Shorts Block
Student Narrative Shorts
Goshen Theater • Friday, 12:30 p.m. & Saturday, 12:00 p.m. (66 min)
Get to the Wire
(15min)
Director: Paul Burns
Australia
In a dystopian future, an Australian-Iraqi woman held captive in a chaotic and brutal British immigration detention centre resorts to cutthroat measures to survive and reconnect with her estranged family.
An Island Drifts
(19min)
Director: Vivian Ip
Singapore
Set in Singapore, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, as the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them.
Making Beethoven Proud
(9min)
Director: Brian Naughton
Illinois
A high school music prodigy who loses his hearing after a violent assault by his classmates is forced to face the world without his most trusted sense.
The Lizard Grinder
(8min)
Director: JB Bilbrey
Indiana
Naive Philip arrives at his first dating app hookup, unaware of his date’s true intentions.
I Let Her Go But Never Let Her Leave
(8min)
Director: Sriram Papolu
Michigan
Kamal, an immature yet strong willed young man, breaks up with his girlfriend Jane, but tries to emotionally hurt her as much as possible during the course of the day even going as far as devising a plan to deliver one final blow that he soon regrets.
Full-Timers
(7min)
Director: Andrew Bournes
Florida
When Leah discovers that her teenage son Nate isn’t as enamored with the RV lifestyle she’s dedicated to, she tries to change his mind by taking him to a flea-bitten Johnny Appleseed statue.
Goshen Theater
216 South Main Street, 2nd Floor
Schedule is subject to change.
In some cases, seating is limited. Arrive early to insure a seat!
2023 River Bend Film Festival Sponsors
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