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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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.


In Spanish with English subtitles.


Director Bio

Agustina San Martín was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991. She studied filmmaking at University of Buenos Aires, where she later worked as a screenwriting professor. She is also a director of photography and colorist.


Agustina also worked as DoP in films like The Future Perfect (2016), from German director Nele Wohlatz (Best First Feature at Locarno) and short films like “Héctor” from Chilean director Victoria Giesen, which premiered at the Official Competition of the 69th Berlinale Film Festival.


Agustina directed her first short film “The cry of the oxen” (2015) which premiered at the Festival de Cartagena and took part of the Mar del Plata Film Festival. It won best short at FICIC, Festival de Cine del Desierto in Mexico and won INCAA TV. It was nominated for the Premios Cóndor.


In 2017, “Swedish Cousin”, Agustina’s second short film, premiered in the 67th Berlinale Film Festival and won First Prize in BAFICI, Best short at the Festival de Cine de Huelva, Best LGBT short film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Ciudad de Mexico. It had a broad festival tour, as part of the official selection at VLAFF, Zinebi, Panoramic Stockholm Latinoamerican Film Festival and Queer Lisboa.


In 2019 Agustina premiered her third short film, “Monster God” at the Cannes Film Festival in the Short Film Official Competition and won the Jury Prize with President Jury Claire Denis. Later making a festival tour which included the prize Golden Camera 300 at the Manaki Brothers Festival and toured between festivals like AFI Fest, La Habana, Curtacinema Río, El Gouna among others.


“Matar a la bestia”, her feature film, participated in the Script Station of the 66º Berlinale Talents 2016. With it, she was part of BAFICI BAL, Bolivia Lab and Los Residentes in Paraguay. It also competed in La Habana Film Festival Script Competition. It is a was shot in the border between Argentina and Brazil.


She was invited by Franz Rodenkirchen to be a part of the Three Rivers residency to develop a second film. In 2020, she participated in Cinemart with it.


In 2020, Agustina was selected to participate in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative to be the alumni of the director, composer, actor and Broadway talent, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Country
    Argentina
  • Premiere
    Colorado premiere
  • Rating
    Adults and teens (not for young children)
  • Director
    Agustina San Martín