Shorts Block
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Goshen Theater • Thursday, 10 p.m. & Friday, 9:00 p.m. (87 min)
A Mother’s Nature
(6min)
Director: Brody Bernheisel
United States
A mother’s daily ritual is interrupted by a life changing event, however, some things stay the same.
Nur and Abir
(13min)
Director: Manu Gómez
Spain
This summer is special, Abir is finally going to the beach thanks to her friend Nur, and behind the back of her dictatorial parents. Together they have come up with a plan to fulfill their dream of swimming together in the sea.
Hey, I’m Home
(7min)
Director: Dom Udell
Illinois
A woman has trouble processing her grief after the sudden death of her husband.
Thanks for Nothing
(12min)
Director: Jessica Sherif
California
Stephanie’s father’s suicide sends her world into a tailspin until she discovers an unexpected ally.
NAFAS NAKESH (Don’t Breathe)
(15min)
Director: Milad Nasim Sobhan
Iran
To exert more tyranny and suppression, the ruling power has done something to its dissenters that they exhale smoke when they breathe, and the agents must take into custody such people wherever they find them. Unaware of the law, a man meets one of the dissidents and it changes the course of his life, until he decides to immigrate to a better land with the dissident for a better life.
In the Event of My Death
(20min)
Director: Brian Scott Steele
Washington and Ohio, US
Jeremy. Just. Died. So, in the event of his death, he leaves behind a series of clever clues and witty video messages for his best friend and bandmate Sam, and his brash sister Mandy, which sends them on an adventure through their shared past. They get to experience one last day with Jeremy after he’s gone, and in the end are compelled to mourn the best way they know how.
The Gloom
(14min)
Director: Dani Viqueira
Spain
Laura enters the gloom, a place where it is impossible to distinguish the reality from the nightmare.
Goshen Theater
216 South Main Street, 2nd Floor
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