INTRODUCING CIFF LOVE LETTERS: Valentines day has come early! We’ve thought a lot this year about how we can build connections between audience members and filmmakers within a virtual space. One of the hardest things about this year for filmmakers, is that they have not been able to forge spontaneous connections with audiences and hear from them directly. If you’ve seen a film you have loved, click HERE to write a love letter to a filmmaker!
A collection of Short Films that are showing elsewhere in the program as Feature Film pairings.
Every weekday, dozens of inmates are released on parole from Huntsville State Penitentiary, the largest prison release center in Texas. With a bus ticket voucher and $100 release check, most of them take in their first moments out with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block. In this pivotal moment, between incarceration and freedom, a myriad of complicated emotions arise before the bus arrives to take them home.
- Year2020
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNew England Premiere
- DirectorJamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone
- ProducerJamie Meltzer
- CinematographerChris Filippone
- EditorChris Filippone, Jamie Meltzer
INTRODUCING CIFF LOVE LETTERS: Valentines day has come early! We’ve thought a lot this year about how we can build connections between audience members and filmmakers within a virtual space. One of the hardest things about this year for filmmakers, is that they have not been able to forge spontaneous connections with audiences and hear from them directly. If you’ve seen a film you have loved, click HERE to write a love letter to a filmmaker!
A collection of Short Films that are showing elsewhere in the program as Feature Film pairings.
Every weekday, dozens of inmates are released on parole from Huntsville State Penitentiary, the largest prison release center in Texas. With a bus ticket voucher and $100 release check, most of them take in their first moments out with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block. In this pivotal moment, between incarceration and freedom, a myriad of complicated emotions arise before the bus arrives to take them home.
- Year2020
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNew England Premiere
- DirectorJamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone
- ProducerJamie Meltzer
- CinematographerChris Filippone
- EditorChris Filippone, Jamie Meltzer