Saturday, June 19, Evening
​Film Screenings at the Artists' Exchange in Cranston

Artists' Exchange
Theatre 82
​82 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI 02910

Saturday Afternoon Film Programs
 
​1:30 pm   New England Shorts 2
 4:00 pm   Short Films 5

Saturday Evening Film Programs
  6:00 pm   LGBT Shorts
  8:00pm    Short Films 8

​Artists' Exchange
Black Box Theatre
​50 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI 02910

Saturday Afternoon Film Programs
12:30 pm    Animated Shorts
   2:15 pm    Short Films 4
   4:00 pm    Short Films 6

Saturday Evening Film Programs
  6:00 pm    Short Films 7
  8:00 pm    Feature Film - 12 Days of Christmas

Short Films 7
6:00 PM | Saturday, June 19 | Artists' Exchange | 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI 02910

Butterfly
(USA, 2019, 24 mins)
Director Bonnie Foster in attendance
Producers: Tim Astor, Chris Abernathy
A fashion model leaves her life for the desert...and meets a mysterious stranger who finally brings the change she's been looking for.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
(USA, 2019, 4 mins)
Director: Lisa Gold
Producers: Meghan Anne Smith, Mike Colon, Phil Fischer
To do today: Eat breakfast, go to work/school, get shot. Yawn.

Motherhood
(USA, 2019, 10 mins)
Director: David Tyson Lam
Producers: Casey Killoran, Edna Luise Biesold
Cat's resentments peak against her unruly 5-year-old for causing the decline of love in her relationship with her husband, when one day she suddenly finds herself empowered to end her misery with one single act.

Blocks
(USA, 2019, 11 mins)
Director: Bridget Moloney
Producers: Kate Chamuris , Kristin Slaysman, Valerie Steinberg
An existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit toy blocks

For Hemingway
(USA, 2019, 17 mins)
Director: Peter Zachwieja
Producers: Devin Tusa, Andrew Nadkarni, Jeffrey Soffer, Kristen Kiasaleh, Nikki Foreman, Louise de Nexon, Stephanie Rose
A lonely teenage girl learns that she can communicate with her recently deceased uncle through a series of audio cassette tapes. Together, they attempt to escape the oppressive grasp of her desperate mother.

Kama'āina (Child of the Land)
(USA, 2020, 15 mins)
Director: Kimi Howl Lee
Producers: Natalé Olsen , Sabina Friedman-Seitz, Anastasia Solovieva
A queer sixteen-year-old girl, Mahina, must navigate life on the streets in Oahu, until she eventually finds refuge at the Pu’uhonua o Wai’anae––Hawaiʻi’s largest organized homeless encampment.

LGBT Shorts
6:00 PM | Saturday, June 19 | Theatre 82 | 82 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI 02910

Reshaping Beauty: Round In All The Right Places
(USA, 2019, 7 mins)
Director: Tom Goss
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But we live in a world that is obsessed with one specific, narrow type of beauty. How would our perceptions of beauty change if we dared to idealize other types of beauty?

Summer Vacation
(USA, 2020, 11 mins)
Director: Matthew Brennan
Producer: Rachel Bass
A teenage girl navigates sexuality and intimacy via a dating app.

Night and Day
(USA, 2018, 10 mins)
Director: Peter Anthony
Producer: Magic Club Productions
Night and Day is a story of two lives, an uncle and his nephew. Neither has ever met. In fact the nephew never knew of his uncle's existence until his own coming out to his family. These two men lived very different lives due to the time periods in which they were born. The story is uniquely told via a puppet stage and marionettes.

Plunge
(UK, 2019, 8 mins)
Directors/Producers: David James Holloway, Samuel Lawrence
A couple enter new territory.

Sunset Park, warehouse
(USA, 2019, 9 mins)
Director Dazhi Huang in attendance
Miguel, a community college student, encounters his ex-lover Boris, a Russian warehouse truck driver, at an industrial area in Sunset Park, Brooklyn through Grindr.  After hesitations, they reconnect.

Friends Like That
(USA, 2019, 8 mins)
Director: Francesca de Fusco
After getting dumped, Maia seeks solace by crashing with her best ex Alex.

Ticking Boxes
(UK, 2020, 9 mins)
Director/Producer: Robert Metson
Matt, a stereotypical hetero white male, feels he has life figured out by following the status quo. This all changes when he meets Ryan and the illusion of his idyllic life begins to crumble.

Doesn't Fall Far
(USA, 2020, 14 mins)
Director/Producer: Joshua Michael Payne
A Father and a Son each have a secret. When both secrets come to light in the span of an evening, the two men must decide how to move forward in an attempt to salvage their relationship.

Kama'āina (Child of the Land)
(USA, 2020, 15 mins)
Director: Kimi Howl Lee
Producers: Natalé Olsen , Sabina Friedman-Seitz, Anastasia Solovieva
A queer sixteen-year-old girl, Mahina, must navigate life on the streets in Oahu, until she eventually finds refuge at the Pu’uhonua o Wai’anae––Hawaiʻi’s largest organized homeless encampment.

TarGay
(USA, 2019, 3 mins)
Director/Producer Rachel Garlin in attendance
Out singer-songwriter Rachel Garlin sings an original song about the perils of shopping at Target during the lead-up to pride month.​

Short Films 8
8:00 PM | Saturday, June 19 | Theatre 82 | 82 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI 02910

WAITING GAME
(USA, 2019, 24 mins)
Director: Jon Bloch
Producers: Ryan Scaringe, Jon Bloch, George Horton, Amy Lippens, Joyce Liu-Countryman
Kenny puts his life on hold to return home and take care of his ailing father, Mel. After Mel 'accidentally' has a near death experience one night, Kenny begins to realize his time to finally connect with his father is limited. Can Kenny let his father go, or will he continue sacrificing his future against his father's wishes?

Method
(USA, 2019, 15 mins)
Director/Producer Robert Grabow in attendance
Producer: Don Andrews
A Machiavellian acting teacher pushes an aspiring actor to her breaking point with his unconventional "method."

What Goes Up
(USA, 2019, 5 mins)
Director: Christopher O'Reilly
Producer: Maxine Etchison
A couple on a hike has a conversation about the hike and their couplehood.

Leave 'em Laughing
(USA, 2020, 15 mins)
Director/Producer Chris Cashman and Producer David Branfman in attendance
Producer: Annie Willett-Thomas
An evening of stand up comedy takes a not so funny turn, leaving the audience wondering what they just witnessed.

The Simple Path
(USA, 2019, 16 mins)
Director: Charles Moore
Producers: James Madio, Linda Will, Bob Bryan
Nevaeh, an elder care nurse, struggles emotionally when one of her long-term elderly patients, Helen, is no longer able to pay the costs associated with the care facility. In an impromptu act, Nevaeh decides to move Helen home with her to provide ongoing care with the help of her younger brother who just returned home after a 4-year stint working as an oversees Peace Corp Volunteer.

Coffee Shop Names
(USA, 2019, 8 mins)
Director: Deepak Sethi
Producer: Valerie Steinberg
Three Indian people imagine their personas as their "coffee shop names," the names they give baristas because their real names are hard to pronounce.

Narrative Feature
8:00 PM | Saturday, June 19 | Artists' Exchange | 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI 02910

12 Days of Christmas
(USA, 2019, 87 mins)
Director Michael Boyle in attendance
Producer: Maggie Phillips

Two best friends from high school return home from their first semester of college for a relaxed winter break, but over the course of twelve distinct days must navigate turbulent friendships, old rivalries, unspoken romances, and even an unplanned pregnancy. There's no place like home for the holidays!

​Thursday, June 17 Films
​Friday, June 18 Films
​Saturday, June 19 Afternoon Films