A STORYBOOK ENDING | Narrative Shorts - After Dark

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A collection of shorts best enjoyed after dark - ideally with a Bend brew in hand!

This program include seven (7) short films! Please click through the films on the right to see details about each one.

A STORYBOOK ENDING

A black man accidentally kills a white cop in self-defense. The subsequent cover-up sets off a chain reaction that leads to a tanged web of deceit, blackmail, and murder.

Director's Bio:

Lanre Olabisi is a writer and director of independent film. His feature directorial work includes AUGUST THE FIRST and SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. Combined, these two films screened in over 70 film festivals including SXSW and the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. His films have won numerous prizes and have been nominated for an IFP Gotham Award as well as a Black Reel Award. Lanre is currently in development on his third feature film, A STORYBOOK ENDING.

Runtime
18 minutes
Language
English
Country
United States
Premiere
Northwest Premiere
Rating
R

Director
Lanre Olabisi
Screenwriter
Lanre Olabisi
Producer
Lanre Olabisi, Ross Vedder, Tiffany Smile
Cast
Carra Patterson, Rotimi Paul, Toni Ann DeNoble, Sawandi Wilson
Cinematographer
Piero Basso, AIC
Editor
Alexander Kopit
Production Design
Luis Marciliano
Sound Design
Eli Cohn

8 films + livestream in package

A STORYBOOK ENDING

When a black man accidentally kills a white cop in self-defense, the cover-up sets off a chain reaction of deceit, blackmail, and murder.

PUBLIC LOT

A man see's something he shouldn't.

CANNONBALL

A Brentwood mom and superstitious hitman receive a lesson from the universe.

DATA RECOVERY

To ward off loneliness and dementia, an elderly woman hires a cloning company to bring back her long-dead son.

WAFFLE

A young woman has a sleepover with an heiress of a waffle empire.

Closed captions available

SKYWATCH

When two outcast teens hack into a ubiquitous drone delivery system, they find themselves entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy.

THE SPEED OF TIME

Johnny Killfire goes back in time to save the world from an app that delivers pizzas...before they were even ordered.

Q&A | Narrative Shorts After Dark

Q&A | Narrative Shorts - After Dark

with William Stribling (THE SPEED OF TIME) and Sean Fredricks (CANNONBALL)

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