Crested Butte Film Festival

NARRATIVE SHORTS 1 + THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING (October 4)

Expired October 4, 2020 11:00 PM
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10 films in package
CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL WELCOME WITH JENNIFER SFALCIN
Festival Director Jennifer Sfalcin welcomes you to the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival
A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM
A night in the life of Quarantine 2020 was captured. A tiny destination ski town, nestled in mountains had completely shut down. All businesses closed; the streets sat empty. During this initial stage of global pandemic, much was unknown. There is a bittersweet feeling of delight and fantastical sense of disbelief. In this suspended reality, I danced.
FEELING FLUSH
Vicki idolizes her new girlfriend Samantha, but draws the line when it comes to her time on the porcelain throne.
Closed captions available
AUGUST
Tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina, a twelve-year-old boy decides to run away from his single mother and into the world he loves.
STORM
Love gets glitchy when a government enforced dating app malfunctions, sending romantic hopefuls teleporting through time and space.
THE USUAL ROUTE
Between his new job as a garbage collector and doing small drug deals with his cousin, teenager Steve tries to figure what kind of a future lies ahead.
WIGGLE
A film about a kid with one loose tooth, two crazy parents, and a whole lotta—at times misguided—love going around.
THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING
When a woman is bedridden by a mysterious pathogen, a snail unexpectedly takes up residence on her nightstand. An interspecies relationship unfolds as they share a journey of survival and resilience.
THE BLUE BED
A middle-aged woman uses a temporary marriage agency to ensnare a young girl.
Closed captions available
THE NEIGHBORS' WINDOW
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, THE NEIGHBORS' WINDOW tells the story of a middle-aged wife and mother who finds a thrill in watching her young neighbors across the street. Is the grass really greener on the other side?
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)

Narrative Shorts 1: Cooped Up including the short film THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING

103 minutes

This program will only be available on Sunday October 4 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST (with a 3 hour "Watch Window").


Can't make it?

This program including THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING will be available again Saturday October 3 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM MST. Catch it here.

Or you can catch Narrative Shorts 1 excluding this film playing throughout the festival here.


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

A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM


A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM offers a glimpse of a rural Colorado town during Covid-19 quarantine March 2020. This was one night in the life of my quarantine in a small town nestled in mountains when every single business was closed and the streets sat empty. This was filmed at the very beginning stages of quarantine when I had the bittersweet feeling of delight and a fantastical sense of disbelief in an empty town. 


There are two versions of this piece filmed on the same night on a full moon on Elk Avenue in Crested Butte. This is the light, magical ""feel-good"" perspective that suspends reality and the weight of the circumstances at hand. 


Part 2: Warped: Covid Time explores the shadow side of the same exact time period of the global pandemic expressing the energy of anxiety, fear, masks and business closures.


Inspired by the light of the full moon on empty streets, Collaborator/Cinematographer Trevor Main captured these improvised, spontaneous movement pieces created on site, during a very specific time and place in Crested Butte's history of the Covid-19 pandemic.


In addition to playing as a part of Narrative Shorts Program 1, A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM will play in front of HIGH COUNTRY and OUT LOUD.


Director Bio

Filmmaker Sasha Chudacoff used the Covid-19 lockdown to tackle the damage plastics do to our planet in the best way she can: through dance. 

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    2 minutes
  • Country
    USA
  • Director
    Sasha Chudacoff