61st International Rochester Film Festival - Friday | Beyond the Nest (Rochester)

61st International Rochester Film Festival - Friday


*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 05/10/2019
The Rochester International Film Festival is one of the longest running short film festivals in the world! Voted “Best Local Film Festival,” by readers of CITY magazine time and again, our fest is produced and presented by Movies On a Shoestring, Inc. See short films of ALL genres from filmmakers worldwide! Are you a fan of narrative film? Documentaries? Animation? Foreign language? Suspense? Whatever it is you love most about short film, we’ve got it! all!

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Friday May 10, 2019 8pm

 The Scorpion’s Tale - Jhosimar Vasquez
USA 22 min (Drama) Greed, revenge and death all collide in this taut crime drama which asserts that, in life, perhaps nothing is what it seems to be.
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 Double Exposed - Julie Buck
USA 4 min (Documentary) A filmmaker reflects on Super 8 films from her childhood (shot by her grandfather) to shed light on what remained unseen. 
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 40 Meter - Samuel Flückiger
Switzerland 14 min (Documentary) Kurt drove trains for 40 years and witnessed railroad death firsthand. This is an intimate portrait of a sturdy man navigating trauma.
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 Him & Her - Nathalie Lamb
Germany 8 min (Animated Drama) What if a magical tree house could somehow illustrate our fantasies and desires? And give us reason to reflect on our personal foibles?

 Written in Stone - Sangsun Choi
South Korea / USA 18 min (Documentary) This documentary sheds light on the lives of child workers in India who toil alongside family members in a stone quarry village.

 L’Homme et le Poisson - Lewis Leon
Canada 4 min (Animation) Set against the backdrop of a vast frozen tundra, a grizzled fisherman gets his comeuppance—from an eerily familiar fish.

 Nevada - Javier Kuhn
Spain 15 min (Drama) Two women come face-to-face in a Las Vegas hotel room. While Elsa was hired for the job, Mrs. Taylor explains the family secret which brought them both here.
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 Audition - Kim Seul-ki
South Korea 21 min (Comedy) Will she get the part? Or won’t she get the part? Follow a young actor as she makes every effort to master her emotions.

Filim takes place in the Dryden Theatre

 

 


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Organization:

George Eastman Museum

Location:

900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY, 14607
United States

Phone:

(585) 496-4IFF (-4433)
Contact name: 
Greg Langen, MOAS Board President
The event has already taken place on this date: 
05/10/2019
Time: 
8 pm
Price: 
Free

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