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Thursday, June 11, 2020 10:00 AM CDT
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Housekeeping

Live Action Short
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Strong Language
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Sexual Situations
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Available in Oklahoma Only
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A businessman, staying in a hotel in Eastern Europe, strikes up an unusual relationship with the chambermaid. When things go wrong, he discovers she is not what he imagines.

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Thu, Jun 11th, 10:00 AM @ Shorts
  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United Kingdom
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Andrew Margetson
  • Screenwriter:
    Andrew Margetson
  • Producer:
    Milos Kvapil
  • Cast:
    Nicholas Burns, Dunja Stojanović

Bite the Hand

Live Action Short
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Strong Language
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It's July 1997. The Sojourner Rover has landed on Mars. Meanwhile, in a dust-blown desert town, Janet Leigh can't find the damn dog.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United States
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Nolan Wilson Goff
  • Screenwriter:
    Nolan Wilson Goff
  • Producer:
    Taylor Rae, Jonathan Godinho, Morgan Lott
  • Cast:
    Liana Liberato, Dana Powell, Denny McAuliffe
  • Cinematographer:
    Sean Conte
  • Editor:
    Caleb Thiesen, Jordan Crabtree
  • Production Design:
    Alexis Piligian
  • Music:
    Hannah Parrott

Boys & Toys

Live Action Short
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Sexual Situations
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Strong Language
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30-something Abby hits on a younger guy at a bar. Things get awkward when it turns out she already knows him.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United States
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Kevin P. Alexander
  • Screenwriter:
    Kevin P. Alexander
  • Producer:
    Daniel Schloss
  • Cast:
    Maren Lord, Christopher Dylan White

Hot Chocolate

Live Action Short
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Strong Language
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Violence
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Maddie and her 8-year-old sister Nina drive to Maddie’s student flat. Nina Stays in the car while Maddie heads inside to grab a few things so they can have a sleepover at the family home. Inside the garage, Maddie discovers the body of Alex: one of her flatmates. He has killed himself with the fumes from his car. She tries hold herself together and deal with the situation without alerting Nina who is just a few metres away, separated only by the garage wall. Maddie makes a series of phone calls: to the ambulance, her boyfriend, Alex’s sister and finally, his father. Maddie heads back to the car and drives away. The whole episode took only a few minutes and Nina suspects nothing. 

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    New Zealand
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    David Hay
  • Screenwriter:
    David Hay
  • Producer:
    Tess Whelan, David Hay
  • Cast:
    Margaret Sydenham, Chihiro Smithies
  • Cinematographer:
    Dominic Fryer
  • Editor:
    Nina Buckott, Ben Lamar
  • Sound Design:
    Lachlan Harris

Rehearsal

Live Action Short
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Female Director
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LGBTQ+
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Sexual Situations
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Anna moved from Russia to London to study at drama school where she met her girlfriend Emma. Now as Anna’s student visa expires they've decided to get married and stay in London together. But first Anna has to talk with her conservative mother who is unaware of her daughter’s sexual orientation.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United Kingdom
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Valentina Gordeeva
  • Screenwriter:
    Valentina Gordeeva
  • Producer:
    Kristina Asafeva, Valentina Gordeeva
  • Cast:
    Violet Verigo, Boo Miller, Maria Alexandrova
  • Cinematographer:
    Norbert Varjasi
  • Editor:
    Valentina Gordeeva
  • Sound Design:
    Eric Rasmusson
  • Music:
    Marčin Koška

How to Say I Love You at Night

Live Action Short
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LGBTQ+
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Strong Language
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When Paul (Chris Petrovski) refuses to leave, Benny's (Mat Vairo) easy night of sex and drugs takes a strange turn in this sixteen minute single take film exploring notions of male-on-male intimacy, sexuality and violence.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United States
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Andree Ljutica
  • Screenwriter:
    Andree Ljutica
  • Producer:
    Andree Ljutica, Maximillian Kurzweil
  • Cast:
    Mat Vario, Chris Petrovski
  • Cinematographer:
    Arseni Khachaturan
  • Sound Design:
    Eli Cohn
  • Music:
    Augustus Muller
Shorts
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June 11, 10:00 AM - June 21, 11:59 PM, 2020 CDT