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NARRATIVE SHORTS 2 + THE DIVER

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This film is eligible for the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival Audience Choice Award! (You must unlock the film to be eligible to cast your vote)

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Narrative Shorts 2: All My Relations including the short film THE DIVER

86 minutes

This program contains the short film THE DIVER and is only available in the U.S.

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RELATIONS

Two adult cousins have different views on a secret sexual encounter from their youth. One of them needs the truth to be out in the open.

Director Bio

HALLIE COOPER-NOVACK is a writer/director born and raised in New York City. Her short film "Relations" starring Kate Lyn Sheil and Hunter Parrish has shown at the Ashland Independent Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, deadCenter Film Festival, NewFilmmakers LA, St. Louis International Film Festival, and Bully City Film Festival, and made its online premiere on NoBudge. The music video she directed for MGMT’s “When You Die” starring Alex Karpovsky premiered on The New Yorker, and has over 17 million views on YouTube. Her previous film, "Jagoo," featured Greta Gerwig, and showed in the Manhattan

Film Festival. In 2018, Hallie did research to support Lupita Nyong'o's acclaimed performance in Jordan Peele's "Us." She has a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University and an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama. Before she stopped acting, she was on “The Good Wife”, “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order: CI”, among many other appearances. In 2014, she was a contestant on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” where she won $55k. She currently works for Jason Katims, accomplished executive producer and show runner of “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood.”She lives on the East Side of LA with her cinematographer partner, Steven, and their photogenic dog, Ice."

Year
2019
Runtime
11 minutes
Country
USA
Premiere
Colorado premiere
Rating
Adults and teens (not for young children)

Director
Hallie Cooper-Novack

8 films in package

CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL WELCOME WITH URSLA NULL

Executive Director Ursla Null welcomes you to the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival with a special thank you to our donors

LANCE (IN A NECK BRACE)

After a devastating breakup, Lance listens to instructional cassette tapes on how to heal his broken heart.

Two adult cousins have different views on a secret sexual encounter from their youth. One of them needs the truth to be out in the open.

THE DEVIL'S HARMONY

A bullied teenage girl leads an a cappella club on a trail of destruction against her high school enemies.

IN THE STILL NIGHT

Matthew, an American art curator, wanders through a maze of artwork in his hotel in Tokyo when things take a turn for the surreal.

Rage, chaos and confusion consume Callan’s mind, creating a destructive environment for all those around him. Only the solitude of the underwater world is capable of soothing his volatility. But when his base instincts are left unchecked, the violence he is capable of displays its full potential.

UNDER THE LIGHTS

Sam is a boy with epilepsy so desperate to feel like a normal kid, he goes to prom knowing that the lights will make him have a seizure. Starring Peace Joza and Alyssa Jirrels of Disney Channel fame. Made by epileptic filmmaker Miles Levin, this film serves to be one of the first authentic, empathetic depictions of epilepsy in cinema: an effort to represent an invisible demographic of 1 in 26 people who suffer from brutal stigma every day.

Closed captions available

In this film, written, directed, produced and starring CBFF alumna, Jennifer Lafleur, Rebecca and David meet one last time to finalize their divorce but are unable to avoid the minefield of grief that hangs between them.

This film is eligible for the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival Audience Choice Award! (You must unlock the film to be eligible to cast your vote)

Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: United States of America.

Narrative Shorts 2: All My Relations including the short film THE DIVER

86 minutes

This program contains the short film THE DIVER and is only available in the U.S.

Can't make it?

If you are outside of the U.S. you may still watch Narrative Shorts 2 excluding this film. Click here to view this program.

Use the playlist on the right to view all films & descriptions in this program

RELATIONS

Two adult cousins have different views on a secret sexual encounter from their youth. One of them needs the truth to be out in the open.

Director Bio

HALLIE COOPER-NOVACK is a writer/director born and raised in New York City. Her short film "Relations" starring Kate Lyn Sheil and Hunter Parrish has shown at the Ashland Independent Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, deadCenter Film Festival, NewFilmmakers LA, St. Louis International Film Festival, and Bully City Film Festival, and made its online premiere on NoBudge. The music video she directed for MGMT’s “When You Die” starring Alex Karpovsky premiered on The New Yorker, and has over 17 million views on YouTube. Her previous film, "Jagoo," featured Greta Gerwig, and showed in the Manhattan

Film Festival. In 2018, Hallie did research to support Lupita Nyong'o's acclaimed performance in Jordan Peele's "Us." She has a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University and an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama. Before she stopped acting, she was on “The Good Wife”, “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order: CI”, among many other appearances. In 2014, she was a contestant on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” where she won $55k. She currently works for Jason Katims, accomplished executive producer and show runner of “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood.”She lives on the East Side of LA with her cinematographer partner, Steven, and their photogenic dog, Ice."

Year
2019
Runtime
11 minutes
Country
USA
Premiere
Colorado premiere
Rating
Adults and teens (not for young children)

Director
Hallie Cooper-Novack