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Dark and Bloody Ground: The Story of an Open Grave
Kevin King
University of California San Diego
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“Dark and Bloody Ground: The Story of an Open Grave,” is about the 1995 murder and attempted rape in a small Kentucky town of an elderly woman and the 15-year-old convicted for the crimes. It won the intensely competitive Gold Circle Award for outstanding student film from the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors Foundation.
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Small Avalanches
Gillian Munro
Chapman University
16 min
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Small Avalanches takes place during the summer of 1971 and follows a singular event in the life of a thirteen year-old girl named Nancy. Spending her afternoons at her Uncle’s gas station in the hopes of seeing people and being seen, Nancy encounters an older well-to-do man from the city who is stopping for gas. As she is walking home at the end of the day, the man returns and follows her. Nancy soon finds herself in a situation that profoundly affects her childhood innocence forever.
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Joburg
Thabo Wolfaardt
UCLA
22 min
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A young newspaper vendor struggles to care for his ailing brother. A pregnant woman discovers a terrible secret about her fiance. At the height of their desperation, these two worlds collide in a life-altering event.
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Ann Husaini
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Columbia University |
18 min |
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12-year-old Laurie is a reluctant passenger on a family outing with her psychologically fragile mom, Liz, and her baby sister, Dani. When the car breaks down en route, the pressure of expensive car repairs and unhappy daughters drive Liz to her breaking point. As Laurie struggles to keep the trip together, she begins to realize that Liz may not be capable of being a mom to her and Dani again.
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Underpass |
Rain Breaw |
University of Southern California |
15min |
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1992, San Diego - A family of Cambodian Khmer Rouge Survivors finds healing when they reach out to a young illegal immigrant.
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I Heart Veronica Martin |
Sarah Howard |
American Film Institute |
11 min |
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High school loner Darby has always been an outcast. She spends her days watching the cheerleaders practice and becomes infatuated with Veronica Martin. When Veronica reaks up with her boyfriend, Darby befriends her and the friendship blossoms into a sexual obsession; but no sooner do they share an intimate night when Veronica decides to return to her boyfriend leaving Darby confused and alone…
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Long After… |
Afia Nathaniel |
Columbia University |
11 min |
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When life becomes a living ghost; the story a young woman struggling with her husband’s deception. Told from Jaya’s point-of-view, the non-linear narrative becomes an exploration of the moments of their last meeting before Naseer commits suicide on the same tracks that Jaya visits often and perhaps has never left.
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The Big Production |
Preston DeFrancis |
University of Southern California |
17 min |
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Bryce stages an elaborate event to propose to his girlfriend Laura. But when the engagement ring goes missing, he suspects his three closest friends. Each tells his or her side of the story as a different film genre - sitcom, musical, art house, etc. - and Bryce must piece together the clues to expose the culprit
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The Life & Death Experiences of Young Beth Byrd |
Maarit Nissila |
American Film Institute |
22 min |
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Nine year-old Beth struggles for connection as she little by little loses all the important people around her, in three brief moments that become collisions between life and death
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Incrimination |
Brian Tan |
University California, Riverside |
22 min |
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Having worked on a case for the past year, Detective John Larsen arrives at the scene of a crime where dozens of dead bodies lay on ground in what appears to be a violent massacre of a cops & organized criminals working together. Despite being advised against going in, he teams up with a gorgeous female FBI Agent to work the crime scene in a bid to unravel a fatal puzzle of corruption, intrigue, and betrayal at the highest levels of the police force. Incrimination is a film filled with spectacular gunfights, intriguing character development, & countless plot twists that will keep any audience riveted to their seats.
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