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Late Night Shorts
Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:00 PM CDT
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Seven films to catch after you put the kids to bed.

Buck

Live Action Short
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LGBTQ+
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Student Film
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Sexual Situations
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Strong Language
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Caught in the midst of a depressive fugue Lynn turns to debauchery to ease his troubled soul only to discover that happines is a complicated goal.

  • Year:
    2020
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United States
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Elegance Bratton, Jovan James
  • Screenwriter:
    Elegance Bratton, Jovan James
  • Producer:
    Chester Algernal Gordon, Elegance Bratton, Jovan James, Valerie Steinberg
  • Executive Producer:
    Elegance Bratton, Jovan James, Simbi Kali
  • Co-Producer:
    Valerie Steinberg
  • Cast:
    Malik Shakur, Biko Eisen Martin, Simbi Khali, Bruce Jackson, Gabe Peyton, Antonio, Alex Egner
  • Editor:
    Kristan William Sprague
  • Production Design:
    Daniel Ornitz

Birds with No Legs

Live Action Short
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Strong Language
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Life is looking pretty bleak for Harry, a man in his mid-thirties, and he hits the streets to overcome his thoughts of failure with a midnight walk. He steps in a late night burger place in which he encounters a beautiful woman about the same age as him who has no arms. He can’t take his eyes off her. She sits motionless in front of her burger unable to eat it. Intrigued by her appearance and curious about her behaviour, Harry strikes up an intense flirtatious conversation. She promises to kiss him after he feeds her the whole burger. With each bite, the conversation turns deeper and darker as the woman digs deep into Harry’s subconscious with her questioning.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United Kingdom
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Pavlos Stamatis
  • Screenwriter:
    Pavlos Stamatis
  • Producer:
    Konstantinos Iordanou, Pavlos Stamatis
  • Cast:
    Leo Gregory, Anabel Kutay, John Ioannou

Gray Body

Animation
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Female Director
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Violence
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Available in U.S. Only
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The doctor is calmly visiting the patient. There are some psychiatric patients sitting in the waiting room. But these patients cannot be expected to be calm.

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  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Country:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Samaneh Shojaei
  • Screenwriter:
    Amin Kafashzadeh
  • Producer:
    Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC)
  • Sound Design:
    Ahmad Afshar

Basic Witch

Live Action Short
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Female Director
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Sexual Situations
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Strong Language
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After a night of bad sex, Lily decides to use magic to educate her new boyfriend, Brian. She brews an enchanted pumpkin spice latte and by drinking it Brian learns some hard truths about empathy, consent, and just who exactly he’s dating.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United States
  • Premiere:
    World
  • Director:
    Yoko Okumura
  • Screenwriter:
    Lauren Cannon
  • Producer:
    Laura Noxon
  • Cast:
    Olivia Castanho, Christopher O'Brien
  • Cinematographer:
    Bennett Cerf
  • Editor:
    Josh Hegard
  • Production Design:
    Johnny Flanagan
  • Music:
    Tangelene Bolton

Unfinished Business

Live Action Short
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Female Director
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Strong Language
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Sexual Situations
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A male stripper has an unusual experience on the job.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United States
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Mary Dauterman
  • Screenwriter:
    Mary Dauterman, Jenny Donheiser
  • Producer:
    Leah Donnenberg, Sarah Donnenberg, Kirstin VanSkiver
  • Cast:
    Sam Taggart, Jenny Donheiser, Nicole Spiezio, Meagan Kensil, Arielle Siegel
  • Cinematographer:
    Kenny Suleimanagich
  • Editor:
    Lindsey Nadolski
  • Production Design:
    Pili Weeber
  • Sound Design:
    Dan Bricker

Far from the Castle

Live Action Short
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Female Director
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Violence
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Sexual Situations
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Strong Language
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On drought-ridden Southernmost tip of Africa, Eliza taps into her divine heritage to search for water. A mile away, the roaming Rotterdams have recently arrived in the region, only to set off again in search of a solution to the dwindling water reserves on the farm. They leave their only son, Maddox, behind. Now alone and free to preoccupy himself with his own time and ghastly imagination, Maddox stumbles upon Eliza searching for fresh water. She might just be the one to quench his thirst. Far from the Castle is a psycho-sexual fable warning us that while water owes nothing to nobody, it still speaks louder than words.

  • Year:
    2019
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    South Africa
  • Director:
    Julia Jansch
  • Screenwriter:
    Julia Jansch
  • Producer:
    Roberta Durrant, Julia Jansch
  • Cast:
    Nicole Fortuin, Cody Mountain, Soli Philander, David Dukas, Erica Wessels,
  • Cinematographer:
    Adam Bentel
  • Editor:
    Tricia Holmes
  • Production Design:
    Andree Du Preez
  • Sound Design:
    Keith Hodne
  • Music:
    Ariel Marx

Laura Hasn't Slept

Live Action Short
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Violence
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Desperate to rid herself of a recurring nightmare, a young woman seeks help from her therapist.

  • Year:
    2020
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    United States
  • Premiere:
    Oklahoma
  • Director:
    Parker Finn
  • Screenwriter:
    Parker Finn
  • Producer:
    Jessica Bonander, Jonathan Fass, Tristan Borys, Parker Finn, Sean Dacanay
  • Cast:
    Caitlin Stasey, Lew Temple
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June 11, 9:00 PM - June 21, 11:59 PM, 2020 CDT