Crested Butte Film Festival

Narrative Shorts III: Leaving Home (Virtual)

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Narrative Shorts III: Leaving Home
Whether real or metaphoric, home is somewhere that we step away from
CLOSE TIES TO HOME COUNTRY
An immigrant dogwalker finds home in the hearts of the rich people’s dogs she dogsits.SHORT SYNOPSISMillennial immigrant Akanksha waits for her sister’s visit from India (they haven’t seen each other in nine years!) Meanwhile, she’s dogsitting the fancy Frenchie of Instagram influencers India and Harry, who themselves are on a trip to India’s namesake.
THE HEADHUNTER'S DAUGHTER
In this marvelous Philippine film, Lynn leaves her family behind and traverses the harrowing roads of her country's highlands to try her luck in the city as a country singer. She's well-equipped with a trusty horse and a marvelous voice.
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WIGGLE
An imaginative kid is afraid to get his tooth pulled. Filmed in Crested Butte by local actor and director, Mark Reeb.
PLUM TOWN
A young land developer returns to his childhood home in the Chinese countryside for the first time in a decade to convince his stubborn father to finally sell the failing plum orchard. When the two find themselves unable to understand each other, they turn to the old karaoke machine in the house to find a common language.
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BURROS
A young Indigenous girl discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has been separated from her father in the beautiful but dangerous Sonoran desert.
SPACEBOY
Two brothers share their passion for space, but their time together is limited.
This film is eligible for the 2022 Crested Butte Film Festival Audience Choice Award! (You must unlock the film to be eligible to cast your vote)
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In southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border, a young Indigenous girl discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has been separated from her father while traveling through the Tohono O’odham tribal lands into the United States.


Jefferson Stein

Jefferson Stein is a filmmaker from Texas based in Los Angeles. His short film, TUMBLE DRY LOW, screened at Seattle, Maryland, and Tallinn Black Nights and was selected for the Shoot New Directors Showcase. It premiered on Short of the Week and garnered 2.5 million views on YouTube, becoming one of the most-watched dramatic shorts on the platform. His follow up, BURROS, produced by Film Independent Spirit Award winner Liz Cardenas (7 DAYS, NEVER GOIN' BACK, A GHOST STORY), was awarded a Film Independent fiscal sponsorship, premiered at Tribeca 2021, won Best Narrative Short at Santa Fe IFF, Sidewalk, Arizona, and New York ICFF, qualifying for the Live Action Short Oscar® at the 95th Academy Awards®. His debut feature script set in the same world as BURROS was a 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting quarterfinalist.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    English, Spanish, O'odham
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Yes, it's a Colorado premiere
  • Rating
    The whole family (including children)
  • Note
    BURROS stars a cast of first-time actors from the Tohono O'odham Nation where it is set. It was shot on 16mm film in anamorphic.
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  • Director
    Jefferson Stein
  • Screenwriter
    Jefferson Stein
  • Producer
    Liz Cardenas, Russell Sheaffer
  • Executive Producer
    Camillus Lopez, Larry 'Bear' Wilson, Douglas Riggs
  • Co-Producer
    Liz Cardenas, Russell Sheaffer
  • Cast
    Amaya Juan, Zuemmy Carrillo, Virginia Patricio, Rupert Lopez
  • Cinematographer
    Cole Graham
  • Editor
    R. Brett Thomas
  • Composer
    Amanda Jones
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