July 1 at 7 pm - Outstanding Connecticut & New York Shorts 100 min.
Followed by a Q&A with all five filmmakers and a Meet 'n Greet after party in
the lobby catered by Some Things Fishy Catering.
Lovers Leap - 15:29 - New Milford - Director: Atanas Bakalov. Lovers’ Leap is a short romantic comedy, which explores the heightened emotional reality of high school kids. It is the story of Sherman, a socially awkward science geek who is shunned by his peers at one of the most memorable moments in every teen's life - prom night. In a state of utter despair, Sherman goes to the woods with dark thoughts on his mind. He reaches a clearing next to a tall cliff, but there, unexpectedly, he chances upon his cute and equally nerdy classmate Stacy. This impromptu encounter ultimately takes Sherman and Stacy on an emotional roller-coaster ride that is both intense and up lifting.
Girl In The Chair - 19:29 min - Ridgefield - Director: M. Louis Gordon. After years of confinement, a teenaged girl escapes her kidnapper and returns to the house of her long-lost family, but her homecoming is far from welcome. view trailer
Jack Is Pretty - 26:24 - Wappingers Falls NY - Director: Jarek Zabczynski. Amid the chaos and instability of growing up with neglectful parents, and enduring the taunting of a bully, a little girl strikes out on her own to find order, happiness, and an understanding of the world around her. As the dangers surrounding her come closing in, her world brightens when she finds the solace of friendship and love with an old, discarded Jack In The Box.
The Cobblestone Corner- 25:00 min - Hartford - Director: Erik Bloomquist. Allan Archer, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper club at Alfred Pierce Preparatory School, has taken on the biggest case of his academic career: investigating the suspicious termination of English department chairman, Dr. Peter Carroll in the kitchie Neo-Noir mystery The Cobblestone Corner.