Shorts Block
Something Different
The Goshen Theater • Friday, 3:30 p.m. (105min)
Destination Unknown
(10min)
Director: Ethan Wellin
To survive a deep space accident, a lone astronaut must cross through the malfunctioning Virtual Reality chamber of his damaged ship. Therein lurk ghosts of a life left behind on Earth, and questions about the true nature of his mission.
Accord
(3min)
Director: John Erik Lallerstedt
California
A hungry street musician finds the perfect sidewalk real-estate, but he isn’t the only one.
Miles to go before Austin and me … sleep
(5min)
Director: Jim Hall
Indiana
The film took 42 years to finish. Austin trusted his story to a teenager with his first film camera and project. He died knowing that promise was broken. Peabody Award winner Jim Hall now finds closure for himself and the documentary first shot in the 1970’s. The promise now fulfilled as a FilmPoem, an Ode to all those who march to a different drummer…the distant beat and measure only heard in the human heart.
Outburst
(15min)
Director: Benjamin Strack
New York
Outburst is a short film about a young man overcoming his anger to achieve his musical dreams. Caught in between being ignored and being babied, he struggles to keep his anger in check as he prepares to put it all on the line in a song-writing competition.
Prenatal
(10min)
Director: Bears Fonte
Texas
Mysteriously eight months pregnant overnight, Katie believes the Angels responsible, but her sister thinks differently.
Mamie
(10min)
Director: Benoît Monney
Switzerland
Worried about the health of his grandmother who doesn’t recognize him anymore, Antoine pays her a visit in attempt to bring her memory back.
ASIA A
(20min)
Director: Andrew Reid
California
Inspired by a true story. A recent spinal cord injury patient struggles to reconcile his sense of self-worth with his new reality as a paraplegic.
The Shipment
(25min)
Director: Bobby Bala
Canada
Unable to fix his derelict ship, a struggling interplanetary transporter and his young daughter become stranded on a wretched spaceport while faced with an unscrupulous offer to escape.
Liminal
(7min)
Director: Matt Litwiller & Collin Davis
Indiana
Liminal explores big ideas in contained spaces: a character piece with a sci-fi backdrop. Gwen, the lead scientist on a secret experiment to teleport humans, encounters a co-worker on a smoke break. As she grapples with the implications of recent discoveries it’s clear that a dire mistake has been made.
Schedule is subject to change.
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2018 River Bend Film Festival Sponsors
Acruity • Art of Massage • Blank Space • Celtx • Constant Spring • Elephant Bar • Elko Hardwoods • Eyedart Creative Studio • Flowers By Phoebe • Froggy Radio • Gateway Cellar Winery • Greensweep Cleaning Services • Kelly Jae’s Cafe • LightBox • Los Primos • Maple City Market • Mid America Filmmakers • Nimble Wit Productions • Quality Inn • Studio Ace of Spades • Tympanum Press • Weston Fribley • Zehr Construction
This project is made possible by the support of the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.