Crested Butte Film Festival Year-Round Series

BEST OF CBFF: NARRATIVE SHORTS

Expired February 26, 2021 7:00 AM
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14 films in package
CBFF presents BEST OF THE FEST: NARRATIVE SHORTS
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.
LANCE (IN A NECK BRACE)
After a devastating breakup, Lance listens to instructional cassette tapes on how to heal his broken heart.
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.
STORM
Love gets glitchy when a government enforced dating app malfunctions, sending romantic hopefuls teleporting through time and space.
MEATS
A pregnant vegan struggles with her newfound craving for meat.
HUMAN
In a stunning aerial dance film filmed in Salida, Colorado, a woman suffering in isolation gets a taste of the spotlight.
BABY KATE
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.
Intermission
COFFEE SHOP NAMES
Three Indian people discuss their coffee shop names and associated personas behind them.
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 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.
MONSTER GOD/MONSTRUO DIOS
God is now a power plant. On a misty night cows escape, a child is chosen, and a teenager tries to find freedom.
THE DEVIL'S HARMONY
A bullied teenage girl leads an a cappella club on a trail of destruction against her high school enemies.

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IN THE STILL NIGHT


Matthew Hyla, an American art curator staying in a traditional hotel in Tokyo, is organizing an exhibition to display the work of young photographers. Hurt and distracted by a recent breakup, and left disorientated by his very limited understanding of Japanese, Matthew gets lost in a labyrinth of corridors lined with Japanese masterpieces. Now on his own, he wanders brokenhearted through this maze and allows himself to be carried away by daydreams. That is, until he has a surreal encounter.


Director Bio

Jean-Baptiste Braud (1986) is a French director based between France, Japan and the US. His work is the result of this perpetual journey that aims to combine visions and cultures from various horizons to tell different stories. In the Still Night is his first short film. He is currently making his second one in Japan, in Koyasan.

  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Country
    France
  • Premiere
    Colorado premiere
  • Rating
    The whole family (including children)
  • Director
    Jean-Baptiste Braud
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