calvert, Robin Rose Singer, Lisann Valentin, Kimberly DiPersia, Josh Bonzie, Cronin Cullen, Connor Bond, Taylor Cowan, Ashley Monique Menard, Patrick James Walsh
Cinematographer: Blaine Dunkley
Editor: Alex Boskovich
Production Design: Daniel Ornitz
Composer: Roman Molino Dunn
Inspired by real events, this short flips the script on uncomfortable sexist conversations between male bosses and female employees.
Director: Anna Conde, Mark Lim, Andrea Walker
Screenwriter: Anna Conde, Mark Lim, Andrea Walker
Producer: The Ringling College of Art and Design
Cast: Nick Ainsworth, Ben Tuller, Peyton Varney
Composer: Daniel Markovich
Two cavemen hunt down dinner using sticks and stones.
Director: Shatara Michelle Ford
Screenwriter: Shatara Michelle Ford
Producer: Pin-Chun Liu, Shatara Michelle Ford, Yu-Hao Su, Lee Stobby
Cast: Brittany S. Hall, Will Brill, Gail Bean, Drew Fuller
Cinematographer: Ludovica Isidori
Editor: Matt Tassone, Katy Miller
Production Design: Eloise Ayala
Sound Design: Thomas Ouziel
Music: Robert Ouyang Rusli
After Renesha is raped, she and her white boyfriend visit multiple hospitals in search of a rape kit.
Director: Portlynn Tagavi
Screenwriter: Portlynn Tagavi, Brandon Gale
Producer: Richard Bailey
Cast: Jack De Sena, Brittany Renee Finamore, Ryan Lee, Gary Curtis
Cinematographer: Delaney O'Brien
Editor: Farzad Kiyafar
Christine and Alex have a massive fight after their friends’ perfect wedding.
Director: Maegan Houang
Producer: Jason Liang
Cast: Vagabon, Chloe Valtairo, Sarah Zamani
Cinematographer: Joanna Nguyen
Editor: Henry Kaplan
Production Design: Terry Watson
Music: Vagabon
The music video for “Water Me Down” is an exploration of self-empowerment.
Director: McKinleigh Lair
Producer: Josh Jacobius, Olivia Forker
Cinematographer: McKinleigh Lair
Editor: McKinleigh Lair, Josh Jacobius
Composer: Nicholas Poss
Wyoming students participate in an active-shooter drill and a child psychologist in California wonders what the drills will do to students’ psyches and what the long-term effects will be.