Shorts 2019 - True/False Film Fest
Black 14

Black 14

Dir. Darius Clark Monroe; 2018; 15 min.

An archival sociological study examining media coverage of a 1969 racial protest by members of the University of Wyoming football team. (Plays in Tequila 62)

The Changing Same

The Changing Same

Dir. Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster; 2018; 21 min.

Every year in the Florida Panhandle, Lamar Wilson runs 13 miles retracing the terror of the 1934 lynching of Claude Neal. (Plays before The Commons)

Crannog

Crannog

Dir. Isa Rao; 2018; 15 min.

Alexis Fleming tends to all creatures great and small in a storybook sanctuary, an animal hospice two hours south of Glasgow. (Plays before The Game)

Djo

Djo

Dir. Laura Henno; 2018; 12 min.

A man named Smogi professes his profound love for a wild dog. (Plays in Tea 65)

Dramatic and Mild

Dramatic and Mild

Dir. Nastia Korkia; 2018; 6 min.

After waiting in a long line to get into the the exhibition of a Kandinsky painting that has finally been returned to Moscow, would-be viewers are surprised by a peculiar security guard. (Plays in & Tonic 67)

Due

Due

Dir. Riccardo Giacconi; 2017; 17 min.

A nightmarish exploration of Milano Two, a "ghetto for the rich" created by disgraced former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as an early experiment in mind control. (Plays in & Tonic 67)

every dog has its day

every dog has its day

Dir. Alison Nguyen; 2019; 6 min.

Cult-produced media, consumer technology, and religious iconography crash in this heterogenous experimental essay film. (Plays in Tequila 62)

Fainting Spells

Fainting Spells

Dir. Sky Hopinka; 2018; 11 min.

The ethnopoetic journey of an imagined myth for the Indian Pipe Plant used by the Ho-Chunk to revive those who have fainted. (Plays before Radio Atlas: The Night Watchman)

Ghosts of Sugar Land

Ghosts of Sugar Land

Dir. Bassam Tariq; 2019; 21 min.

A group of South Asian Muslim friends from Sugar Land, Texas, outside of Houston, gets rocked by a young convert named Mark. (Plays in Tea 65)

Goodbye Thelma

Goodbye Thelma

Dir. Jessica Bardsley; 2019; 14 min.

A chilling stunner about the fear of men and the outdoors, transforming the 1991 movie Thelma & Louise for its own purposes. (Plays in Tea 65)

The Harvesters

The Harvesters

Dir. Derek Howard; 2018; 6 min.

Three Maasi men from Kenya show us how to stage and harvest honey from a tall tree in this collaborative ethnography. (Plays in Tea 65) Supported by the Consulate General of Canada, Chicago

I Signed the Petition

I Signed the Petition

Dir. Mahdi Fleifel; 2018; 10 min.

After agonizing over his act of signing a petition asking Radiohead not to play in Tel Aviv in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement against Israel, the director calls an acerbic and honest friend for advice. (Plays before No data plan)

Lasting Marks

Lasting Marks

Dir. Charlie Lyne; 2018; 14 min.

A group of gay men and their consensual acts in an abandoned watch tower become a cause célèbre in 1980s England. (Plays in Tequila 62)

The Lost Head and the Bird

The Lost Head and the Bird

Dir. Sohrab Hura; 2018; 10 min.

Celebrated photographer Sohrab Hura combines an uncanny short story with an ingeniously paced edit of his own photographs and salvaged images of India’s rising violence. (Plays in & Tonic 67)

The Men Behind the Wall

The Men Behind the Wall

Dir. Inés Moldavsky; 2018; 28 min.

A surprising series of portraits of Palestinian men from an Israeli director who found her subjects through Tinder. (Plays in Tequila 62)

Vesuvius at Home

Vesuvius at Home

Dir. Christin Turner; 2019; 14 min.

A fantastical spiral of time from the filmmaker's re-enactment of a false Pompeii, from her 25-year fascination. (Plays in & Tonic 67)

Vever (for Barbara)

Vever (for Barbara)

Dir. Deborah Stratman; 2018; 12 min.

Pioneering woman filmmaker Maya Deren's voice, texts, and thoughts merge with an unfinished film from Barbara Hammer, through the hand of Deborah Stratman. (Plays in Tea 65)

Walled/Unwalled

Walled/Unwalled

Dir. Lawrence Abu Hamdan; 2018; 20 min.

A piercing performance that takes down the impenetrability of walls and borders through sound. (Plays in & Tonic 67)